School Asking DC To Mask To Accomodate An Other

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Anonymous wrote:How did all these medically fragile people exist before covid? I never saw anyone in a mask.

I can remember seeing maybe 3 people wearing a mask in my entire lifetime pre-covid, and all of them were very visibly cancer patients.

I have 4 kids ages 14-21. That's a lot of classrooms and a lot of classmates that I've encountered through them. None have ever had a classmate with more than a peanut/tree nut allergy.

Or maybe you were too self absorbed to realize what was going on with other families. We don’t discuss health issues outside our home as most are like you and don’t care.

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Anonymous wrote:I would tell my child to mask and do the right thing. Part of growing up is being respectful to others
needs. But, you need to move your child. The other child deserves to have kids with nice parents in the classroom.

I disagree. Why cause my child to suffer so he can be “respectful of others”? The kid needs to be homeschooled if it’s that dire.

Wow. What if it were your kid?

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If it was my kid, I would find a situation that works for him/her without impacting anyone else.
I was going through chemo during Covid and never ever asked anyone to test/mask up/maintain distance. It wasn’t their problem, it was mine. I’m not the center of the universe. Neither is the child.

Good for you. Are you a medically fragile child who has to spend an hour a day in a classroom with 30 other children? No, of course not.

I also went through chemo as an adult, with 4 young children at home. No, it wasn't "their problem" but I absolutely asked them to let me know if they felt like they were getting sick so I could keep my distance from them, and I explained why. It's never too early to teach children empathy and responsibility. Apparently you missed that lesson in your own life.

And you missed the “the world doesn’t revolve around you or your child” lesson.

Sounds like a good topic for your next Bible study meeting.

What a weird post. Mocking humility, selflessness and faith all at once, and in the name of vanity.

Well Done! You are exactly why people have no empathy any longer.

No I'm mocking the hypocrites who are too selfish to wear a mask for an hour to protect a sick child, but then claim to be good Christians.

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No one loves wearing a mask, but an hour a day for a single class seems like a small price to pay for the health of a peer.

OP again. And again this is incorrect. If I ws atold the kid had cancer my kid would be wearing a mask. But the vague language used in the request make me 100% think this is some East End liberal mom still trying to use the mask in identity politics.

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Anonymous wrote:I would tell my child to mask and do the right thing. Part of growing up is being respectful to others
needs. But, you need to move your child. The other child deserves to have kids with nice parents in the classroom.

I disagree. Why cause my child to suffer so he can be “respectful of others”? The kid needs to be homeschooled if it’s that dire.

Wow. What if it were your kid?

NP

If it was my kid, I would find a situation that works for him/her without impacting anyone else.
I was going through chemo during Covid and never ever asked anyone to test/mask up/maintain distance. It wasn’t their problem, it was mine. I’m not the center of the universe. Neither is the child.

Good for you. Are you a medically fragile child who has to spend an hour a day in a classroom with 30 other children? No, of course not.

I also went through chemo as an adult, with 4 young children at home. No, it wasn't "their problem" but I absolutely asked them to let me know if they felt like they were getting sick so I could keep my distance from them, and I explained why. It's never too early to teach children empathy and responsibility. Apparently you missed that lesson in your own life.

And you missed the “the world doesn’t revolve around you or your child” lesson.

Sounds like a good topic for your next Bible study meeting.

What a weird post. Mocking humility, selflessness and faith all at once, and in the name of vanity.

Well Done! You are exactly why people have no empathy any longer.

No I'm mocking the hypocrites who are too selfish to wear a mask for an hour to protect a sick child, but then claim to be good Christians.

You don't know the kid is sick.

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Anonymous wrote:I would tell my child to mask and do the right thing. Part of growing up is being respectful to others
needs. But, you need to move your child. The other child deserves to have kids with nice parents in the classroom.

I disagree. Why cause my child to suffer so he can be “respectful of others”? The kid needs to be homeschooled if it’s that dire.

Wow. What if it were your kid?

NP

If it was my kid, I would find a situation that works for him/her without impacting anyone else.
I was going through chemo during Covid and never ever asked anyone to test/mask up/maintain distance. It wasn’t their problem, it was mine. I’m not the center of the universe. Neither is the child.

Good for you. Are you a medically fragile child who has to spend an hour a day in a classroom with 30 other children? No, of course not.

