2nd Grade Teacher wears a mask

[Anonymous]

If I couldn't wear an N95 to work I couldn't be there due to health reasons.

[Anonymous]

OMG. Some parents are just horrible.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG. Some parents are just horrible.

AGREED!

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Anonymous wrote:Yell at her to take it off. What’s with these obsessive compulsive types. They shouldn’t work

Lol. If she’s a new teacher, she’s being smart. If she didn’t wear one, she’d be sick constantly and then you all would complain about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yell at her to take it off. What’s with these obsessive compulsive types. They shouldn’t work

I bet you're not a fan of welfare either. So how you propose they support themselves? Maybe they have low immunity or have an elderly person at home who can't afford to get sick, or they have cancer, etc.

[Anonymous]

I knew people would pile on.

It would bum me out OP. But you can't do anything about it and you shouldn't say anything. It is her right to wear a mask and we need teachers.

It does bother me when people act like it's nothing at all for the human guiding and teaching little kids to cover up their face all day. It's not nothing. For kids that age, or really anyone, to lose all context that comes with a person's expression is challenging and a missed social-emotional learning opportunity.

Both things can be true. The teacher should have the right to wear the mask and it can be a detriment to the kids too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yell at her to take it off. What’s with these obsessive compulsive types. They shouldn’t work

I bet you're not a fan of welfare either. So how you propose they support themselves? Maybe they have low immunity or have an elderly person at home who can't afford to get sick, or they have cancer, etc.

NP. The person was using sarcasm. Literal DCUM strikes again.

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Anonymous wrote:I work in a school and those teachers who wear a mask have survived cancer or have immune issues. They’re not doing it for fun, I can guarantee you. It’s really hard to teach in a mask all day and I’m grateful I don’t have to anymore.

As someone who has survived cancer, this isn't a reason to wear a mask. Actively under treatment? Different story.

You know how many people would need to wear masks if this was a widely disseminated recommendation from oncologists? A lot.

[Anonymous]

Thankfully our principal would (respectfully) tell you to pound sand if you complained about this. She is far more worried about a teacher quitting than a ridiculous parent being annoyed.

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Anonymous wrote:Which is better: a teacher who wears a mask, a teacher who's out frequently due to illness, or a teacher who is a long-term sub because the actual teacher quit?

+MYOB OP. You seem like there's something wrong with you.

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Anonymous wrote:Which is better: a teacher who wears a mask, a teacher who's out frequently due to illness, or a teacher who is a long-term sub because the actual teacher quit?

I agree! OP, you have a teacher. There are classrooms nationwide taught by long term subs because of the teaching shortage.

You don’t know why the teacher is wearing a mask. Perhaps she recently underwent radiation and chemo, like one of the teachers I work with who wears a mask.

The students are far more resilient than the parents are. I suspect the students don’t care. (That’s how it was during Covid, too. The parents who shouted the loudest about masks had children who were not bothered by them at all.)

[Anonymous]

I would be disappointed but never say anything and I can concede she has a right to do it.

Personally I think the best way to prevent illness is not masking but good physical hygiene and eating well and getting exercise. But I can't prescribe that for other people.

I would probably choose not to send my kid to a school where *everyone* masked. Because I lived through that during Covid and I know it was hard for my kid. It's just not an ideal learning environment.

But it sounds like this is one teacher (who yes may have a very good reason to do it) and not the whole school. I'd acknowledge to myself that it's not the best but then get over it and move on.

[Anonymous]

Apply for her job. You can be mask-free when you teach.

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Anonymous wrote:I would be disappointed but never say anything and I can concede she has a right to do it.

Personally I think the best way to prevent illness is not masking but good physical hygiene and eating well and getting exercise. But I can't prescribe that for other people.

I would probably choose not to send my kid to a school where *everyone* masked. Because I lived through that during Covid and I know it was hard for my kid. It's just not an ideal learning environment.

But it sounds like this is one teacher (who yes may have a very good reason to do it) and not the whole school. I'd acknowledge to myself that it's not the best but then get over it and move on.

Eating well doesn’t stop the parainfluenza virus from entering my nasal cavity when your kid sneezes right in my face.

[Anonymous]

What’s with all these immune compromised people in the teach profession. They should be working flexible gubmt jobs so they can surf SCUM all day