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There is a time in everybody's life where the school decides that it is time to close for a day. Sometimes it is over weather conditions, and other times it is over something like the power going out. I can understand weather conditions, but power? I see some good arguments for and against it. Of course there is no air conditioning. That makes sense. I guess that throws my argument out the door, but I am going to mention it anyway because I am a persistent butt. School should not rely on power to run because there were times when no one had power. This small change in comfort should not be a reason to wreck an entire day of preparing a child for the rest of his life.
What about delays? In my mind, they are worse than closings. If you are going to cut off school, cut it off for the whole day. With closings, teachers can still use lesson plans. When things are delayed, teachers have to come up with some slap-dashed idea that takes less time but still somewhat gets the point across. That makes it harder and completely wastes an entire day.
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Delays usually happen when the roads are frozen in the mornings, but the temperature is forecast to rise later in the day and melt all of the ice. That's usually how I've seen it happen. Delays are very inconvenient though. Classes are cut short. Professors/teachers can't get all of the information they were planning to communicate across and in turn this deprives students of wonderful interesting information about the universe and everything. This was my experience two days ago. I hated that class had to be cut short...but there were many icy roads and safety is important. As for schools delaying or shutting down because of lack of electricity, that would only be a concern if students are deprived of heating or air to the point where it is dangerous. It the students would freeze to death or get heat stroke without electricity, then it is best to cancel school...but if it is hot, drink lots of water and have class outside, not cooped up inside the building...if it is too cold, wear coats, bring blankets...that would be pretty difficult though. I would say start a fire, but I'm sure that starting fires on campus is against most school policies. Well, I think I've said my bit.
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