I also went through chemo as an adult, with 4 young children at home. No, it wasn't "their problem" but I absolutely asked them to let me know if they felt like they were getting sick so I could keep my distance from them, and I explained why. It's never too early to teach children empathy and responsibility. Apparently you missed that lesson in your own life.

And you missed the “the world doesn’t revolve around you or your child” lesson.

Sounds like a good topic for your next Bible study meeting.

What a weird post. Mocking humility, selflessness and faith all at once, and in the name of vanity.

Well Done! You are exactly why people have no empathy any longer.

No I'm mocking the hypocrites who are too selfish to wear a mask for an hour to protect a sick child, but then claim to be good Christians.

Who said anything about Christians?

[Anonymous]

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No one loves wearing a mask, but an hour a day for a single class seems like a small price to pay for the health of a peer.

OP again. And again this is incorrect. If I ws atold the kid had cancer my kid would be wearing a mask. But the vague language used in the request make me 100% think this is some East End liberal mom still trying to use the mask in identity politics.

Of course you do.

Have you kid switch to another class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got an email asking my child to wear a mask in a certain class becuse another child had a 'medical situation'. If we decline, DC will be moved to another class.

Am I wrong to be put off by this? A 'medical situation', without further explanation, could be anything between luekemia and being the child of one of those drama queens that won't let go of the mask because of the politics behind it. I won't force my kid to endure another year of masking to support the latter but I would bend over backwars to accomodate the former.

How do I go about answering the request?

I get your dilemma OP. I would feel terrible if this kid had luekemia or something similar but would be super annoyed if it was due to Covid fears (without a serious underlying medical condition like cancer). If it were me, since it’s just one class, I would just have my kid wear the mask.

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Anonymous wrote:I would tell my child to mask and do the right thing. Part of growing up is being respectful to others
needs. But, you need to move your child. The other child deserves to have kids with nice parents in the classroom.

I disagree. Why cause my child to suffer so he can be “respectful of others”? The kid needs to be homeschooled if it’s that dire.

Wow. What if it were your kid?

NP

If it was my kid, I would find a situation that works for him/her without impacting anyone else.
I was going through chemo during Covid and never ever asked anyone to test/mask up/maintain distance. It wasn’t their problem, it was mine. I’m not the center of the universe. Neither is the child.

Good for you. Are you a medically fragile child who has to spend an hour a day in a classroom with 30 other children? No, of course not.

I also went through chemo as an adult, with 4 young children at home. No, it wasn't "their problem" but I absolutely asked them to let me know if they felt like they were getting sick so I could keep my distance from them, and I explained why. It's never too early to teach children empathy and responsibility. Apparently you missed that lesson in your own life.

And you missed the “the world doesn’t revolve around you or your child” lesson.

Sounds like a good topic for your next Bible study meeting.

What a weird post. Mocking humility, selflessness and faith all at once, and in the name of vanity.

Well Done! You are exactly why people have no empathy any longer.

No I'm mocking the hypocrites who are too selfish to wear a mask for an hour to protect a sick child, but then claim to be good Christians.

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So vile.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would tell my child to mask and do the right thing. Part of growing up is being respectful to others
needs. But, you need to move your child. The other child deserves to have kids with nice parents in the classroom.

I disagree. Why cause my child to suffer so he can be “respectful of others”? The kid needs to be homeschooled if it’s that dire.

So many of us don’t care about our fellow humans. It’s all “me, me, me” now, with no care or consideration for the greater good.

OP, have your child moved to another class if it bothers you. I’d let my child stay because this is such a small, small ask with potentially big rewards for another person, but we all make our own choices.

[Anonymous]

Here's the dilemma, I think many of us would agree if we knew it was truly a serious, life-threatening issue (e.g., cancer), but if it's just some anxious parent who has put together a bunch of doctor's notes to support their health anxiety, hell no.

This vague blanket demand - and it's not just a "request", it's you will do it or your kid will be moved to a different class- is unique to a post-covid world. Kids did have childhood cancers pre-covid and there weren't demands for masking or making others do something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did all these medically fragile people exist before covid? I never saw anyone in a mask.

I can remember seeing maybe 3 people wearing a mask in my entire lifetime pre-covid, and all of them were very visibly cancer patients.

