In an unexpected turn of events, middle school geometry teacher Andrea Guilfoyle has contracted COVID-19 and has lamented to the school’s staff, claiming they hadn’t taken proper precautions. Prior to this incident, Guilfoyle had been reported by students to not be wearing a mask while teaching, which they claim to be the reason for this contraction. In response, Guilfoyle stated:
“It is obnoxious what these children are claiming. Whether or not I wear my mask isn’t really important, what’s important is that I got COVID and these children are making it about how I don’t wear my mask. Me wearing my mask and getting COVID aren’t related. I’m an old woman, and I don’t need this suffering, only decency and a bit of understanding.”
The children had contacted the school’s principal, Genevieve Squire, long before Guilfoyle had attracted COVID, reportedly expressing concern in a sternly worded email about their teacher’s maskless-ness.
On Friday, Principal Squire spoke about this whole kerfuffle, stating the following:
“It deeply saddens me that one of our staff has contacted COVID, and it disheartens me to know that our students are concerned about their safety. We, as a school, have always been proactive about being fair and democratically-minded, from how we plaster a diverse cast of students on our website when in fact 75% of our student body is white, to how we’re treating this virus: when the students emailed me about their teacher’s maskless-ness, I made it my top priority to contact their teacher about this. However, it’s top-ness was dethroned quickly by a new Lana Del Rey album; I found it more important to listen to than talk to the teacher, which I’m sure you can understand. I’m also sure you can understand how I forgot to contact Ms. Guilfoyle during the course of listening to the album -- Lana Del Rey is simply a fantastic musician! I should talk to her about that mesh mask, though….”
Some students have started to rally to take matters into their own hands, but a combination of nihilism and a sense of self-uselessness has disincentivized them to take any action whatsoever.
Apr 17, 2021
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AureliusReyes
