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timing of weather
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:51 pm
by zoegirl
Ok, so sad to have missed a potential school delay by 24 hours and have some snow forecasted for a....SATURDAY!?!? Ugh, travesty, travesty....
Yes, teachers llike the snow days just as much or possibly even more than the students...
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:03 am
by Swamper
A travesty indeed. But one year we had too many snow days and as a result had to go to school on Saturday, which wasn't fun.
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:07 am
by Cactus
zoegirl wrote:Ok, so sad to have missed a potential school delay by 24 hours and have some snow forecasted for a....SATURDAY!?!? Ugh, travesty, travesty....
Yes, teachers llike the snow days just as much or possibly even more than the students...
Did you try praying for the snow to come on a school day?
But seriously that is sad, sabotage the boiler or something.
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:36 am
by zoegirl
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:37 am
by Cactus
why are you a teacher if you hate kids?
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:52 am
by zoegirl
Hey, I love the kids but I love sleep as well...notice I said snow DELAY...I love 2 hour delays....they are the best of both worlds....an extra hour or two of sleep (no getting up at 5 am) OR getting to school with an extra hour of time to plan/grade/copy with the hallways quiet and I can catch up....the teacher's perennial dream...catching up.
(PLus it was a friday, and I must say a friday with a delay is the icing on the cake...only think better is a delay on mondays....*that* is the best
)
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:37 pm
by Cactus
So which part of the school do you sleep in? Just wondering, cos teachers sleep at school rite?
oh and just wondering, you get to use the cane there rite?
Anyway I was wondering, is it really that stressful that you need more sleep, I had this strange idea that teachers had really long holidays floating around my mind.
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:45 pm
by zoegirl
Well, considering that I am working every night for at least an hour and get to school at 7ish and usually get home at 4:30ish, that is more than a typical 9-5 job where you don't have to take it home with you.
That doesn't include the work that still ahs to get done during the holidays, such as grading or or planning.
So I wouldn't say we have it easy....
But that's hardly surprising
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:52 am
by Harry12345
zoegirl wrote:Hey, I love the kids but I love sleep as well...notice I said snow DELAY...I love 2 hour delays....they are the best of both worlds....an extra hour or two of sleep (no getting up at 5 am) OR getting to school with an extra hour of time to plan/grade/copy with the hallways quiet and I can catch up....the teacher's perennial dream...catching up.
(PLus it was a friday, and I must say a friday with a delay is the icing on the cake...only think better is a delay on mondays....*that* is the best
)
Hey, guess what. I start college on Mondays at 10:45. An extra 2 and a half hours sleep on Mondays... LUXUARY.
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:36 am
by zoegirl
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:38 am
by Harry12345
Did you get to start early any days?
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:43 am
by zoegirl
Do you mean did I actually get up that early?
Yes, I was good, I think a missed a grand total of two classes my entire undergad years and one class my graduate years.
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:58 am
by cslewislover
How can you remember classes starting at 8am? Lol. I've forgotten that stuff long ago. Lol. I do remember having a few 3 hour classes that were ridiculous. By the third hour your brain and body are either numb or twitching.
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:59 pm
by zoegirl
AH yes, but those were the classes that you precisely remember *becuase* I was annmoyed at having to get there by 8. Actually, I have forgotten lots of those logistical things, but weird little items I have kept, like certain professors, palces I used to study, my first break-up...
Re: timing of weather
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:24 am
by zoegirl
Haha, snow day!!! finally finally!! yay!