01-27-2004, 12:43 PM
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Snow Day, and I'm not completely estatic - Am I Growing up?
Ok, this is troubling:
Snow has us packed in here (wonderful Cleveland) and my wonderful college (The University of Akron) has closed today (yesterday afternoon they closed, but I have no monday classes). Now, at this time, I'm only taking classes (My courses i teach don't start for another 2 weeks), but I find myself not overly estatic about a day off. Sure, I'll get some more sleep and probably just relax the day away wishing for warmer weather, but this also throws a big monkey wrench into my week, as I had things I wanted to get done today at UA, including visiting my office and checking in on enrollment, etc...
So does this mean I'm... <sign> growing up???
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01-27-2004, 02:49 PM
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Intellectual
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Yeah, been there, done that. The last snow day I enjoyed was my Sophomore year at college. There was a big snowstorm across the midwest on a 3-day weekend. It became a 4-day weekend. But, the best part was that we came back a day early and it felt like 2 snow days.
Nowadays though, I get antsy at home. I had about 2 weeks off at Christmas and kept checking my work e-mail to see what was going on.
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01-27-2004, 03:58 PM
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Pontificator
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Well, I haven't grown up yet - give me a snow day! :lol:
It was -40 F (with wind chill) last week and we still had school. It has snowed about 8 inches in a past 24 hours - school today.
Share the wealth! Send some of that snow-day goodness up here!
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01-27-2004, 04:41 PM
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Pupil
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Snow days are one of the few things I miss about teaching full time----the others being Christmas vacation and summer vacation! I'd love to have a snow day again! Guess that means I've never really grown up!
Actually, that's partly why I changed careers---when I realized that those were the main things I enjoyed about teaching, I realized that must not be what I should be doing!
Enjoy your day off!
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01-27-2004, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by David Prahl
Well, I haven't grown up yet - give me a snow day! :lol:
It was -40 F (with wind chill) last week and we still had school. It has snowed about 8 inches in a past 24 hours - school today.
Share the wealth! Send some of that snow-day goodness up here!
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Shhhh! I'd hate to see what counts as a snow day in Wisconsin...  |
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01-27-2004, 05:37 PM
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Philosopher
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by David Prahl
It was -40 F (with wind chill) last week and we still had school. It has snowed about 8 inches in a past 24 hours - school today.
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This weekend, I went to the beach -- twice -- and worked on my tan in mid-to-upper 70 degree weather. The ocean surf was decidedly chilly, though, at about 72 degrees, so I only stayed in the water about 20 minutes.
So, I think I know what you mean about all the cold weather. :mrgreen: |
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01-27-2004, 06:04 PM
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Intellectual
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Here in the UK they've been predicting severe weather warnings and so I've been keeping my fingers crossed for 'Snow Days'. so far its just been cold and no snow...doh!
Mind you, it only requires an inch or so of snow to bring the country to a grinding halt so here's hoping 
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01-27-2004, 06:06 PM
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Snow days make me *feel* old. Kids around here now get out just about any time there's even the slightest snow, ice or cold. Why, when I was a kid, it had to be blowing, drifting snow of 8 or more inches before they'd even think of closing school and even then they'd think long & hard about it. (I sure sound old now)
Every job I've had it's "Make it in late as you need to, as long as you make it in. If you don't, it's a day of your vacation time" There have been several times that I realized it was dangerous and stupid to even try going to work, so there went a day of vacation. And I still worked from home...
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01-27-2004, 06:36 PM
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Thinker
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Re: Snow Day, and I'm not completely estatic - Am I Growing up?
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Originally Posted by dadarkmcse
Snow has us packed in here (wonderful Cleveland) and my wonderful college (The University of Akron) has closed today...
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When you are in a school system that is mandatory, i.e. high school and elementary school, snow days are great. :clap:
When you are paying to go to school, i.e. college, snow days are a couple hundred bucks (or more) that you will never get back. :really mad: |
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01-27-2004, 07:21 PM
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Pontificator
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Here in "the frozen tundra" (which is redundant), it's the school bus company that calls the snow days. If those big diesel buses can't start or the roads are icy, it is.
Figure 1: The Common Lowland Minnesota Snowdrift (similar to a Wisconsin Drift). |
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