GOOD GRIEF!
Can any of my students in person and online (at the same time) hear me with this mask on?
I feel like I am Miss Othmar. "Wah, wah, wah, wah."
I can't hear their questions three quarters of the time so how can the ones furthest away hear me?
By the time I am finished teaching four hours without a mask break, I am ready to pass out. I am light headed and a bit dizzy, as well as overheated and dehydrated.
I've been working on accepting that I have limitations in this situation and need to make adjustments to survive but I want to teach the way I am designed. I know I need to pace myself and not get so enthusiastic in the delivery of the content so I don't need as much oxygen flow. Where's the joy in that?
Maybe I should spare the five cents and get some psychiatric help from Lucy. This afternoon I might check to see if the Dr. is in.
Ew! You remind me how fortunate that I am that we have audio enhancement systems at our school. I hadn't really thought of the energy involved in speaking without them. Here's hoping that we're able to teach without masks before too, too long. Also, I loved your Charlie Brown references :)
ReplyDeleteYou've previewed what I fear will be my reality starting next week. Perhaps I'd best get practicing now using mask-centric articulation exercises... I suspect I'd rather be playing football with the aforementioned Lucy even though we *know* how that goes!
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