Virtual Snow Days

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters in this thread have younger kids? We haven't had many snow days in the past few years. I'm guessing you think snow days were like Snowmaggedon.

I have two high schoolers (12th and 10th grade). 10 years ago when they were in elementary school, the weather was different. It wasn't unheard of to have many 2 hour delays in December (we seemed to get a lot more icy rain back then) and actual snow days.

Yes, we had some actual snow on those snow days. Snow the kids could play in. But many other days, was just brown and muddy out.

If we have a snow day and real snow, sure - I"ll give my kids the day off. But if we have a snow day and one of those brown, icy, slushy days? Sleep in but then hit the books.

It's not just the temptation of snow-- it's the lack of value from virtual. Even adults can't stay engaged over zoom for hours at a time. And given that half+ of the class is going to be out anyway, they're not going to be doing anything useful that day anyway.

Of course there is a value in education regardless of the format. A good teacher can teach anywhere. You are the problem.

Studies show that is not the case. Students all over America who went virtual lost a lot of ground compared to children who were in school. If it was just the odd bad teacher, it wouldn't be the case.

We are talking about the possibility of one or two days. How did my grandparents survive listening to the radio all those years? My goodness. Either you adapt to the changing world or you end up on the sidelines while those who can, do.

Right. Maybe up to three days, since we know they're never going to try synchronous online classes. So three days when nothing productive is done.

That's fine. Based on the reports I got from my kids, they mostly watched movies the week before christmas. You can lose 3 days without severe consequences.

But that's not much of an argument for logging into worthless virtual lessons on snow days. Quite the opposite.

Then don’t complain. If you want your kids to skip instruction because it inconveniences them, then you alone are creating that precedent. Do you know why teachers show movies the last day or so? Because so many of you allow your kids to skip those days. How can instruction continue if traveling is more important? I can 100% guarantee that many teachers, especially those in high school, would continue, even part of the period, if they could. Education is important in my family. We chose to enroll in public school. So you bet I will ensure my child shows up. Not argue because my teenager told me otherwise. Talk about first world problems.

These kids weren't successful partly because of the parents. The parents didn't care if they attended school or did the work. They set up their kids to fail.

Then why are we even letting parents opt-in to VA when it is setting their kids up to fail?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters in this thread have younger kids? We haven't had many snow days in the past few years. I'm guessing you think snow days were like Snowmaggedon.

I have two high schoolers (12th and 10th grade). 10 years ago when they were in elementary school, the weather was different. It wasn't unheard of to have many 2 hour delays in December (we seemed to get a lot more icy rain back then) and actual snow days.

Yes, we had some actual snow on those snow days. Snow the kids could play in. But many other days, was just brown and muddy out.

If we have a snow day and real snow, sure - I"ll give my kids the day off. But if we have a snow day and one of those brown, icy, slushy days? Sleep in but then hit the books.

It's not just the temptation of snow-- it's the lack of value from virtual. Even adults can't stay engaged over zoom for hours at a time. And given that half+ of the class is going to be out anyway, they're not going to be doing anything useful that day anyway.

Of course there is a value in education regardless of the format. A good teacher can teach anywhere. You are the problem.

Studies show that is not the case. Students all over America who went virtual lost a lot of ground compared to children who were in school. If it was just the odd bad teacher, it wouldn't be the case.

We are talking about the possibility of one or two days. How did my grandparents survive listening to the radio all those years? My goodness. Either you adapt to the changing world or you end up on the sidelines while those who can, do.

Right. Maybe up to three days, since we know they're never going to try synchronous online classes. So three days when nothing productive is done.

That's fine. Based on the reports I got from my kids, they mostly watched movies the week before christmas. You can lose 3 days without severe consequences.

But that's not much of an argument for logging into worthless virtual lessons on snow days. Quite the opposite.

Then don’t complain. If you want your kids to skip instruction because it inconveniences them, then you alone are creating that precedent. Do you know why teachers show movies the last day or so? Because so many of you allow your kids to skip those days. How can instruction continue if traveling is more important? I can 100% guarantee that many teachers, especially those in high school, would continue, even part of the period, if they could. Education is important in my family. We chose to enroll in public school. So you bet I will ensure my child shows up. Not argue because my teenager told me otherwise. Talk about first world problems.

