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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you give speeches in mask?

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Yes, we do patient rounds on them every day.  [/quote]

That’s very different. Patient rounds involves asking questions and listening. Teachers are constantly talking.

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Huh?  I'm a teacher, I do plenty of asking questions and listening.

I think that OP is nuts, but she's not wrong about that.  [/quote]

I think PP means talking to someone for 15-20 min in a 12 inch voice rather than 40-45 in a room-sized voice. Think about how your throat feels at the end of the first week of school. [/quote]

You must teach really differently than I do.  Talking straight at the whole group of kids for 45 minutes? That's terrible instructional practice.  I've never noticed my throat getting sore.

You've also been in different hospital rooms that I have.  Certainly when we've been in the hospital with my son, the doctor is talking to the entire room,.  And yes he/she talks to us for 20 minutes, and then goes next door and does it again, adding up to similar amounts.

I agree that this is a ridiculous solution.  I am happy to wear a mask, if evidence shows that it will protect my students, but there's no way that it alone will be enough.  Getting us back to school will involve many creative solutions.

But I can argue that a mask isn't enough, without denigrating the front line health care provides, and making it sound like my job is harder than theirs.  Healthcare providers are working on their feet all day in masks.  And yes, they're talking while they're doing it. Should it be that way?  No, they should have enough masks to go see a patient (masked) and then take it off in the hallway and get a break because a new one is available.  It would be more comfortable for them, and safer for the patients.  [/quote]

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