Alexander Kacala - Today
After some parents proposed the No Mask Monday initiative to protest the mandatory use of face masks at Enterprise, Utah, cheerleader Dallee Cobb decided to speak out loud and clear.
At last Friday's football game , this high school senior gave an enthusiastic speech flanked by her fellow students in which she implored those in the stands to do this "small, simple, selfless act" to ensure that the school year could resume in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“We saw with the Class of 2020 how quickly the things we love can be taken away from us,” he said.
“We of all people should know that wearing a mask is not fun. Nor do we wear a seat belt, life jacket or football protectors, but we do all these things to have a future ”. "We ask you to put on the mask so we can start our game," he added.
"Personally, I hate wearing this stupid thing, but you can bet I'm doing everything I can to be able to be here with my teammates and do the things that I love."
Video footage of Cobb's speech, posted by his father, Mike Cobb, has been viewed more than 10,000 times on Facebook.
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Her speech was the teenager's response to posts that circulated on social media last week. One post reportedly read: “Everyone pledges to Monday without a mask! DO NOT send your children to school with a mask. "
They cannot suspend all the students! ", Protested the director of the school, Calvin Holt, to the chain KSL-TV." Obviously, everyone has their own opinions. It is a subject very charged with emotions, "he added.
Cobb's father said he was proud of his daughter and others who demonstrated against the protest.
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On Monday, the students showed up to school in their face masks, in a demonstration Cobb's words were not taken lightly. “It shows a very promising future. We have great kids at Enterprise High School, ”Holt said. "We are happy to be back in school and we will do our best to stay here."