Deal. They're going to skip them, just like 75% of the class.

Ok. Then deal with movies and virtual instruction. Idiot.

I said they would skip virtual. They've got better things to do.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters in this thread have younger kids? We haven't had many snow days in the past few years. I'm guessing you think snow days were like Snowmaggedon.

I have two high schoolers (12th and 10th grade). 10 years ago when they were in elementary school, the weather was different. It wasn't unheard of to have many 2 hour delays in December (we seemed to get a lot more icy rain back then) and actual snow days.

Yes, we had some actual snow on those snow days. Snow the kids could play in. But many other days, was just brown and muddy out.

If we have a snow day and real snow, sure - I"ll give my kids the day off. But if we have a snow day and one of those brown, icy, slushy days? Sleep in but then hit the books.

It's not just the temptation of snow-- it's the lack of value from virtual. Even adults can't stay engaged over zoom for hours at a time. And given that half+ of the class is going to be out anyway, they're not going to be doing anything useful that day anyway.

Of course there is a value in education regardless of the format. A good teacher can teach anywhere. You are the problem.

Studies show that is not the case. Students all over America who went virtual lost a lot of ground compared to children who were in school. If it was just the odd bad teacher, it wouldn't be the case.

We are talking about the possibility of one or two days. How did my grandparents survive listening to the radio all those years? My goodness. Either you adapt to the changing world or you end up on the sidelines while those who can, do.

Right. Maybe up to three days, since we know they're never going to try synchronous online classes. So three days when nothing productive is done.

That's fine. Based on the reports I got from my kids, they mostly watched movies the week before christmas. You can lose 3 days without severe consequences.

But that's not much of an argument for logging into worthless virtual lessons on snow days. Quite the opposite.

Then don’t complain. If you want your kids to skip instruction because it inconveniences them, then you alone are creating that precedent. Do you know why teachers show movies the last day or so? Because so many of you allow your kids to skip those days. How can instruction continue if traveling is more important? I can 100% guarantee that many teachers, especially those in high school, would continue, even part of the period, if they could. Education is important in my family. We chose to enroll in public school. So you bet I will ensure my child shows up. Not argue because my teenager told me otherwise. Talk about first world problems.

Deal. They're going to skip them, just like 75% of the class.

Ok. Then deal with movies and virtual instruction. Idiot.

I said they would skip virtual. They've got better things to do.

😂😂😂 why are you even here then?? Better things to do. 🤣🤣😂😂🤣 You all can’t be real people. Seriously. Omg. Lol. Thanks for the chuckle. My kid will be in school whatever it looks like.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters in this thread have younger kids? We haven't had many snow days in the past few years. I'm guessing you think snow days were like Snowmaggedon.

I have two high schoolers (12th and 10th grade). 10 years ago when they were in elementary school, the weather was different. It wasn't unheard of to have many 2 hour delays in December (we seemed to get a lot more icy rain back then) and actual snow days.

Yes, we had some actual snow on those snow days. Snow the kids could play in. But many other days, was just brown and muddy out.

If we have a snow day and real snow, sure - I"ll give my kids the day off. But if we have a snow day and one of those brown, icy, slushy days? Sleep in but then hit the books.

It's not just the temptation of snow-- it's the lack of value from virtual. Even adults can't stay engaged over zoom for hours at a time. And given that half+ of the class is going to be out anyway, they're not going to be doing anything useful that day anyway.

Of course there is a value in education regardless of the format. A good teacher can teach anywhere. You are the problem.

Studies show that is not the case. Students all over America who went virtual lost a lot of ground compared to children who were in school. If it was just the odd bad teacher, it wouldn't be the case.

That's a correlation due to parental neglect. Virtual itself is perfectly fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Now that MCPS has joined other districts in possibly holding virtual snow days, will you be requiring your children to attend? Classes won't start until at least 11am and be live for about 4.5 hours. I'm a former teacher and I'm leaning towards not having my kids join. By 11 they will already be in full snow day mode and I'm not dragging them inside to hop on a Chromebook. Just curious what others are thinking.

