Masks (pt. I)
Sep. 17th, 2020 07:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sister_luckGetting used to the new rules isn't easy for everyone.
When you sit at your desk, you don't have to wear the mask, it doesn't matter that you're right next to someone. But a lot of the pupils decide to keep it on - they don't want to catch the virus and take it home or they want to protect their German teacher who was so ill last year. Or their mum or their grandpa.
But some enjoy that little bit of freedom, this feeling of normalcy. It's short enough. When you leave your seat, you have to pull that little bit of cloth over your mouth and nose.
You have to wear it in the corridors and outside in the playground. Even if you're two metres away from everyone, you have to wear it. It's tiresome. There's a loophole though: Of course you're allowed to eat and drink and that's when you can pull down the mask for a while.
For the teachers, the rules are a little different - you can only remove your mask in the classroom when you're at least 1.5 metres away from the pupils. And of course, you have to wear it in the corridors like everyone else.
The doors and the windows stay open. It's supposed to help. Sometimes it's a distraction - when that teacher walks down the corridor without his mask! Outrageous! "That's not okay, Miss!"
When you sit at your desk, you don't have to wear the mask, it doesn't matter that you're right next to someone. But a lot of the pupils decide to keep it on - they don't want to catch the virus and take it home or they want to protect their German teacher who was so ill last year. Or their mum or their grandpa.
But some enjoy that little bit of freedom, this feeling of normalcy. It's short enough. When you leave your seat, you have to pull that little bit of cloth over your mouth and nose.
You have to wear it in the corridors and outside in the playground. Even if you're two metres away from everyone, you have to wear it. It's tiresome. There's a loophole though: Of course you're allowed to eat and drink and that's when you can pull down the mask for a while.
For the teachers, the rules are a little different - you can only remove your mask in the classroom when you're at least 1.5 metres away from the pupils. And of course, you have to wear it in the corridors like everyone else.
The doors and the windows stay open. It's supposed to help. Sometimes it's a distraction - when that teacher walks down the corridor without his mask! Outrageous! "That's not okay, Miss!"
