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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach elementary self-contained special education. I spend a significant portion of my day redirecting, repeating myself, and managing behavior. I talk constantly, out of necessity. Many kids can't read independently, so I have to deliver all my content myself. I can't just give quick directions and then assign them a reading/response. I also teach phonics for 45 minutes a day. I am going to have to make prerecorded videos of myself teaching and show them in class. It is not physically possible for me to speak audibly and clearly through a mask for seven hours a day at a volume that can be heard across the classroom and over the regular hustle and bustle of daily activities. 
My husband works in healthcare and wears a mask all day. He does NOT talk all day and he does NOT have to lecture to a large group of people through a mask. He also doesn't manage the behavior of his patients, entertain them, or repeat himself three times after he gives instructions. He's not expected to hang out with a group of unmasked patients for hours on end, either. Not the same job! Sorry folks.[/quote]

I will not be eating lunch while my students eat because I don’t want to be unmasked around 15 people.

The other issue is that when I lost my 30 min duty free lunch, the administrator who scheduled me to teach 4 classes back to back just ran into a huge problem. I can’t be legally required to work 8 hours without a bathroom break. He’s going to have to find someone to spot me briefly every single M and Th that we are in person. Too bad the staff bathroom is diagonally so far that I have to walk down two hallways no matter which direction I head. I teach just one class on T and F. I guess it looked like a good idea to him at the time, but someone else is going to angry at him now.[/quote]

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