If Classes are Closed Due to The Storm, How does that Affect Kids in Dorms?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I am debating whether my college kid should just return home on Saturday. He's not far away, and as soon as classes start up again, he could easily go back.

What do you think?

Tell me you are an overprotective parent without telling me you are an overprotective parent.

Unless, the school says otherwise, a college campus during a blizzard is a great time. Most classes will be cancelled and most can just chill out.

I went to a southern school, so didn't experience any snowstorms, but I seriously am having a hard time imagining anything more fun than a blizzard that shuts down campus for a couple of days. This isn't a hurricane or a tornado, FFS.

No classes
School administration will undertake heroic efforts to make sure everyone is fed, warm, and safe.
Stock up on beer, etc.
Massive snowball fights.
Trudging across campus to visit friends and go to parties, or to the to the store for more beer, etc.
Sledding down any available hill on dining hall trays.
The next day . . . same thing.

And some of you think your kids should come home? My parents couldn't have dragged me away. Any kid who wants to come home isn't doing college right.

+1

HAd a kid in the midwest in 2019 Polar vortex. The kids survive. Classes were cancelled. Dining was open, and the school even opened "back doors" at the main dining hall so kids could eliminate an extra block of walking around to main door (nice idea when it's -50 out). Now think of the lower income people who work at your kid's school who manage to stay on campus or come in during the cold/snow to ensure the kids are feed/bathrooms cleaned/etc. Appreciate them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid’s college announced that dorms are open but that dinning hall is closed on Sunday. The dinning hall is providing sandwiches and other simple things on Saturday that they can take back to the dorms to eat on Sunday. The school is in the belt with high likelihood of icing and power outages in this storm. I’m a little worried that the dinning hall will end up closed on Monday, too, but clearly my kid will not starve regardless. And I’m sure he’ll have a ball (or at least a bonding experience) with his friends.

Yeah closing the dining halls is not the right move. They should have some staff stay/student workers help and keep them open. If you are in a dorm, you don't have much room for food/cooking it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep cell phones fully charged in case of power outage.

This! Also, if you are midwest with the extreme cold, know that 5-10 mins outside (even in your winter jacket) can drain your phone's batter to 0---when it's -40 out.

[Anonymous]

There is always some kid who jumps out his 2nd or 3rd floor window & expects the snow to cushion his landing. Sometimes it does. Sometimes it’s not deep enough. Sometimes the snow is covering something like a fire hydrant….