Definitely will make them attend, but my kids thrived in virtual because I was involved and didn't ignore them.

I’d love to hear how you could be involved while working out of the house every day like me and my husband had to. Maybe I can take some pointers for the next pandemic.

You hire help.

Oh I see. Only people rich enough to “hire help” are “involved parents” who don’t “ignore” their kids.

Never change, DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters in this thread have younger kids? We haven't had many snow days in the past few years. I'm guessing you think snow days were like Snowmaggedon.

I have two high schoolers (12th and 10th grade). 10 years ago when they were in elementary school, the weather was different. It wasn't unheard of to have many 2 hour delays in December (we seemed to get a lot more icy rain back then) and actual snow days.

Yes, we had some actual snow on those snow days. Snow the kids could play in. But many other days, was just brown and muddy out.

If we have a snow day and real snow, sure - I"ll give my kids the day off. But if we have a snow day and one of those brown, icy, slushy days? Sleep in but then hit the books.

It's not just the temptation of snow-- it's the lack of value from virtual. Even adults can't stay engaged over zoom for hours at a time. And given that half+ of the class is going to be out anyway, they're not going to be doing anything useful that day anyway.

Of course there is a value in education regardless of the format. A good teacher can teach anywhere. You are the problem.

Studies show that is not the case. Students all over America who went virtual lost a lot of ground compared to children who were in school. If it was just the odd bad teacher, it wouldn't be the case.

We are talking about the possibility of one or two days. How did my grandparents survive listening to the radio all those years? My goodness. Either you adapt to the changing world or you end up on the sidelines while those who can, do.

Right. Maybe up to three days, since we know they're never going to try synchronous online classes. So three days when nothing productive is done.

That's fine. Based on the reports I got from my kids, they mostly watched movies the week before christmas. You can lose 3 days without severe consequences.

But that's not much of an argument for logging into worthless virtual lessons on snow days. Quite the opposite.

Then don’t complain. If you want your kids to skip instruction because it inconveniences them, then you alone are creating that precedent. Do you know why teachers show movies the last day or so? Because so many of you allow your kids to skip those days. How can instruction continue if traveling is more important? I can 100% guarantee that many teachers, especially those in high school, would continue, even part of the period, if they could. Education is important in my family. We chose to enroll in public school. So you bet I will ensure my child shows up. Not argue because my teenager told me otherwise. Talk about first world problems.

Deal. They're going to skip them, just like 75% of the class.

Ok. Then deal with movies and virtual instruction. Idiot.

I said they would skip virtual. They've got better things to do.

😂😂😂 why are you even here then?? Better things to do. 🤣🤣😂😂🤣 You all can’t be real people. Seriously. Omg. Lol. Thanks for the chuckle. My kid will be in school whatever it looks like.

OK? But when the teacher doesn't even bother to show up, what is she going to do then? Are you under the impression that you can cash in virtue points for extra credit?

The best case scenario is that your child is just going to hear the same thing two days in a row. The more likely scenario is that the teacher isn't going to even attempt do cover anything new, knowing that they'd just have to do it again for everyone else in the class.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters in this thread have younger kids? We haven't had many snow days in the past few years. I'm guessing you think snow days were like Snowmaggedon.

I have two high schoolers (12th and 10th grade). 10 years ago when they were in elementary school, the weather was different. It wasn't unheard of to have many 2 hour delays in December (we seemed to get a lot more icy rain back then) and actual snow days.

Yes, we had some actual snow on those snow days. Snow the kids could play in. But many other days, was just brown and muddy out.

If we have a snow day and real snow, sure - I"ll give my kids the day off. But if we have a snow day and one of those brown, icy, slushy days? Sleep in but then hit the books.

It's not just the temptation of snow-- it's the lack of value from virtual. Even adults can't stay engaged over zoom for hours at a time. And given that half+ of the class is going to be out anyway, they're not going to be doing anything useful that day anyway.

Of course there is a value in education regardless of the format. A good teacher can teach anywhere. You are the problem.

Studies show that is not the case. Students all over America who went virtual lost a lot of ground compared to children who were in school. If it was just the odd bad teacher, it wouldn't be the case.

