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NewHendoLib

(60,014 posts)
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 09:17 PM Aug 2021

And this person is a teacher? Asshole warning - from North Carolina

https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/johnston-teacher-not-allowed-in-class-after-refusing-to-wear-mask/19841152/

Johnston teacher not allowed in class after refusing to wear mask

FOUR OAKS, N.C. — A Johnston County teacher could lose her job after refusing to wear a mask at school. Aurora Preston was to start her sixth year of teaching English at South Johnston High School this week, but she's not in the classroom after telling her principal last week that she had no plans to wear a mask. The Johnston County Board of Education voted Aug. 10 to mandate masks in all schools as a way to limit the spread of coronavirus, which has surged across North Carolina in recent weeks. "I feel like they're overstepping their bounds in trying to dictate things that really have nothing to do with education," Preston said Tuesday.

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"Nobody had any answers. Nobody knows what to do with me," she said. "I have the right to choose whether or not I comply. ... I'm not breaking the law. I'm not telling others to break the law. I just want to adhere to my God-given rights."

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Preston said she doesn't believe masks reduce the spread of the virus, contradicting the position held by federal, state and local health experts. The school board followed that public health guidance when voting to require masks. "It's not about the mask, it's about the control factor, because, after the masks are done, then what? Then it's about the vaccines," she said.

Preston also isn't vaccinated against the virus and said she has no plans to get any shots. Her Facebook page features her picture with the statements: "I trust my immune system. My body, my choice. Freedom to choose."

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there are no words for these idiots. Who would want these types teaching their kids?
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And this person is a teacher? Asshole warning - from North Carolina (Original Post) NewHendoLib Aug 2021 OP
Start The Termination Process In The CBA ProfessorGAC Aug 2021 #1
I wonder if she also thinks they are overstepping their bounds LoveMyCali Aug 2021 #2
600,000 people tried to "trust their immune system" and it didn't work MiniMe Aug 2021 #3
Nobody has the right to purposely infect kids with a deadly disease. If you think your sky daddy RockRaven Aug 2021 #4
+1000! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #19
They are NOT god given rights! PortTack Aug 2021 #5
I was not aware that English teachers were as qualified as Dr. Fauci to determine spooky3 Aug 2021 #6
"I trust my immune system. My body, my choice. Freedom to choose." ZonkerHarris Aug 2021 #7
She can't get a job elsewhere, either unc70 Aug 2021 #8
Maybe she should move to Florida. LisaL Aug 2021 #9
hello, my friend! NewHendoLib Aug 2021 #11
Yes things are mostly good unc70 Aug 2021 #13
We moved to Hendersonville in Jan 2020 - LOVE it here, don't miss the triangle area at all! NewHendoLib Aug 2021 #14
Poor judgement, substandard education, little sense of responsibility. Irish_Dem Aug 2021 #10
She said "It's not about the mask, it's about ... Whiskeytide Aug 2021 #12
Good riddance to bad judgement. Maru Kitteh Aug 2021 #15
As a retired educator in NC, her ass should be fired! Period. Piratedog Aug 2021 #16
If you want to trust your immune system ... Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #17
No mask, no job. Hit the bricks, dipshit! oasis Aug 2021 #18

LoveMyCali

(2,015 posts)
2. I wonder if she also thinks they are overstepping their bounds
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 09:28 PM
Aug 2021

when they tell her she can't wear halter tops and Daisy Dukes to class. Does she have a problem complying with the rest of their dress code?

MiniMe

(21,714 posts)
3. 600,000 people tried to "trust their immune system" and it didn't work
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 09:34 PM
Aug 2021

She has basically said that she won't get a vaccine and won't try to protect herself from getting the virus. If I lived there, my opinion would be to fire her ass.

RockRaven

(14,958 posts)
4. Nobody has the right to purposely infect kids with a deadly disease. If you think your sky daddy
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 09:38 PM
Aug 2021

gave you that right somehow, fuck you and your imaginary friend -- who is a moral monster by your description, as you are by your actions.

spooky3

(34,438 posts)
6. I was not aware that English teachers were as qualified as Dr. Fauci to determine
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 09:40 PM
Aug 2021

the usefulness of vaccines and masks against COVID.

Those degree programs must be getting more and more complicated!

ZonkerHarris

(24,221 posts)
7. "I trust my immune system. My body, my choice. Freedom to choose."
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 09:44 PM
Aug 2021

So what is she really choosing?
She is choosing that if she gets sick our society will do everything it can, and spend lots of money, to save her life, and those that she infects along the way, from a preventable situation.
She is counting on us but refuses to admit it.

unc70

(6,110 posts)
8. She can't get a job elsewhere, either
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 09:49 PM
Aug 2021

From the article, "Preston said she's looked at teaching positions in other districts but said every system in central North Carolina is requiring masks right now."

unc70

(6,110 posts)
13. Yes things are mostly good
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 10:04 PM
Aug 2021

I am currently in Chapel Hill, but have spent a lot of the past year hunkered down over in Knoxville.

Irish_Dem

(46,914 posts)
10. Poor judgement, substandard education, little sense of responsibility.
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 09:50 PM
Aug 2021

Doesn't understand science, or basic infection control procedures.
Doesn't listen to educated, respected scientists and medical professionals.
Doesn't care if she makes others sick or kills them.

This person should not be teaching children or be in any position of responsibility.

Whiskeytide

(4,461 posts)
12. She said "It's not about the mask, it's about ...
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 10:00 PM
Aug 2021

… the control factor, because, after the masks are done, then what? Then it's about the vaccines. And what comes after the vaccine?"

Maybe an end to the pandemic, dumbass? She shouldn’t be teaching.
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
17. If you want to trust your immune system ...
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 11:33 PM
Aug 2021

Yes, that's your 'right' and your 'freedom'.

And it's everyone ELSE'S right and freedom to say 'stay the f*** away from me, and my kids, you friggin' maniac!'

And also, 'you're fired'.




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