My school says since the mandate is lifted that they want teachers to not wear masks unless they are sick. Is it legal to ignore individual preferences?
I’m choosing to not wear a mask. I’ve gone today without one so far.
You should be able to wear one if you want. Just as they can’t force me to wear one they can’t force you not to.
Like 95% of staff/students still wearing masks at my school today. As I worried, still feels like too much social pressure for people to take them off.
I’m not in this position personally, but I would be willing to use up all my capital on insisting that everyone continue wearing masks in my class. I would not allow students into my class without one, and I would wear one myself.
The pandemic is not over, and there are still plenty of people who are immunocompromised, are older, or have other risk factors who would be at risk of getting very very sick if they got Covid.
I will ease up on this as soon as the numbers drop, but until then, this is a hard limit for me personally and I’m very glad that I work remotely.
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It’s interesting to me that people are so upset about a choice I’m personally making that they are passive-aggressively downvoting this post. If you have a personal issue with wearing a mask, that’s fine; you don’t have to wear one. But it’s really quite ridiculous to get so upset over other peoples’ personal decision to wear a mask that you feel you actively must protest.
Grow up.
I have to wear a mask due to my asthma and the chalk dust. I did this before COVID, explaining to my schools that it’s for a medical reason. In class, I just had the kids tell me to pull down my mask if they wanted to see my lips when I’m speaking. No one’s said anything negative to me about it before.
Update: My principal showed me the BoE update on mask policy. We have to wear them until April 1st because “It’s flu season”. Yes, because two weeks is going to make a difference.
Just say ok. Then continue to wear one. If they say something say sumimasen and keep doing it.
My individual preference to not wear a mask didn’t count for very much over the past three years. It was never legal to force anyone to wear a mask, just as it’s now not legal to force someone not to. But I also risked seriously damaging my relationship with my employer by being insubordinate, so I did as I was told.
Do what you want, that’s the point of the “individual” part. Though I find it weird since I heard schools were advised to keep masks until 1st April
Buy N95 masks if you aren’t already using them. You will need the added protection of all the budding Petri dishes around you decide that it is FAFO time.
It’s flu season and then allergy season. I’m wearing a mask unless they want to start providing paid sick leave.
Our company is saying it’s the students (and our) choice. I’ll be keeping mine on.
Today’s change is good…. it is about 50:50 in my office and about 70(mask on):30 out and about. I think we will quickly see them coming off more and more between now and GW.
Flu is ripping through the places I teach. If you teach younger kids… it’s not a mandate either way. I’d be surprised if the majority of students thought that was ok.
oh wow, is this for whole Japan or just in your prefecture?
I’m hoping my universities lift the mandate by next month….was sick of them last year ..
What the what? Government guidance is literally that people should make their own decision…
Our local BOE/schools have not updated guidance so we are keeping masks for students and staff for now.
I cannot imagine why your school would want to prevent people from wearing masks.
Look at that. After removing your mask for the weekend, you caught a cold that won’t go away <cough, cough>.
Just say kafunsho and show them a big wet wad of tissue paper in your pocket. Or better yet take off the mask to reveal tissue up your nose.
Hm our school wants us and students to continue using them. I don’t mind, masks have kept me flu free
I’m so done with masks and I’m so happy for this.
I hope your students keep wearing. Remember masks don’t protect YOU. they protect others from you.
Why would you guys still wear masks? That’s bizarre. (Not speaking for anyone actually high risk)
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Not at all. Especially if you are high risk.
I’m choosing to not wear a mask. I’ve gone today without one so far.
You should be able to wear one if you want. Just as they can’t force me to wear one they can’t force you not to.
Like 95% of staff/students still wearing masks at my school today. As I worried, still feels like too much social pressure for people to take them off.
I’m not in this position personally, but I would be willing to use up all my capital on insisting that everyone continue wearing masks in my class. I would not allow students into my class without one, and I would wear one myself.
The pandemic is not over, and there are still plenty of people who are immunocompromised, are older, or have other risk factors who would be at risk of getting very very sick if they got Covid.
I will ease up on this as soon as the numbers drop, but until then, this is a hard limit for me personally and I’m very glad that I work remotely.
​
It’s interesting to me that people are so upset about a choice I’m personally making that they are passive-aggressively downvoting this post. If you have a personal issue with wearing a mask, that’s fine; you don’t have to wear one. But it’s really quite ridiculous to get so upset over other peoples’ personal decision to wear a mask that you feel you actively must protest.
Grow up.
I have to wear a mask due to my asthma and the chalk dust. I did this before COVID, explaining to my schools that it’s for a medical reason. In class, I just had the kids tell me to pull down my mask if they wanted to see my lips when I’m speaking. No one’s said anything negative to me about it before.
Update: My principal showed me the BoE update on mask policy. We have to wear them until April 1st because “It’s flu season”. Yes, because two weeks is going to make a difference.
Just say ok. Then continue to wear one. If they say something say sumimasen and keep doing it.
My individual preference to not wear a mask didn’t count for very much over the past three years. It was never legal to force anyone to wear a mask, just as it’s now not legal to force someone not to. But I also risked seriously damaging my relationship with my employer by being insubordinate, so I did as I was told.
Do what you want, that’s the point of the “individual” part. Though I find it weird since I heard schools were advised to keep masks until 1st April
Buy N95 masks if you aren’t already using them. You will need the added protection of all the budding Petri dishes around you decide that it is FAFO time.
It’s flu season and then allergy season. I’m wearing a mask unless they want to start providing paid sick leave.
Our company is saying it’s the students (and our) choice. I’ll be keeping mine on.
Today’s change is good…. it is about 50:50 in my office and about 70(mask on):30 out and about.
I think we will quickly see them coming off more and more between now and GW.
Flu is ripping through the places I teach. If you teach younger kids… it’s not a mandate either way. I’d be surprised if the majority of students thought that was ok.
oh wow, is this for whole Japan or just in your prefecture?
I’m hoping my universities lift the mandate by next month….was sick of them last year ..
What the what? Government guidance is literally that people should make their own decision…
Our local BOE/schools have not updated guidance so we are keeping masks for students and staff for now.
I cannot imagine why your school would want to prevent people from wearing masks.
Look at that. After removing your mask for the weekend, you caught a cold that won’t go away <cough, cough>.
Just say kafunsho and show them a big wet wad of tissue paper in your pocket. Or better yet take off the mask to reveal tissue up your nose.
Hm our school wants us and students to continue using them. I don’t mind, masks have kept me flu free
I’m so done with masks and I’m so happy for this.
I hope your students keep wearing. Remember masks don’t protect YOU. they protect others from you.
Why would you guys still wear masks? That’s bizarre. (Not speaking for anyone actually high risk)
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