As the weeks get closer and closer to Christmas, young students won't just be getting excited by presents and a christmas tree. The question is... will it snow? The question rings loud in the back of each students brain. Why? No school.
If the snow falls heavily enough and manages to stay thick throughout the course of the night and day, the possibility of schools up and down the country shutting for the day will be high. Isn't this what every student dreams will happen? Imagine you wake up, look out your window to see the road, the pavement, the cars and the houses covered in snow. What do you feel? Euphoric? Relaxed? Tired? You check the schools website to find it has shut for the remainder of the week and you return to bed with a face-splitting grin.
But what happens if your school doesn't shut. The thick snow causes all the trains and buses to cancel. You can't get the car out of the drive because of the snow piled up and your school is too far away to walk to. What happens then? You put on your walking boots, treck to the nearest bus station and wait. You wait with the hundreds of other school kids waiting for the delayed bus. You wait for the school to change their mind and send you back home... but that never happens. You spend hours on a bus, just to sit in the one hour remaining of school to go through the whole process again to go home.
So what is the verdit on snow? Does it bring you days of bliss and schoolwork free hours. Or does it send you on a pointless journey to and from school where you miss all the work anyway becasue of delayed transportation? I'm sure each student has experienced both, but next time you see the ground being piled with snow, think. Will I have a snow day tomorrow, or no day tomorrow?
By Anna Paul, Newstead Wood School
