Education update, Masks now required in all schools
With the announcement this morning. Masks will be required for all students and staff grade 4 and up. what are your thoughts.
I think it great that the young kids do not need masks. I think it needs to go further and have it that the teachers are not in masks too. The development of the kids k-3 will be significantly impacted if the teachers are in masks. CBC article |
How will the development of kids in grade 3 and below be effected by Teachers wearing masks? Teachers are adults, if they choose to wear a mask let them do so. If i was a teacher around a bunch of snotty 6 year old's id be buying masks in bulk for the next school year.
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there will have to be at least a one hour class on the proper mask handling etc....the teachers will be busy keeping the masks on students...especially the young ones but I guess you got to give it a go...glad I am not a teacher thrown into this one...should get paid more.
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language development is huge in k-3. It is important for the students to see the teachers mouth so that they can learn the proper articulation of the words. If the words are only spoken you are missing out on half of the development
Think about it this way. Can you lip read? with out a mask that is not possible. For some its a combination of vocal and lip reading for develpoment |
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Your ok with that? How’s about..... them see through mask deals... can they wear that? |
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Im curious to how this school year is going to playout. Is it going to cause a large outbreak? Will school be canceled by November? Will teachers walk out this year? If I were a teacher id feel like a punching bag right now with a mix of being a glorified baby sitter. |
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Already one breakout in Calgary summer school.
You can guarantee outbreaks. We’ll have to depend on containment and contact tracing to keep it from going wild. Hey.... I get 2 masks and 1 shield for the whole year..... nice.... local Teck mine guys get n95 masks, disposable masks and the same for their families on a weekly basis.... just cauSe..... But on the bright side.... I jus bought 4 Luchadore masks to wear with my mask.... might as well have lil fun with it. |
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Just wait until Johnny trades his spiderman mask for Billy’s Batman mask. There’s going to be a lot of mask swapping
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For what it’s worth Bessie masks don’t really protect you but protect others around you if you’re sick. Teachers aren’t really at risk by not wearing a mask But they could spread it to students if they have it. If I was you I would be pushing as much as possible for having your classes outdoors as long as the weather allows if you want to lessen risk.
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Teachers should be consulted in this instance, what do they want to do their jobs. Skip the union and go right to the horses mouth. I'm sure they have a few ideas and it is there health.
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This video is worth watching on the subject https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GvPMAtwGUQ |
Lets keep this civil guys, the fact is... it does not matter where somone lives or is born. Some need more help than others, the unfortunate part of what we are giong through right now is that those that need the most help are suffering.
Its easy to armchair quarterback this and have all the answers... Sept will be an interesting time, I expect changes to be implemented as we start to have back to school. Lets just keep in mind many of the teachers feel muzzled in this and can not speak freely or properly as to what the situation is. Many are feeling ill-supported or forgotten about. Kenny has thrown cash all over the place to aid with re-launch. Education has barely seen a dime, infact they have had cut backs to deal with ontop of covid. |
Let's hope we don't repeat what happened in Israel:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/w...ls-reopen.html |
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Do the parents supply the masks? Single use masks would be expensive, reusable cloth would work although keeping them clean would be tough.
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..... which would be why Dr Hinshaw discussed and rationalized the update in procedure. I’m guessing your research may be a bit less than AHS’s.... but I’m prolly wrong......... Or that Calgary summer school was fake news right..? Re: funding for schools Local boards have +300 million in RESERVES This is a long standing game they play and it’s unethical. Parents need to demand that their Boards commit those reserves and at least stick to the lower end of prov recommended guidelines for budget reserves....... some Boards have a habit of keeping 15-20% of their budgets in reserve. Then they beg the province for $$...... not cool. |
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Also, that BS about "enunciating correctly"....give me a break. Like your average person has decent diction, now adays. This plan is a poor one. |
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Now in saying that, it was a High School. I can see the risk of transmission in that setting as teens HAVE shown to transmit the virus. I could see the logical reasoning for asking teenagers to wear masks, NOT grade 4's. |
I don't have any idea what the right answer is here. You can't keep the schools and everywhere else closed forever, but what is the safest and right way to re-open? Parents can choose to keep their kids home for any reason from don't want them exposed at all to don't agree with masks, don't want to end up in Quarantine themselves if there is an outbreak etc. Seems to me the teachers have far less in the way of options when it comes to whether they return to work or not. All I can say is i am REALLY glad I am not a teacher and that I have no kids going to school. I wish those in either group all the best.
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as with everything covid related only time will tell and yup hindsight is 20/20.
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