I have 4 kids ages 14-21. That's a lot of classrooms and a lot of classmates that I've encountered through them. None have ever had a classmate with more than a peanut/tree nut allergy.

Well the girl in my high school with leukemia missed several months of school in senior year. If there's something my kids can do now so that a similar child can attend school just a little bit more, then I'm more than happy to have them do that.

As for "none have ever had a classmate with more than a peanut allergy" How in the world would you know? I am 100% certain your kids went to school with kids with T1D or heart defects or any number of other non-visible medical issues that the ADULTS in the school knew about and dealt with, but the random classmates never knew about.

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Anonymous wrote:I would tell my child to mask and do the right thing. Part of growing up is being respectful to others
needs. But, you need to move your child. The other child deserves to have kids with nice parents in the classroom.

I disagree. Why cause my child to suffer so he can be “respectful of others”? The kid needs to be homeschooled if it’s that dire.

Wow. What if it were your kid?

NP

If it was my kid, I would find a situation that works for him/her without impacting anyone else.
I was going through chemo during Covid and never ever asked anyone to test/mask up/maintain distance. It wasn’t their problem, it was mine. I’m not the center of the universe. Neither is the child.

Good for you. Are you a medically fragile child who has to spend an hour a day in a classroom with 30 other children? No, of course not.

I also went through chemo as an adult, with 4 young children at home. No, it wasn't "their problem" but I absolutely asked them to let me know if they felt like they were getting sick so I could keep my distance from them, and I explained why. It's never too early to teach children empathy and responsibility. Apparently you missed that lesson in your own life.

And you missed the “the world doesn’t revolve around you or your child” lesson.

Sounds like a good topic for your next Bible study meeting.

What a weird post. Mocking humility, selflessness and faith all at once, and in the name of vanity.

Well Done! You are exactly why people have no empathy any longer.

No I'm mocking the hypocrites who are too selfish to wear a mask for an hour to protect a sick child, but then claim to be good Christians.

Where, pray tell, did I claim to be a good Christian? Be specific.

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Anonymous wrote:Starting to think all these mask threads are pure BS.

ACPS sent out a very similar email to parents of GWMS students yesterday. It absolutely is happening.

Wow - can't believe they are doing that. - so complicated to manage something like that.

There is absolutely no ventilation at GWMS. No amount of masking is going to protect against that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How did all these medically fragile people exist before covid? I never saw anyone in a mask.

I can remember seeing maybe 3 people wearing a mask in my entire lifetime pre-covid, and all of them were very visibly cancer patients.

I have 4 kids ages 14-21. That's a lot of classrooms and a lot of classmates that I've encountered through them. None have ever had a classmate with more than a peanut/tree nut allergy.

Well the girl in my high school with leukemia missed several months of school in senior year. If there's something my kids can do now so that a similar child can attend school just a little bit more, then I'm more than happy to have them do that.

As for "none have ever had a classmate with more than a peanut allergy" How in the world would you know? I am 100% certain your kids went to school with kids with T1D or heart defects or any number of other non-visible medical issues that the ADULTS in the school knew about and dealt with, but the random classmates never knew about.

Kids don't want to stand out, they just want to fit in, and announcing their medical issues would have been awful for them. The goal was to let them be kids and forget about all of that in the classroom.

Today there's a not small number of parents want to make their kids' medical issues their entire identity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How did all these medically fragile people exist before covid? I never saw anyone in a mask.

I can remember seeing maybe 3 people wearing a mask in my entire lifetime pre-covid, and all of them were very visibly cancer patients.

I have 4 kids ages 14-21. That's a lot of classrooms and a lot of classmates that I've encountered through them. None have ever had a classmate with more than a peanut/tree nut allergy.

Well the girl in my high school with leukemia missed several months of school in senior year. If there's something my kids can do now so that a similar child can attend school just a little bit more, then I'm more than happy to have them do that.

As for "none have ever had a classmate with more than a peanut allergy" How in the world would you know? I am 100% certain your kids went to school with kids with T1D or heart defects or any number of other non-visible medical issues that the ADULTS in the school knew about and dealt with, but the random classmates never knew about.

There’s no way masks would be enough to protect a child with acute leukemia. It would be wildly irresponsible to send that child into a high school no matter what masks are happening.