We are talking about the possibility of one or two days. How did my grandparents survive listening to the radio all those years? My goodness. Either you adapt to the changing world or you end up on the sidelines while those who can, do.

Right. Maybe up to three days, since we know they're never going to try synchronous online classes. So three days when nothing productive is done.

That's fine. Based on the reports I got from my kids, they mostly watched movies the week before christmas. You can lose 3 days without severe consequences.

But that's not much of an argument for logging into worthless virtual lessons on snow days. Quite the opposite.

Then don’t complain. If you want your kids to skip instruction because it inconveniences them, then you alone are creating that precedent. Do you know why teachers show movies the last day or so? Because so many of you allow your kids to skip those days. How can instruction continue if traveling is more important? I can 100% guarantee that many teachers, especially those in high school, would continue, even part of the period, if they could. Education is important in my family. We chose to enroll in public school. So you bet I will ensure my child shows up. Not argue because my teenager told me otherwise. Talk about first world problems.

These kids weren't successful partly because of the parents. The parents didn't care if they attended school or did the work. They set up their kids to fail.

Then why are we even letting parents opt-in to VA when it is setting their kids up to fail?

Because a lot are thriving in it. Why are we letting kids failing in in person go in person?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters in this thread have younger kids? We haven't had many snow days in the past few years. I'm guessing you think snow days were like Snowmaggedon.

I have two high schoolers (12th and 10th grade). 10 years ago when they were in elementary school, the weather was different. It wasn't unheard of to have many 2 hour delays in December (we seemed to get a lot more icy rain back then) and actual snow days.

Yes, we had some actual snow on those snow days. Snow the kids could play in. But many other days, was just brown and muddy out.

If we have a snow day and real snow, sure - I"ll give my kids the day off. But if we have a snow day and one of those brown, icy, slushy days? Sleep in but then hit the books.

It's not just the temptation of snow-- it's the lack of value from virtual. Even adults can't stay engaged over zoom for hours at a time. And given that half+ of the class is going to be out anyway, they're not going to be doing anything useful that day anyway.

Of course there is a value in education regardless of the format. A good teacher can teach anywhere. You are the problem.

Studies show that is not the case. Students all over America who went virtual lost a lot of ground compared to children who were in school. If it was just the odd bad teacher, it wouldn't be the case.

We are talking about the possibility of one or two days. How did my grandparents survive listening to the radio all those years? My goodness. Either you adapt to the changing world or you end up on the sidelines while those who can, do.

Right. Maybe up to three days, since we know they're never going to try synchronous online classes. So three days when nothing productive is done.

That's fine. Based on the reports I got from my kids, they mostly watched movies the week before christmas. You can lose 3 days without severe consequences.

But that's not much of an argument for logging into worthless virtual lessons on snow days. Quite the opposite.

Then don’t complain. If you want your kids to skip instruction because it inconveniences them, then you alone are creating that precedent. Do you know why teachers show movies the last day or so? Because so many of you allow your kids to skip those days. How can instruction continue if traveling is more important? I can 100% guarantee that many teachers, especially those in high school, would continue, even part of the period, if they could. Education is important in my family. We chose to enroll in public school. So you bet I will ensure my child shows up. Not argue because my teenager told me otherwise. Talk about first world problems.

Deal. They're going to skip them, just like 75% of the class.

Ok. Then deal with movies and virtual instruction. Idiot.

I said they would skip virtual. They've got better things to do.

😂😂😂 why are you even here then?? Better things to do. 🤣🤣😂😂🤣 You all can’t be real people. Seriously. Omg. Lol. Thanks for the chuckle. My kid will be in school whatever it looks like.

OK? But when the teacher doesn't even bother to show up, what is she going to do then? Are you under the impression that you can cash in virtue points for extra credit?

The best case scenario is that your child is just going to hear the same thing two days in a row. The more likely scenario is that the teacher isn't going to even attempt do cover anything new, knowing that they'd just have to do it again for everyone else in the class.

People like you are why kids struggled.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters in this thread have younger kids? We haven't had many snow days in the past few years. I'm guessing you think snow days were like Snowmaggedon.

