Ohio student, 10, confronts anti-maskers at board meeting: 'Please be quiet. It's inappropriate'

[Jilly_in_VA]

The youngest person who spoke in favor of masks at Wednesday night's school board meeting in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, decided she wasn't going to let anti-maskers steal her thunder.

Before 10-year-old Kaylan Park stepped up to the microphone at the contentious meeting, she had watched other pro-mask speakers get interrupted by heckles and boos from people who oppose the district's mask mandate. A couple of those opponents ended up walking out of the meeting in anger.

Critics were protesting the district's decision earlier this month to extend its mask mandate until at least Oct. 29 to protect students and staff against COVID-19.

But Kaylan, a fifth-grader, didn't let the tense environment intimidate her.
"It is super weird to be here because adults don't think that their children should wear masks," Kaylan said when it was her turn to speak. "…A lot of you guys are adults. You guys should be able to know that masks save lives."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/10/08/ohio-fifth-grader-stands-ground-against-adults-opposing-masks/6050125001/
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"I am speaking."

[MiHale]

1. This came to mind...

“The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.”

[MyMission]

4. And the masked shall inherit the earth

That's something I thought of last year.

Children are the hope of the future.

[MLAA]

14. Good one

[pazzyanne]

24. Exactly! nt

[malaise]

2. Off to the greatest page

Nicely done Kaylan

[dem4decades]

5. The idiots look just like I thought they would. She's a smart, brave girl.

[The Wizard]

6. Shouting louder

doesn't make you right. It makes you rude, uncivilized and primitive. That the morons want to die as martyrs for Trump is OK. That they want to drag others into the grave with them should piss off normal Americans.

[SheltieLover]

7. K&R!

[GB_RN]

8. When A Kid Has To Shush You In An Adult Setting...

You’re definitely an immature individual. But, we are talking about a bunch of MAGAts, so it’s kinda redundant.

[BoomaofBandM]

9. The pictures are telling. What a brave and smart young lady.

[Wounded Bear]

10. K & R...nt

[smirkymonkey]

11. Good for her!

What a wise, brave young lady!

[AllaN01Bear]

13. eggscllent.

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[marble falls]

16. "Out of the mouths of babes ...."

[calimary]

17. K&R!

As that character in “The Mandalorian” would say: “I have spoken.”

[llashram]

18. yay!!!

for Kaylen

[flying_wahini]

19. And I bet not ONE of those men even have children in this district. Paid shills. OAN and OAF keepers

[Initech]

20. Imagine being proud of heckling children.

Seriously... WTF has this country come to? It's like new lows are reached on a daily basis.

[Faux pas]

21. Kickin' with Admiration!

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

22. Kaylan for president in 25 years.

[walpurgis]

23. cope

When people grow up they should act like adults and one of the traits of acting like an adult is coping with other people. That means no booing ,heckling ,interrupting and so forth. Lets act like adults and show an example to our children. Grow up and start coping. Go Bidden. Fuck maga chuds---- just a bucket full of dicks and shit. They don't know the meaning of being a responsible adult and COPING.

[Withywindle]

25. That's what kills me about all these school board screamers

They never, ever listen to the children. It's all about their "rights" to keep their children ignorant. But children don't want to be ignorant. They want to learn. They want to meet people from backgrounds different from theirs, and learn about points of view that are different from their parents. As they should. This is healthy.

All respect to Kaylan. It's terrifying for a child to speak up to adults, but it's often needed. Kudos to Kaylan's parents for raising her to be brave and honest and not afraid to stand up to adults.