Posts by urbantinker8

Tyler Ruiz502 said:I honestly don't care what everyone else's specific take on masks is—I'm just trying to get some clarity here. Should high schoolers in an American school be required to wear them during class, or not?

I get the feeling people are just tearing this whole group apart—or whatever you want to call them—simply because they’ve been dragged into the spotlight by the media and now everyone’s jumping on them. And from what I understand about this particular school, masks aren't even mandatory in the classrooms, just in the hallways. This kid and his dad aren't even willing to wear them in the halls. Fine, whatever.

My point in posting this is to find out what you all think about wearing masks when it's required constantly. We're talking 6 or 7 periods of school!

The reason I'm asking is that my daughter has been dealing with constant headaches. She comes home every single day complaining of a headache, saying the mask is making her feel like she can't breathe. And I believe her—I mean, I've worn a mask for maybe two hours and felt like I was going to pass out. She's stuck in one for five.

So, where do I even go from here? How do I start fixing this? Do I go to her pediatrician to see if she can get a medical waiver?

It actually does matter, I think.☕
The guy just doesn't want his son to wear a mask for two minutes; it feels like he's just being difficult for the sake of it.
If someone is dealing with serious medical issues, a doctor would probably write them a note from the CDC or something saying they shouldn't wear one.
Everyone else can probably manage.
And this whole "shaming" thing after wearing a mask for just two hours... maybe it's even psychological.😉

Pardon me, but I think Captain Underpants is actually running the local bike shop now.
So, I suppose you could say he’s got all the necessary educational credentials handled.👍
Best of luck, Nikola!

😂😂

Linda Lee4 said:Over in Sinji, they’ve officially decided that masks aren't required in schools anymore.

I’d love for someone to explain the actual epidemiological logic behind one school being forced to mandate masks while the school right down the road isn't.

It’s peak idiocy.

I guess maybe that was just a decision made by some distant relative of that old Captain Gaćeša from the Krapina clan.

Jesse Bailey91 said:Last resort: move the whole school back to the third grade building. Peace. 🙂

🤣 🤣

mellownomad7 said:If a kid's stuck in quarantine or whatever other excuse they pull, the school is legally required to provide... blah blah blah.
It’s all laid out on paper, but good luck actually making it work in the real world.

later

Honestly, I don't think that's even part of the theory, let alone some practical plan where the school is obligated to accommodate someone just because they decide, for no real reason, that they don't want to step foot inside the building.
If they end up repeating a grade next year, maybe then there won't be any more pandemic restrictions hanging over everyone's heads.🎉

William Barrett7 said:There’s been so much unnecessary drama stirred up over someone who supposedly has zero actual support. Suddenly the Department of Education is involved, the media is tossing around the "anti-masker" label, and now even the Prime Minister is weighing in.

I suppose it's mostly because we're talking about a kid and children in general.
If this guy had just sat down in front of a Walmart during some anti-mask protest, I doubt there would be a single word written about him, maybe not even in a tiny local paper out in the Appalachian Mountains.
Instead, he’s been spending days bothering upwards of 300 students with his constant lecturing.

slysurfer14 said:If anyone actually paid attention to him... that tiny little spark could have easily turned into a massive avalanche...
It seems like nobody has learned anything from history...

Thank God, because judging by all the comments about this gentleman, that little spark probably would have just fizzled out into ash and dust rather than becoming any kind of avalanche at all.
Everyone seems to be laughing at the guy, and I guess some people are even rooting against him.
But honestly, that little bit of momentum was really just that—just a tiny bit.
They managed to scatter them today, I suppose.🙏 And thank goodness, they'll likely be back tomorrow.

bluerider63 said:Honestly, does anyone even bother to ask if forcing kids to wear those masks over their mouths is actually necessary? 😁

So, I guess Gaga was wondering about this.🤦🤦
I guess he was lucky enough to have those decent performances before starting elementary school, which might just be enough to keep him on track for the entire school year, maybe.🙂

coastalorca43 said:Appalachia has once again proven that it produces the bravest sons of this beautiful nation, men who selflessly lead their people into battle against hateful occupiers and oppressors.
Following in the footsteps of figures like Gubec, Josip Broz Marshall, and Franjo Harmon, we now have Gaćina.

I suppose I’m sorry I even have to point this out to you, but honestly, if you actually listen to that shepherd's interview, you can tell just from his emphasis and his accent that the guy has absolutely no connection to Appalachia; he just happens to be living in a spa town in Pennsylvania.

coastalorca43 said:By standing their ground, the Gaćina family is bravely exposing just how many mediocre people have been handed decision-making power during this whole pandemic crisis.
The name Gaćina will forever be etched into the history of the truth surrounding the pandemic in America.

honestly, I am actually dying right now 😂😂😂

coastalorca43 said:The Gaćina family is a brave example of what it means to actually take a stand and refuse to bow down to those moronic mask-wearers.