I have two high schoolers (12th and 10th grade). 10 years ago when they were in elementary school, the weather was different. It wasn't unheard of to have many 2 hour delays in December (we seemed to get a lot more icy rain back then) and actual snow days.

Yes, we had some actual snow on those snow days. Snow the kids could play in. But many other days, was just brown and muddy out.

If we have a snow day and real snow, sure - I"ll give my kids the day off. But if we have a snow day and one of those brown, icy, slushy days? Sleep in but then hit the books.

It's not just the temptation of snow-- it's the lack of value from virtual. Even adults can't stay engaged over zoom for hours at a time. And given that half+ of the class is going to be out anyway, they're not going to be doing anything useful that day anyway.

Of course there is a value in education regardless of the format. A good teacher can teach anywhere. You are the problem.

Studies show that is not the case. Students all over America who went virtual lost a lot of ground compared to children who were in school. If it was just the odd bad teacher, it wouldn't be the case.

We are talking about the possibility of one or two days. How did my grandparents survive listening to the radio all those years? My goodness. Either you adapt to the changing world or you end up on the sidelines while those who can, do.

Right. Maybe up to three days, since we know they're never going to try synchronous online classes. So three days when nothing productive is done.

That's fine. Based on the reports I got from my kids, they mostly watched movies the week before christmas. You can lose 3 days without severe consequences.

But that's not much of an argument for logging into worthless virtual lessons on snow days. Quite the opposite.

Then don’t complain. If you want your kids to skip instruction because it inconveniences them, then you alone are creating that precedent. Do you know why teachers show movies the last day or so? Because so many of you allow your kids to skip those days. How can instruction continue if traveling is more important? I can 100% guarantee that many teachers, especially those in high school, would continue, even part of the period, if they could. Education is important in my family. We chose to enroll in public school. So you bet I will ensure my child shows up. Not argue because my teenager told me otherwise. Talk about first world problems.

Deal. They're going to skip them, just like 75% of the class.

Ok. Then deal with movies and virtual instruction. Idiot.

I said they would skip virtual. They've got better things to do.

😂😂😂 why are you even here then?? Better things to do. 🤣🤣😂😂🤣 You all can’t be real people. Seriously. Omg. Lol. Thanks for the chuckle. My kid will be in school whatever it looks like.

OK? But when the teacher doesn't even bother to show up, what is she going to do then? Are you under the impression that you can cash in virtue points for extra credit?

The best case scenario is that your child is just going to hear the same thing two days in a row. The more likely scenario is that the teacher isn't going to even attempt do cover anything new, knowing that they'd just have to do it again for everyone else in the class.

People like you are why kids struggled.

People with ten fingers and 46 chromosomes? I mean, I guess that's true by some definition, but I fail to see the significance.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters in this thread have younger kids? We haven't had many snow days in the past few years. I'm guessing you think snow days were like Snowmaggedon.

I have two high schoolers (12th and 10th grade). 10 years ago when they were in elementary school, the weather was different. It wasn't unheard of to have many 2 hour delays in December (we seemed to get a lot more icy rain back then) and actual snow days.

Yes, we had some actual snow on those snow days. Snow the kids could play in. But many other days, was just brown and muddy out.

If we have a snow day and real snow, sure - I"ll give my kids the day off. But if we have a snow day and one of those brown, icy, slushy days? Sleep in but then hit the books.

It's not just the temptation of snow-- it's the lack of value from virtual. Even adults can't stay engaged over zoom for hours at a time. And given that half+ of the class is going to be out anyway, they're not going to be doing anything useful that day anyway.

Of course there is a value in education regardless of the format. A good teacher can teach anywhere. You are the problem.

Studies show that is not the case. Students all over America who went virtual lost a lot of ground compared to children who were in school. If it was just the odd bad teacher, it wouldn't be the case.

We are talking about the possibility of one or two days. How did my grandparents survive listening to the radio all those years? My goodness. Either you adapt to the changing world or you end up on the sidelines while those who can, do.

Right. Maybe up to three days, since we know they're never going to try synchronous online classes. So three days when nothing productive is done.

That's fine. Based on the reports I got from my kids, they mostly watched movies the week before christmas. You can lose 3 days without severe consequences.

