The roads were not all that bad and the lame excuse of children hurting themselves in the snow hardly upholds considering they were out the last two days playing in it all day . Wouldn't it be safer to be in the classroom?
I think education in this country is not taken very seriously if they easily decide to close schools for a very few centimetres of snow.
2007-02-09 21:42:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Absolutely and completely pathetic! I live in Essex where there was barely 2 inches of snow and 200 schools were closed! Going back several decades when snow was more prevalent did schools shut then? NO. Our whole country comes to a standstill with a little flurry, it is about time our Government got its act together - same thing happens when we have too much sunshine! - water shortages! Why can't we cope like other countries worse hit.
2007-02-09 22:00:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The schools never closed for snow when I was a kid, no-one even thought about suing anyone, and we all did the sensible thing and took care on the roads!
2007-02-09 22:01:13 · answer #2 · answered by Doodle 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Temperatures in Finland reached -26C this week and there has been serious snowfall. Not a school was closed and there was virtually no disruption to transport and other services. Are we getting it wrong in UK?
2007-02-09 21:57:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No - you are not looking at the bigger picture.
Anyway the kids love it - I will treasure memories of playing in the snow as a child forever and with global warming it may be an experience future generations will never experience.
The odd day off didn't harm my education - as they say all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy..
2007-02-09 21:50:52 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
My school never closed because of snow. Even if all the other schools in the county did. I never missed one day, and I lived further away than anyone else!
2007-02-09 21:49:05 · answer #5 · answered by J87 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the reason for the school closing . If the central heating has broke yes, I would rather have my daughter at home as I wouldn't like to sit in a classroom all day in the cold. (flashback to my days at school in the 70's ).
Also a lot of teachers don't always live in the vicinity of the school so may have problems getting into work.
Like I said it does depend on the reason for the school closure.
Personally I would rather have my daughter at home for one day then send her to school if they is no heating ,staff shortages maybe lack of a hot meal at dinner time.
2007-02-09 21:48:09 · answer #6 · answered by scorpionbabe32 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I don't know where you live, but in some parts of Wales, the side streets were really bad and even if children could get in, some of the staff couldn't.
2007-02-09 21:47:01 · answer #7 · answered by susan h 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the area may be that interior the call of reform, districts have shifted from performance depending practise, or extra classic kinds of practise to result depending practise. there is not sufficient emphasis placed on gaining expertise of straight forward qualifications which includes studying, writing, and math.
2016-11-26 21:00:32 · answer #8 · answered by runkle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, but it not just limited to schools. Some people love to find any excuse not to get to work on time, if at all.
2007-02-09 21:47:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
when i was a kid we had to trudge through 2 feet of snow, no days off for us.
2007-02-09 21:46:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