Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

[*Disney Princess*]

it was the same year

I am soooooo sorry.

 

[JenniferS]

Guilty ... but I don’t LOL or OMG.

 

[*Disney Princess*]

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Guilty ... but I don’t LOL or OMG.

OMG I am guilty of that. LOL

 

[PUSH]

Not even Easter?? Wow....I think when I was in school we got Presidents day and like...Labor Day. We never got things like Fall break or Spring break. We got Good Friday and the Monday after Easter, and that's what they called our "spring break" and we only got that if we didn't have to make up any snow days. If we had snow days we made them up then. My kids get a TON of breaks. A week in October, 2 weeks at Christmas/New Years, a week in February, 2 weeks in April/May, and they get ascension day and the Monday after Whit Sunday. But then they only get 6 weeks for Summer.

I actually missed Labor Day and Memorial Day. Easter is technically on a Sunday, and we usually get Good Friday off, but only sometimes get Easter Monday off.

 

[PUSH]

It seems to me that living in Wisconsin, like it was when I was living in Vermont, have learned to deal with winter and snow. We very seldom had snow days except in mainly rural areas where back roads were difficult to maneuver. In the cities, the buses that were used to get students to school were the municipal buses. They have to run no matter what, so the poor kids and teachers never got a break unless it was a major nor'easter. If we didn't work that way our kids would be uneducated.

Down here an inch of snow will shut everything down, including retail, for two days to a week. They always plan for 10 to 15 snow days per year (they double as hurricane/tornado days). A friend of mine that is a native NC'er made a trip up to Albany, NY on a business trip. He came back with the most confused look on his face because every available pickup he saw had snow plows on the front of them. That tells it all. Around here, with billions of redneck pickups, all you see are those funny looking things that the kids are always asking "What is that", hanging from the trailer hitch.

The area I live in is rural, so snow days are more common. In cities like Madison, they are very rare. Last year most of our snow days were actually "cold days" from the dangerous temperatures. Dubuque, IA closes or delays a lot because most kids walk to school in that city. A coworker who used to teach in Ohio said the same thing about her city.

 

[PUSH]

We all love Christmas. Snow, not so much.
Especially those of us* who get to deal with it 5 months/year.

*Except @MinnieM123 - she’s just a delightful kook.

If it snows in December, that means it will have snowed in 8 of the 12 months this year. So it's not 5 months/year for me this year.

 

[PUSH]

I've never LOVED snow, but I never had a deep hate for it until I had to start commuting in it.

 

[*Disney Princess*]

I can't even tell you why I like snow. It isn't like I go sled riding like I did when I was little or go out and make a snowman in it. Or I get off of school for it because I am home schooled. So I guess I just think it is pretty to look at like on the trees and all.

 

[PUSH]

It's also annoying to go out for recess with snow. Do you know how long it takes kids to put snowpants and boots on? And how stinky those soggy clothes are?

 

[NYwdwfan]

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Guilty ... but I don’t LOL or OMG.

Me neither.

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

It's also annoying to go out for recess with snow. Do you know how long it takes kids to put snowpants and boots on? And how stinky those soggy clothes are?

Your post is surprising to me. So wrong of me to assume that since we do something at our school you guys would be the same....well...NOT.
We have "indoor recess". The students spend the recess time (that they would've been outside) in their classroom instead. They can go on chrome books....or read actual books....play board games.....play silent ball...and a bunch of other options.
Why do your kids HAVE to go to all that trouble and go out?

 

[PUSH]

Your post is surprising to me. So wrong of me to assume that since we do something at our school you guys would be the same....well...NOT.
We have "indoor recess". The students spend the recess time (that they would've been outside) in their classroom instead. They can go on chrome books....or read actual books....play board games.....play silent ball...and a bunch of other options.
Why do your kids HAVE to go to all that trouble and go out?

Because kids need to move and run. They need the fresh air. They need unstructured play. They need to be loud. It's part of being a kid, and they do so much learning on the playground that they could never get from inside a classroom. They learn to socialize, problem solve, get along, and so much more. Recess is such a valuable time for kids. I'm very passionate about the importance of play and recess. I wish they had more opportunities for it during the day.

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

Because kids need to move and run. They need the fresh air. They need unstructured play. They need to be loud. It's part of being a kid, and they do so much learning on the playground that they could never get from inside a classroom. They learn to socialize, problem solve, get along, and so much more. Recess is such a valuable time for kids. I'm very passionate about the importance of play and recess. I wish they had more opportunities for it during the day.

 

[NYwdwfan]

Because kids need to move and run. They need the fresh air. They need unstructured play. They need to be loud. It's part of being a kid, and they do so much learning on the playground that they could never get from inside a classroom. They learn to socialize, problem solve, get along, and so much more. Recess is such a valuable time for kids. I'm very passionate about the importance of play and recess. I wish they had more opportunities for it during the day.

Here we have outdoor recess unless it’s too hot, too cold, raining or there is snow on the ground. Otherwise it’s indoor recess. Our kids are soft. They can’t be too hot, too cold or wet.

 

[*Disney Princess*]

Because kids need to move and run. They need the fresh air. They need unstructured play. They need to be loud. It's part of being a kid, and they do so much learning on the playground that they could never get from inside a classroom. They learn to socialize, problem solve, get along, and so much more. Recess is such a valuable time for kids. I'm very passionate about the importance of play and recess. I wish they had more opportunities for it during the day.

I have been home schooled my whole school time.I now am doing my 11th grade year so I haven't had recess time in a long time but back when I was younger I had what was called a co-op group of kids around my age that were home schooled that would meet everyday at the park for recess and it was tons of fun. It also broke up the day from learning and gave my mom a break and time from pulling every hair out of her head.

 

[Wrangler-Rick]

Well, we were 7 degrees at 6:15 this morning! Isn’t it still fall?

 

[MinnieM123]

Well, we were 7 degrees at 6:15 this morning! Isn’t it still fall?

Yes, just better than last year?!

 

[MinnieM123]

Here we have outdoor recess unless it’s too hot, too cold, raining or there is snow on the ground. Otherwise it’s indoor recess. Our kids are soft. They can’t be too hot, too cold or wet.

Yah, that's about a 360 degree turn from my childhood memories of school. They didn't even think of us as human back then!

 

[Songbird76]

The area I live in is rural, so snow days are more common. In cities like Madison, they are very rare. Last year most of our snow days were actually "cold days" from the dangerous temperatures. Dubuque, IA closes or delays a lot because most kids walk to school in that city. A coworker who used to teach in Ohio said the same thing about her city.

In Wyoming, we would sometimes have days where only the bus kids would be sent home or not have to come in. We also had a protocol for if the weather turned really fast...all the bus kids had someone in town that could pick them up and they could stay there if the buses couldn't make it in to pick them up. And the churches and town hall would open up for travelers coming through if a storm hit and they were on the road. We didn't have a hotel for a lot of years, so if the road closed, people would be stuck and have nowhere to stay. You said rural, but is the school in town or out in the boonies?

 

[Songbird76]

Your post is surprising to me. So wrong of me to assume that since we do something at our school you guys would be the same....well...NOT.
We have "indoor recess". The students spend the recess time (that they would've been outside) in their classroom instead. They can go on chrome books....or read actual books....play board games.....play silent ball...and a bunch of other options.
Why do your kids HAVE to go to all that trouble and go out?

When I was a kid, we only had indoor recess if it was so many degrees below zero outside. I want to say 20 below, but I might be wrong about that. If it didn't reach that threshold, we had to go outside. And if we had indoor recess, we mostly played Thumbs up 7up.