But that's not much of an argument for logging into worthless virtual lessons on snow days. Quite the opposite.

Then don’t complain. If you want your kids to skip instruction because it inconveniences them, then you alone are creating that precedent. Do you know why teachers show movies the last day or so? Because so many of you allow your kids to skip those days. How can instruction continue if traveling is more important? I can 100% guarantee that many teachers, especially those in high school, would continue, even part of the period, if they could. Education is important in my family. We chose to enroll in public school. So you bet I will ensure my child shows up. Not argue because my teenager told me otherwise. Talk about first world problems.

Deal. They're going to skip them, just like 75% of the class.

Ok. Then deal with movies and virtual instruction. Idiot.

I said they would skip virtual. They've got better things to do.

You are exactly why your kids failed virtually. You don't value education and don't make it a priority. They have nothing better to do. Why send them to school at all if they have better things to do? You really need to do some self-reflection and do better at parenting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now that MCPS has joined other districts in possibly holding virtual snow days, will you be requiring your children to attend? Classes won't start until at least 11am and be live for about 4.5 hours. I'm a former teacher and I'm leaning towards not having my kids join. By 11 they will already be in full snow day mode and I'm not dragging them inside to hop on a Chromebook. Just curious what others are thinking.

Definitely will make them attend, but my kids thrived in virtual because I was involved and didn't ignore them.

I’d love to hear how you could be involved while working out of the house every day like me and my husband had to. Maybe I can take some pointers for the next pandemic.

You hire help.

Oh I see. Only people rich enough to “hire help” are “involved parents” who don’t “ignore” their kids.

Never change, DCUM.

No, those of us without money take care of our kids ourselves, cook, clean, do house repairs and yard work. Funny how that works.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters in this thread have younger kids? We haven't had many snow days in the past few years. I'm guessing you think snow days were like Snowmaggedon.

I have two high schoolers (12th and 10th grade). 10 years ago when they were in elementary school, the weather was different. It wasn't unheard of to have many 2 hour delays in December (we seemed to get a lot more icy rain back then) and actual snow days.

Yes, we had some actual snow on those snow days. Snow the kids could play in. But many other days, was just brown and muddy out.

If we have a snow day and real snow, sure - I"ll give my kids the day off. But if we have a snow day and one of those brown, icy, slushy days? Sleep in but then hit the books.

It's not just the temptation of snow-- it's the lack of value from virtual. Even adults can't stay engaged over zoom for hours at a time. And given that half+ of the class is going to be out anyway, they're not going to be doing anything useful that day anyway.

Of course there is a value in education regardless of the format. A good teacher can teach anywhere. You are the problem.

Studies show that is not the case. Students all over America who went virtual lost a lot of ground compared to children who were in school. If it was just the odd bad teacher, it wouldn't be the case.

We are talking about the possibility of one or two days. How did my grandparents survive listening to the radio all those years? My goodness. Either you adapt to the changing world or you end up on the sidelines while those who can, do.

Right. Maybe up to three days, since we know they're never going to try synchronous online classes. So three days when nothing productive is done.

That's fine. Based on the reports I got from my kids, they mostly watched movies the week before christmas. You can lose 3 days without severe consequences.

But that's not much of an argument for logging into worthless virtual lessons on snow days. Quite the opposite.

Then don’t complain. If you want your kids to skip instruction because it inconveniences them, then you alone are creating that precedent. Do you know why teachers show movies the last day or so? Because so many of you allow your kids to skip those days. How can instruction continue if traveling is more important? I can 100% guarantee that many teachers, especially those in high school, would continue, even part of the period, if they could. Education is important in my family. We chose to enroll in public school. So you bet I will ensure my child shows up. Not argue because my teenager told me otherwise. Talk about first world problems.

Deal. They're going to skip them, just like 75% of the class.

Ok. Then deal with movies and virtual instruction. Idiot.

I said they would skip virtual. They've got better things to do.

You are exactly why your kids failed virtually. You don't value education and don't make it a priority. They have nothing better to do. Why send them to school at all if they have better things to do? You really need to do some self-reflection and do better at parenting.

