u/Exotic-Analysis8264

I probably should be studying for my exam tomorrow, but I don't even care at this point. I'm just so fed up and need someone to hear this.

I've had the sniffles and a runny nose pretty much all day today, and I've definitely come down with something, so I asked my AP government teacher if it would be fine for me to wear a mask when entering the building tomorrow on test day. She said yes.

Fast forward to tonight, I asked my mom if I could wear one, and she flipped out on me. I was calm and respectful the whole time, but she pulled every single excuse imaginable out of her ass for me not to wear a mask.

"It restricts your breathing!" No it doesn't. It never has. It didn't while I had to wear one during COVID.

"It'll distract you from the test!" People perform open-heart surgery while wearing masks. I think I'll be fine.

"We don't even have any masks in this house!" I wonder whose fault that is?

"You'll have to find your own, because I'm not getting you one!"

I can't fucking take it anymore. This is literally killing people. Elderly and immunocompromised people DIE because these idiots can't be bothered to put a piece of cloth over their faces.