Did kids actually unmask?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check out this hot take:

https://twitter.com/DCWard7teacher/status/1506263972273692676?s=20&t=MJh2i7FJVTsAjfb2hgMVyg

#NoFuchsLeftToGive

Her Twitter feed reads like a cautionary tale for all of us. People, embrace life and not irrational fear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check out this hot take:

https://twitter.com/DCWard7teacher/status/1506263972273692676?s=20&t=MJh2i7FJVTsAjfb2hgMVyg

#NoFuchsLeftToGive

Her Twitter feed reads like a cautionary tale for all of us. People, embrace life and not irrational fear.

My personal favorite of today's twitter is JLG reading unmasked to kids (a lot of whom are also unmasked) in Ward 4: https://twitter.com/CMLewisGeorgeW4/status/1506294729738268676/photo/2

I guess the union and their favorite Council people are at odds over the necessity of masks in schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check out this hot take:

https://twitter.com/DCWard7teacher/status/1506263972273692676?s=20&t=MJh2i7FJVTsAjfb2hgMVyg

#NoFuchsLeftToGive

This just makes me sad. One of my kids is scared to take off his mask because he’s scared of his teacher (a whole separate issue, yes). Incidentally, he was the one of my two kids who came home sick last week, despite the whole class masking.

It is very sad if there is any moral pressure put on kids to keep masking to make irrational teachers feel comfortable. That this Twitter teacher thinks her risk is higher now than during the peak of the Omicron surge just because the kids unmasked (while she presumably still wears her N95) is a testament to her irrationality and lack of informed judgment.

[Anonymous]

My kids says that her class is about 50/50, and that no one is making a big deal of it either way. She said she prefers to keep masking, so that's what she's doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:when I get a notification that there's a case in my kid's school, I'm glad my kid's still wearing a mask. (As far as I can tell.)

I just got such a notification yesterday and I just shrug. Both my siblings' kids caught it despite wearing high quality masks, while my cloth masked kids never did. I am sure that at some point they will inevitably catch it like everybody else, masks or not. This virus is here to stay, and you can run but not hide. The downsides of masks outweigh the marginal benefits in schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check out this hot take:

https://twitter.com/DCWard7teacher/status/1506263972273692676?s=20&t=MJh2i7FJVTsAjfb2hgMVyg

#NoFuchsLeftToGive

This just makes me sad. One of my kids is scared to take off his mask because he’s scared of his teacher (a whole separate issue, yes). Incidentally, he was the one of my two kids who came home sick last week, despite the whole class masking.

It is very sad if there is any moral pressure put on kids to keep masking to make irrational teachers feel comfortable. That this Twitter teacher thinks her risk is higher now than during the peak of the Omicron surge just because the kids unmasked (while she presumably still wears her N95) is a testament to her irrationality and lack of informed judgment.

At my school, teachers are pressuring kids to mask. My kid was very excited to not wear a mask. His teacher said he had to. Now he's been told, okay he doesn't have to, but he still feels like he kinda has to, so he does. I suppose it's good that he cares what his teacher wants?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check out this hot take:

https://twitter.com/DCWard7teacher/status/1506263972273692676?s=20&t=MJh2i7FJVTsAjfb2hgMVyg

#NoFuchsLeftToGive

This just makes me sad. One of my kids is scared to take off his mask because he’s scared of his teacher (a whole separate issue, yes). Incidentally, he was the one of my two kids who came home sick last week, despite the whole class masking.

It is very sad if there is any moral pressure put on kids to keep masking to make irrational teachers feel comfortable. That this Twitter teacher thinks her risk is higher now than during the peak of the Omicron surge just because the kids unmasked (while she presumably still wears her N95) is a testament to her irrationality and lack of informed judgment.

At my school, teachers are pressuring kids to mask. My kid was very excited to not wear a mask. His teacher said he had to. Now he's been told, okay he doesn't have to, but he still feels like he kinda has to, so he does. I suppose it's good that he cares what his teacher wants?

Wow, what school is this? What grade/ward? I suppose the teacher was reported to the principal and then changed their message? They need to apologize to the kids and make it clear masks are their own choice, so that kids don't feel pressured. We can't have teachers make their own public health policy.

[Anonymous]

We're experiencing the opposite at our school. Parents are gossiping about which teachers are unmasked and complaining that they should be required to still mask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're experiencing the opposite at our school. Parents are gossiping about which teachers are unmasked and complaining that they should be required to still mask.

Ugh yuck. I think pressure either way sucks. But I wonder if those parents have worn a mask for 8 hours for days on end. I live by a target so go there far too often. The people who are reliably unmasked are the workers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:when I get a notification that there's a case in my kid's school, I'm glad my kid's still wearing a mask. (As far as I can tell.)