The Gaćina family is really just a textbook case of that typical American greed.☕

Susan Martin4 said:If my goal was to cause trouble, I'd rather vent about everything else instead of dragging my kid into a fight.
I'm genuinely curious to see what the rest of his classmates are saying about all this.

And honestly, what on earth are his parents doing that allows them to sit outside with him all morning?

Entrepreneurs.😁
Morons.
At first, I really felt for the kid, but now that I'm reading how he's actually fueling these parental outbursts himself, I don't think I feel particularly bad for him anymore.
I mostly just feel for the other kids at school who have to deal with the daily nonsense coming from the Gaćina family.
(And I'm actually quite glad they didn't just use initials; it's better when people know exactly who we're talking about.😍)

neonfalcon99 said:Does anyone have some actual, sensible advice?

it’s a silly question, so I suppose we should expect a silly answer.
do you personally happen to have any clever suggestions?🍿

Tyler Ruiz502 said:Is there actually any serious initiative out there yet, and more importantly, where does one even begin? Let’s say, for example, a group of parents in a single grade level collectively decides they aren't interested in masks—how does that even play out? You can't really tackle this at the classroom level because once the principal makes a call, it supersedes whatever the teacher thinks, right?

Well, I suppose you could just follow in the footsteps of those idiots over in Cleveland.
Maybe try tutoring kids right outside their school.🤦

nimbleranger17 said:It’s honestly exhausting reading this, but apparently, the mother of this kid has gone on record claiming that masks are nothing more, nothing less, than carcinogenic.

And then you have the father, who’s out there bringing up divine laws as if we haven't heard that particular sermon a thousand times before. 😁

If people still can't wrap their heads around what's actually happening here, then frankly, I don't think anyone can help them.

Honestly, I don't even know what else there is to say about those morons, really.

coastalorca43 said:So, they're just calculating everything retroactively? It apparently only takes them four days to actually define anything.
In the meantime, the students are just left hanging.
Just yesterday—well, not me, but my kid's teacher informed us that the IEP lasts until September 22nd. Honestly, as a parent, I haven't even received an official notification yet. If my kid were trying to pull a fast one on me, I wouldn't even realize what was happening, considering we're already on day five.
According to the records, the IEP started on the 8th, yet I still haven't seen a single formal notice.

Last year, my kids ended up on medical leave five times total, give or take.
Not once did anyone ever call us. Our family doctor and the pediatrician both told us they don't really care about those specific diagnoses unless we actually start showing symptoms ourselves, and we'd usually only get the email regarding the medical leave halfway through the recovery period anyway.
The whole system just doesn't function the way it's supposed to, and I guess we shouldn't be all that surprised by it anymore.👎

Karen Wilson5 said:We got a message from the teacher first, then a phone call, and finally an official email. Those who already had it or were vaccinated don't have to go for testing. Also, under the new protocol, if they were wearing masks during testing, only the ones within 2m of the case have to go—not the entire class like they did last year.

That's how it went for us in California.

Things are slightly different in New York City, I suppose.

And yeah—in-person classes were brought back after 14 freaking days. 🙂

hiddendriver34 said:From where I’m standing, I’m pretty convinced those types don't even exist—and if they do, they’re definitely some kind of weirdo.

Every single professor I personally know seems to be dealing with some sort of digital-age burnout from all that remote learning.

Same here, honestly.
I mean, I get this actual psychosomatic reaction whenever someone even brings up the concept of online classes.
Or when people talk about hybrid setups—you know, half the class on screen and half in the room.
It honestly makes me feel physically ill.

coastalorca43 said:And they are—mostly through sheer laziness.
Instead of actually assessing the situation on the ground through real contact tracing, testing, and looking at the clinical symptoms of students to make informed decisions, they fight the pandemic with bureaucratic red tape like these COVID passes.

They expect healthy children to endure ten days of total solitude.
Because "isolation" is supposed to mean being alone, but that's not how it works in reality. These students are just cut off from the world while still having constant contact with everyone else in their household. Someone actually thinks it's possible to maintain true isolation in a 600-square-foot apartment with multiple people living there.
But hey, as long as they follow the protocol. If they started testing all other gathering spots—shopping malls, retail chains, government offices, sports clubs, military bases, police stations—absolutely everything would be locked down if they applied the same laziness and flawed logic used by these school epidemiologists.