Virtual isn't education. Just wait and see if/when they do virtual snow days. They're going to be worthless.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters in this thread have younger kids? We haven't had many snow days in the past few years. I'm guessing you think snow days were like Snowmaggedon.

I have two high schoolers (12th and 10th grade). 10 years ago when they were in elementary school, the weather was different. It wasn't unheard of to have many 2 hour delays in December (we seemed to get a lot more icy rain back then) and actual snow days.

Yes, we had some actual snow on those snow days. Snow the kids could play in. But many other days, was just brown and muddy out.

If we have a snow day and real snow, sure - I"ll give my kids the day off. But if we have a snow day and one of those brown, icy, slushy days? Sleep in but then hit the books.

It's not just the temptation of snow-- it's the lack of value from virtual. Even adults can't stay engaged over zoom for hours at a time. And given that half+ of the class is going to be out anyway, they're not going to be doing anything useful that day anyway.

Of course there is a value in education regardless of the format. A good teacher can teach anywhere. You are the problem.

Studies show that is not the case. Students all over America who went virtual lost a lot of ground compared to children who were in school. If it was just the odd bad teacher, it wouldn't be the case.

We are talking about the possibility of one or two days. How did my grandparents survive listening to the radio all those years? My goodness. Either you adapt to the changing world or you end up on the sidelines while those who can, do.

Right. Maybe up to three days, since we know they're never going to try synchronous online classes. So three days when nothing productive is done.

That's fine. Based on the reports I got from my kids, they mostly watched movies the week before christmas. You can lose 3 days without severe consequences.

But that's not much of an argument for logging into worthless virtual lessons on snow days. Quite the opposite.

Then don’t complain. If you want your kids to skip instruction because it inconveniences them, then you alone are creating that precedent. Do you know why teachers show movies the last day or so? Because so many of you allow your kids to skip those days. How can instruction continue if traveling is more important? I can 100% guarantee that many teachers, especially those in high school, would continue, even part of the period, if they could. Education is important in my family. We chose to enroll in public school. So you bet I will ensure my child shows up. Not argue because my teenager told me otherwise. Talk about first world problems.

Deal. They're going to skip them, just like 75% of the class.

Ok. Then deal with movies and virtual instruction. Idiot.

I said they would skip virtual. They've got better things to do.

You are exactly why your kids failed virtually. You don't value education and don't make it a priority. They have nothing better to do. Why send them to school at all if they have better things to do? You really need to do some self-reflection and do better at parenting.

Virtual isn't education. Just wait and see if/when they do virtual snow days. They're going to be worthless.

Entire colleges are online, so for you to claim “virtual isn’t education” is asinine. You basically just sound like some who relies on school for babysitting while hiding behind the excuse virtual can’t work for anyone bc it didn’t work for you and your situation. Evolve like the rest of us.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters in this thread have younger kids? We haven't had many snow days in the past few years. I'm guessing you think snow days were like Snowmaggedon.

I have two high schoolers (12th and 10th grade). 10 years ago when they were in elementary school, the weather was different. It wasn't unheard of to have many 2 hour delays in December (we seemed to get a lot more icy rain back then) and actual snow days.

Yes, we had some actual snow on those snow days. Snow the kids could play in. But many other days, was just brown and muddy out.

If we have a snow day and real snow, sure - I"ll give my kids the day off. But if we have a snow day and one of those brown, icy, slushy days? Sleep in but then hit the books.

It's not just the temptation of snow-- it's the lack of value from virtual. Even adults can't stay engaged over zoom for hours at a time. And given that half+ of the class is going to be out anyway, they're not going to be doing anything useful that day anyway.

Of course there is a value in education regardless of the format. A good teacher can teach anywhere. You are the problem.

Studies show that is not the case. Students all over America who went virtual lost a lot of ground compared to children who were in school. If it was just the odd bad teacher, it wouldn't be the case.

We are talking about the possibility of one or two days. How did my grandparents survive listening to the radio all those years? My goodness. Either you adapt to the changing world or you end up on the sidelines while those who can, do.

Right. Maybe up to three days, since we know they're never going to try synchronous online classes. So three days when nothing productive is done.

That's fine. Based on the reports I got from my kids, they mostly watched movies the week before christmas. You can lose 3 days without severe consequences.

