Mask-to-Mask Instruction May Be More Problematic Than Distance Learning
People talk about the upcoming school year as if we have a choice between in-person classes or distance learning.
We don’t.
The fact is there will be NO face-to-face learning this year.
Neither in our school buildings or on-line.
No matter which path we choose, we will be teaching behind a mask or behind a computer screen.
There is no middle ground here – nor should there be.
Even if schools try to execute some hybrid model where kids only attend classes in-person two or three days a week and go on-line for the remainder of the time, when they are in the school building everyone will be wearing masks.
And that’s as it should be.
When in a public place during a global pandemic like that of COVID-19, we need to wear face masks to reduce the spread of the disease.
But let’s not pretend this has no side effects.
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