Winnipeg Free Press MAGGIE MACINTOSH/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Pritpal Sandhu, a teacher at Acadia Junior High School, is ecstatic his students will be returning to his classroom next week. Barring technical difficulties, seventh-graders are required to turn on their microphones and webcams when they tune in to Pritpal Sandhu’s video call lessons via Microsoft Teams. Barring technical difficulties, seventh-graders are required to turn on their microphones and webcams when they tune in to Pritpal Sandhu’s video call lessons via Microsoft Teams. Sandhu adopted the policy to ensure the middle schoolers stay on task and he can see their unmasked expressions as his discussion-heavy classes continue, despite the physical distance between teacher and student.