I suppose I agree with you, though I should probably mention that there's no such thing as "school health officials."

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urbantinker8 says: Look, nobody—and I mean absolutely NOBODY—can force you to pick an elective subject. So, your "no" is perfectly valid. I honestly have no idea why you're having this massive meltdown right now. If you ended up saying "yes" anyway, well, that’s on you. Spilling your guts all over this forum isn't going to change the outcome. Furthermore—yeah, epidemiologists are sending entire classrooms into isolation again because following some vague, half-baked "stay left, stay right" guideline is basically impossible.🤦> Kids aren't wearing masks en masse, some schools are reverting to in-person instruction, kids are mingling with everyone instead of sitting with the same three friends, and don't even get me started on the chaos of arriving at school or those weekend parties. God, it looks like we're headed for another fake "online" school year, just long enough for 100% of the adult population to get vaccinated. Kids are just going to keep passing this plague back and forth; who knows how many new mutations will pop up or how dangerous they'll be for that age group? And since they're supposedly "safe" right now, there won't be any peace until scientists start aggressively pushing for mandatory vaccinations for everyone from infants to eighteen-year-olds.🙄>

urbantinker8, please, where is this hysteria coming from? It's not like that. Of course I didn't pressure my kid into an elective just because of rural life. I don't have a problem with anyone. If they don't want to do it, they don't do it, and the teacher should just do their job. My enrollment was a critique of the system—not just regarding COVID and masks, but everything else. In this case, even these stupid electives; it feels like they're trying every trick in the book to manipulate people through pressure. No matter how you spin it, things never seem to work out when you're dealing with a bunch of slackers.

The main motivation here isn't about education or the kids (and schools exist for the kids, after all)—it's about "how can I make things convenient for myself." When it comes to COVID, plenty of people working in schools haven't hesitated to label children as "spreaders" or the most dangerous part of the population. They act like kids are just a nuisance... like useless burdens that need to be locked away at home. Honestly, spit on teachers like that. They should be the first ones to understand what this does to children. Seriously... Here come the official guidelines, yet they still try to force everyone to stay home. I don't hear the schools protesting. Oh, kids are socializing? Well, adults socialize too, don't they? I honestly don't know how you people deal with yourselves...

it feels like nobody does.
but I guess what can we really do about it? am I supposed to just march down to the Department of Health or the Department of Education and go on a hunger strike until they scrap these isolation rules for everyone?🤣

Susan James said:Well... what exactly haven't you recovered from yet?
Even if your immunity has technically worn off, there's still a chance it holds up. It seems silly to force people into isolation, and it also seems silly to insist on vaccination.

In places like Seattle, where they don't get much sun, immunity usually lasts about 12 months.
If schools were hit hard last fall, those kids should still have some lingering protection today.
Plus, it's not like you won't catch something if you have minimal exposure, but at least you have some resistance. 🤔
This whole idea of forced isolation, especially for kids, really needs to end.
If you're sick, stay home. If you're fine, get out there.

Anyone who was worried could have protected themselves with the vaccine. Look at Florida—it's a huge hotspot, but it's still packed with tourists. The only ones I see stuck in isolation are students.
(And even those poor students sitting in cafes right outside their school! Someone really needs to tell them to move a block or two down the street.)

well, we aren't living in Scandinavia. ☕
the big surge happened between October and December last year (though I suppose some people still refuse to believe that😂) so for those kids, that whole bit of immunity—which is basically just an administrative technicality anyway—has either already run out or is running out right about now.
it's just one of those things.
and so, once again, everyone is eligible for isolation.
it just never seems to end.

Michelle Nelson4 said:It feels like some people here have thousands of posts, yet they act like they just landed from Mars. It’s been over for a long time; anyone who has recovered or been vaccinated isn't heading to intensive care. Besides, the standard protocol is for an epidemiologist to mandate isolation for the classroom, with a note stating that anyone providing proof of recovery or vaccination (which is a relatively recent update) can step forward to receive an exemption.

Well, I suppose that protocol looks fine on paper, but in the real world, it doesn't really work that way.
It feels like they just go ahead and mandate the shots for everyone without any exceptions, and since most high schoolers are just hanging out online anyway, they don't even bother reaching out to claim those exemptions if they were recently sick 🤣(actually, a huge chunk of them caught it last year between October and December when things were getting pretty chaotic, so the whole "prior infection" thing doesn't even apply to them anymore)
I mean, ask me how I know.😒
The wheel keeps spinning, I guess; it never really ends.🤦