I heard about this on the news and this gave me a bittersweet feeling! Growing up, and maybe even still, anyone who is goes to school prays for snow days. Now that more and more students are having technology incorporated into their classes, they may not be able to completely miss school on future snow days. A school district in Ohio made the news by being the first district to implement ‘E Days’ during snow days. Teachers and administrators dread the thought of pushing the school year into June days. By implementing E Days, students will be responsible for doing their schoolwork over the Internet during snow days in order to keep up to speed and finish the school year on time. I can see both the good side and the bad side to the situation, but I was a little heartbroken at the concept of no more snow days. That was the best part about winter! I remember watching snow fall at night when I was going to bed and then waking up extra early to read the cancellations on the news… it’s like a right of passage during childhood! Now I realize that this may be dramatic, but seriously… is one snow day so bad that we still have to make kids work? I believe that a snow day is more or less nature’s way of giving kids a break! I say let kids be kids, if a snow day turns into a snow week then E Days would be a great idea! I guess the bright side is that I’m old enough that snow days really don’t matter anymore like they did in grade school and high school, and I’m so happy that I was able to experience that before technology took over snow days.
Jo Scott
