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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Check out this hot take:

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

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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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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?[/quote]

Yep - same[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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