I just got such a notification yesterday and I just shrug. Both my siblings' kids caught it despite wearing high quality masks, while my cloth masked kids never did. I am sure that at some point they will inevitably catch it like everybody else, masks or not. This virus is here to stay, and you can run but not hide. The downsides of masks outweigh the marginal benefits in schools.

I don't agree. I'm sorry about your siblings' kids and hope your kids don't catch COVID. Most people haven't been infected and I hope to avoid it rather than accept it, both for myself and for my children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're experiencing the opposite at our school. Parents are gossiping about which teachers are unmasked and complaining that they should be required to still mask.

Ugh yuck. I think pressure either way sucks. But I wonder if those parents have worn a mask for 8 hours for days on end. I live by a target so go there far too often. The people who are reliably unmasked are the workers.

Agree, this is equally terrible, and those parents are probably still working from home.

I'm actually happy about every unmasked teacher I see, because it will benefit their interactions with the kids, and because it's good to see they are not afraid. But those who are afraid should experience no pressure to unmask either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:when I get a notification that there's a case in my kid's school, I'm glad my kid's still wearing a mask. (As far as I can tell.)

I just got such a notification yesterday and I just shrug. Both my siblings' kids caught it despite wearing high quality masks, while my cloth masked kids never did. I am sure that at some point they will inevitably catch it like everybody else, masks or not. This virus is here to stay, and you can run but not hide. The downsides of masks outweigh the marginal benefits in schools.

I don't agree. I'm sorry about your siblings' kids and hope your kids don't catch COVID. Most people haven't been infected and I hope to avoid it rather than accept it, both for myself and for my children.

Well, Fauci has said that the Omicron will infect "just about everyone". Do you really think you will be able to avoid a virus that will be with us for the rest of our lives? I don't think that's possible unless you take unsustainable preventive measures that are incompatible with a full life. I hope you won't be imposing such restrictions on your kids until they are grown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check out this hot take:

https://twitter.com/DCWard7teacher/status/1506263972273692676?s=20&t=MJh2i7FJVTsAjfb2hgMVyg

#NoFuchsLeftToGive

This just makes me sad. One of my kids is scared to take off his mask because he’s scared of his teacher (a whole separate issue, yes). Incidentally, he was the one of my two kids who came home sick last week, despite the whole class masking.

It is very sad if there is any moral pressure put on kids to keep masking to make irrational teachers feel comfortable. That this Twitter teacher thinks her risk is higher now than during the peak of the Omicron surge just because the kids unmasked (while she presumably still wears her N95) is a testament to her irrationality and lack of informed judgment.

At my school, teachers are pressuring kids to mask. My kid was very excited to not wear a mask. His teacher said he had to. Now he's been told, okay he doesn't have to, but he still feels like he kinda has to, so he does. I suppose it's good that he cares what his teacher wants?

Yep - same

[Anonymous]

Honestly teachers pressuring kids to mask suck.

Parents gossiping about which teachers are unmasked suck.
I’m a teacher who unmasked and I DGAF what parents say. I also don’t care if my students mask or not. The level of unfair pressure on kids throughout this pandemic has been disgusting. Kids have to keep adults healthy and safe? It should be the other way around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check out this hot take:

https://twitter.com/DCWard7teacher/status/1506263972273692676?s=20&t=MJh2i7FJVTsAjfb2hgMVyg

#NoFuchsLeftToGive

This just makes me sad. One of my kids is scared to take off his mask because he’s scared of his teacher (a whole separate issue, yes). Incidentally, he was the one of my two kids who came home sick last week, despite the whole class masking.

It is very sad if there is any moral pressure put on kids to keep masking to make irrational teachers feel comfortable. That this Twitter teacher thinks her risk is higher now than during the peak of the Omicron surge just because the kids unmasked (while she presumably still wears her N95) is a testament to her irrationality and lack of informed judgment.

At my school, teachers are pressuring kids to mask. My kid was very excited to not wear a mask. His teacher said he had to. Now he's been told, okay he doesn't have to, but he still feels like he kinda has to, so he does. I suppose it's good that he cares what his teacher wants?

Yep - same

At our school, their initial communication regarding unmasking said that kids could unmask if they were comfortable doing so AND if the people around them were also comfortable with it. They put out a slide presentation that encouraged kids to ask the people around them if it was ok to take off their masks. Then the next day that message was revised and they emphasized that the respect for each others choices had to go both ways. I'm guessing some people complained about the initial message, which could have put kids into the situation you are describing by empowering teachers (and classmates) to express their discomfort with unmasked kids.