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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, that's great to hear! As a teacher, I 100% agree. I will be masked and socially distant and will be safe. Children are actually very compliant about this stuff, from what I have seen with my own kids. I am eager to teach in person because I know it is what the students need, and it is being done safely in many, many places. DC kids needs to be back too. [/quote]

I am curious to know what grade you teach. I teach kindergarten in a building that already had a mold problem and rodent infestation pre-COVID. Circulation is a joke and our windows are all painted shut. My TA had a child sneeze in her face, and I have had countless students sneeze on my arms or general vicinity and cough directly into my face. All pre-covid. It’s easy for kids to social distance at home because most families don’t have 20+ kids to monitor. As a teacher, I do miss in person learning, but I also am asthmatic (for which I have to take daily meds, keep a rescue inhaler, and was hospitalized in February). I am also a new mother, which doesn’t warrant further explanation. I believe the vaccine should be a requirement for schools to open up. Just because COVID won’t be life threatening for every teacher or student, some of us have compromised immune systems as it is.[/quote]

You would get the medical exception if you have a documented underlying medical condition as you claim, so no problem for you. The students would be in masks and socially distanced, so they wouldn't sneeze on you. I understood the pp to refer to observing children being compliant with new COVID rules such as wearing masks and keeping distance when with others outside her household. It makes no sense to interpret her comment as she forces her own kids to wear masks and be socially distanced with each other within her own home. Also there would be no more than 11 students in each classroom. Lastly, if you can't manage a classroom to include ensuring students follow the rules, then you lack the basic skills of a teacher.

I question the veracity of your post, because by now all teachers with medical exemptions know who they are and are well aware that classrooms would have no more than 11 children.[/quote]

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