Snow Day
December 31, 2009
Filed under Opinion
With the official start of winter on Dec. 21, our snow day expectations are already being fulfilled. Two snow days, one after the other, kicked off the season this last Tues. and Wed.. School on Mon. was out the window. As weather websites updated the forecast to predict several inches of snow, some teachers lost control of their classes. Plans of sledding and hot chocolate parties were thrown about like snowballs. At the time we would have been thrilled to know that school would be canceled for not one but two full days.
As the snow blanketed across my yard and over the roof of my house, I spent my time inside rather than out playing in the cold. I took turns of working on homework, watching movies, and playing under a blanket fort with my siblings, only because I was to terrified to step outside and fall on my butt. Clumsy people like me don´t cope well with laborious amounts of ice.
Either way the rest of the student body and I returned to school safe this Thursday only to be behind in both Maroon and Gold classes, which left me in a foul mood. As most of us are aware, that can´t be good since teachers are already cramming in all that they can before the end of first semester on Dec. 18..
Although I´m slightly terrified of all the tests I will be taking next week, I don´t regret those two snow days a bit. They were enjoyable, and they gave me enough time to catch up on some homework I had been slacking on. As much as I hate getting behind on schoolwork, I just love those snow days. The idea of something as great as Mother Nature being able to cancel something held so highly in our society as school is just plain exciting.
It´s probably a personal thing, maybe I like snow days so much because I get to roll out of bed at 9 a.m. and sit wrapped up in a blanket drinking hot cocoa and watching those big fat snowflakes drift by. Maybe it´s because I don´t have to do my hair or my makeup because I feel beautiful as is. Maybe it´s because I get to read my favorite book with my cat Cinder curled up on my lap. Snow days may mean a different thing to me, but that´s the beauty of it.
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