But that's not much of an argument for logging into worthless virtual lessons on snow days. Quite the opposite.

Then don’t complain. If you want your kids to skip instruction because it inconveniences them, then you alone are creating that precedent. Do you know why teachers show movies the last day or so? Because so many of you allow your kids to skip those days. How can instruction continue if traveling is more important? I can 100% guarantee that many teachers, especially those in high school, would continue, even part of the period, if they could. Education is important in my family. We chose to enroll in public school. So you bet I will ensure my child shows up. Not argue because my teenager told me otherwise. Talk about first world problems.

Deal. They're going to skip them, just like 75% of the class.

Ok. Then deal with movies and virtual instruction. Idiot.

I said they would skip virtual. They've got better things to do.

You are exactly why your kids failed virtually. You don't value education and don't make it a priority. They have nothing better to do. Why send them to school at all if they have better things to do? You really need to do some self-reflection and do better at parenting.

Virtual isn't education. Just wait and see if/when they do virtual snow days. They're going to be worthless.

Entire colleges are online, so for you to claim “virtual isn’t education” is asinine. You basically just sound like some who relies on school for babysitting while hiding behind the excuse virtual can’t work for anyone bc it didn’t work for you and your situation. Evolve like the rest of us.

Please tell me more about how adults and young kids learn the same way.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters in this thread have younger kids? We haven't had many snow days in the past few years. I'm guessing you think snow days were like Snowmaggedon.

I have two high schoolers (12th and 10th grade). 10 years ago when they were in elementary school, the weather was different. It wasn't unheard of to have many 2 hour delays in December (we seemed to get a lot more icy rain back then) and actual snow days.

Yes, we had some actual snow on those snow days. Snow the kids could play in. But many other days, was just brown and muddy out.

If we have a snow day and real snow, sure - I"ll give my kids the day off. But if we have a snow day and one of those brown, icy, slushy days? Sleep in but then hit the books.

It's not just the temptation of snow-- it's the lack of value from virtual. Even adults can't stay engaged over zoom for hours at a time. And given that half+ of the class is going to be out anyway, they're not going to be doing anything useful that day anyway.

Of course there is a value in education regardless of the format. A good teacher can teach anywhere. You are the problem.

Studies show that is not the case. Students all over America who went virtual lost a lot of ground compared to children who were in school. If it was just the odd bad teacher, it wouldn't be the case.

We are talking about the possibility of one or two days. How did my grandparents survive listening to the radio all those years? My goodness. Either you adapt to the changing world or you end up on the sidelines while those who can, do.

Right. Maybe up to three days, since we know they're never going to try synchronous online classes. So three days when nothing productive is done.

That's fine. Based on the reports I got from my kids, they mostly watched movies the week before christmas. You can lose 3 days without severe consequences.

But that's not much of an argument for logging into worthless virtual lessons on snow days. Quite the opposite.

Then don’t complain. If you want your kids to skip instruction because it inconveniences them, then you alone are creating that precedent. Do you know why teachers show movies the last day or so? Because so many of you allow your kids to skip those days. How can instruction continue if traveling is more important? I can 100% guarantee that many teachers, especially those in high school, would continue, even part of the period, if they could. Education is important in my family. We chose to enroll in public school. So you bet I will ensure my child shows up. Not argue because my teenager told me otherwise. Talk about first world problems.

Deal. They're going to skip them, just like 75% of the class.

Ok. Then deal with movies and virtual instruction. Idiot.

I said they would skip virtual. They've got better things to do.

You are exactly why your kids failed virtually. You don't value education and don't make it a priority. They have nothing better to do. Why send them to school at all if they have better things to do? You really need to do some self-reflection and do better at parenting.

Virtual isn't education. Just wait and see if/when they do virtual snow days. They're going to be worthless.

Entire colleges are online, so for you to claim “virtual isn’t education” is asinine. You basically just sound like some who relies on school for babysitting while hiding behind the excuse virtual can’t work for anyone bc it didn’t work for you and your situation. Evolve like the rest of us.

Please tell me more about how adults and young kids learn the same way.

People used to even learn from these things called books. You should try it some time.