With the recent snow and ice mix we received a few days ago, and more expected to head our way, many students beg for their early classes to be canceled. If you have a 10 a.m. class, there’s no hope for you, you’ll have to brave the cold conditions, sorry about it.
While most hope for snow and ice to alleviate all prior assigned homework, and just enjoy a morning off once in a while, most students eventually have to face the fear of walking across campus in the treacherous ice and snow.
Ice is what terrifies all students; admit it, no one wants to slip and slide, looking like a deer on ice, especially in the middle of campus. If you’re alone while walking and slip and fall on the ice … ouch. Just walk back to your room while you still can.
So if class is cancelled for the mornings, why not cancel classes for the rest of the day? The icy grounds don’t look like they’re going to magically melt away in the two hours of that “delay.” What if you have an 11 a.m. class? The “still visible ice” that carefully covers the grounds is just fresh enough to put you and your backpack on the floor.
While some people only have class in the mid to late afternoons, the “two hour delay” means nothing to them. Meaning, odds are they’ll suffer some kind of embarrassing slip and slide or fall on the walk to class instead of taking time off to enjoy the snow through the window of their dorm room while sipping hot chocolate and watching Netflix in bed.
The main point being, if your first class begins at 10 in the morning, it’s just another day for you. Unfortunately, you do not get to participate in the snow day festivities that once used to grace our presence come December through February, back when we woke up early to make sure our school was cancelled.
So, why can’t we have a full day off? If the ice and snow can delay us for a short time (those who brave the day bright and early at 8 a.m.), then why can’t we enjoy the perks of a snow day? It’s only fair that the ones who sacrifice their midafternoons to devote to class also be allowed to relish in a cancelation of class time.
