Snow day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know, reading the 211 pages of this, I think of my own childhood. No social media. We got up, watched the tv screen like the nba draft board for our school to pop up. Or listen for 20 minutes to the radio to hear our district announced.

Sometimes they would open and my mom would say, wow, I can’t believe you’re going. Well, go get ready. Sometimes they would close and mom would say, “there’s nothing there! They just want a snow day!”

Either way, we moved on. I went or stayed home depending on the district’s decision. 10 minutes later, it was over, and just became a distant memory.

However, if mom knew there were so many crazy parents out there, I’m not sure I would have ever been allowed back in a school building.

Question- did social media create these crazy behaviors or were they always there with no where to let it all out? Or is this a post-covid consequence-nobody ever feels safe. Interested to hear how this went as a kid in your house!

Yes! Our parents would have responded totally differently if they had social media back then! (That was sarcasm. My mother is horrified that our schools are open today.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know, reading the 211 pages of this, I think of my own childhood. No social media. We got up, watched the tv screen like the nba draft board for our school to pop up. Or listen for 20 minutes to the radio to hear our district announced.

Sometimes they would open and my mom would say, wow, I can’t believe you’re going. Well, go get ready. Sometimes they would close and mom would say, “there’s nothing there! They just want a snow day!”

Either way, we moved on. I went or stayed home depending on the district’s decision. 10 minutes later, it was over, and just became a distant memory.

However, if mom knew there were so many crazy parents out there, I’m not sure I would have ever been allowed back in a school building.

Question- did social media create these crazy behaviors or were they always there with no where to let it all out? Or is this a post-covid consequence-nobody ever feels safe. Interested to hear how this went as a kid in your house!

Yes! Our parents would have responded totally differently if they had social media back then! (That was sarcasm. My mother is horrified that our schools are open today.)

Los Angeles is burning down, but your mother is horrified that some neighborhoods are still icy, so kids there can optionally stay home through the weekend.

[Anonymous]

Teacher who just drove from Arlington to work. Passed three different crashes. I hope everyone is okay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher who just drove from Arlington to work. Passed three different crashes. I hope everyone is okay

Only 3. That’s a typical summer day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know, reading the 211 pages of this, I think of my own childhood. No social media. We got up, watched the tv screen like the nba draft board for our school to pop up. Or listen for 20 minutes to the radio to hear our district announced.

Sometimes they would open and my mom would say, wow, I can’t believe you’re going. Well, go get ready. Sometimes they would close and mom would say, “there’s nothing there! They just want a snow day!”

Either way, we moved on. I went or stayed home depending on the district’s decision. 10 minutes later, it was over, and just became a distant memory.

However, if mom knew there were so many crazy parents out there, I’m not sure I would have ever been allowed back in a school building.

Question- did social media create these crazy behaviors or were they always there with no where to let it all out? Or is this a post-covid consequence-nobody ever feels safe. Interested to hear how this went as a kid in your house!

Yes! Our parents would have responded totally differently if they had social media back then! (That was sarcasm. My mother is horrified that our schools are open today.)

Los Angeles is burning down, but your mother is horrified that some neighborhoods are still icy, so kids there can optionally stay home through the weekend.

To be fair, the version mom got probably sounds like we’re entering a new ice age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know, reading the 211 pages of this, I think of my own childhood. No social media. We got up, watched the tv screen like the nba draft board for our school to pop up. Or listen for 20 minutes to the radio to hear our district announced.

Sometimes they would open and my mom would say, wow, I can’t believe you’re going. Well, go get ready. Sometimes they would close and mom would say, “there’s nothing there! They just want a snow day!”

Either way, we moved on. I went or stayed home depending on the district’s decision. 10 minutes later, it was over, and just became a distant memory.

However, if mom knew there were so many crazy parents out there, I’m not sure I would have ever been allowed back in a school building.

Question- did social media create these crazy behaviors or were they always there with no where to let it all out? Or is this a post-covid consequence-nobody ever feels safe. Interested to hear how this went as a kid in your house!

Social media amplifies the craziness, plus many of the really crazy would be safely contained in local institutions. But we closed those down and gave wackos an anonymous voice on the internet.

[Anonymous]

So how did it go? Some schools must have started by now. We have a late start elementary and don't start till 11:20!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So how did it go? Some schools must have started by now. We have a late start elementary and don't start till 11:20!

It was fine. Some kids walked on the road adjacent to the school at the dropoff area. A couple kids walked on the crunchy sidewalk. In all, it was remarkable to see them face and defeat what some posters here considered impossible odds. They came, they saw, they conquered some ice on a Friday.

[Anonymous]

The only 2 streets leading into our neighborhood school are solid ice - they were never plowed. One is a hill - should be an interesting drop off!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So how did it go? Some schools must have started by now. We have a late start elementary and don't start till 11:20!

It was fine. Some kids walked on the road adjacent to the school at the dropoff area. A couple kids walked on the crunchy sidewalk. In all, it was remarkable to see them face and defeat what some posters here considered impossible odds. They came, they saw, they conquered some ice on a Friday.

Way to go kids!

[Anonymous]

Spouse texted. 6 students in first period, 15 absent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know, reading the 211 pages of this, I think of my own childhood. No social media. We got up, watched the tv screen like the nba draft board for our school to pop up. Or listen for 20 minutes to the radio to hear our district announced.

Sometimes they would open and my mom would say, wow, I can’t believe you’re going. Well, go get ready. Sometimes they would close and mom would say, “there’s nothing there! They just want a snow day!”

Either way, we moved on. I went or stayed home depending on the district’s decision. 10 minutes later, it was over, and just became a distant memory.

However, if mom knew there were so many crazy parents out there, I’m not sure I would have ever been allowed back in a school building.

Question- did social media create these crazy behaviors or were they always there with no where to let it all out? Or is this a post-covid consequence-nobody ever feels safe. Interested to hear how this went as a kid in your house!

I get it as I am old also and have the same memories. But, my mom, like nearly every other mother of my classmates, did not have a full time job until I was in middle/high school and didn't need supervision. Now I would guess that the vast majority of families have two working parents - this means that closures and delays do cause more logistical problems than they used to and the need to announce early is more critical for these families. Same goes for instructional time - we didn't take end of year tests in MCPS that the schools got evaluated on. So while I agree social media provides a forum for venting from either side, the times have changed in many ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spouse texted. 6 students in first period, 15 absent.

Which school/zip code?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spouse texted. 6 students in first period, 15 absent.

fake news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spouse texted. 6 students in first period, 15 absent.

Is this HS? Is it AP class?