Snow days are blissful days spent with friends, sleeping in, drinking and not going to classes. Cabrini’s new policy implements online homework in case of snow days. Will students still be praying for snow and sleeping with their pajamas inside out ?
When I think of winter, I think of the bone-chilling temperatures that come along with it.
Personally, I dread the winter time; the cold temperatures make me feel lazy and getting out of bed in the morning for class is definitely a struggle. Also, I often find myself counting down the days until spring break and warmer weather.
As January and February start to roll around, they bring with them the chance of snow.
As a kid, I used to do it all, from putting a spoon under my pillow to wearing my pajamas inside out; I would do anything with the hope that I would wake up to having a day (or three) off from school. The only bad thing about snow days was the fact that we used to have to make them up in June, which cut into our summers (and my time at the beach.)
Last year, we had almost a week’s worth of snow days, and I thought it was awesome.
At one point, the dorms closed and we had to all find a way to make it back to our hometowns.
Trees were down throughout the main roads, the power went out and we had time to relax with our friends. Students had an unplanned mini-break and it was great. I mean, who doesn’t love a break from classes once in a while?
Even though having snow days was fun, it meant that professors had to cram a lot of material in a shorter amount of time, in order to cover everything that they had hoped to teach before summer vacation.
Due to the amount of snow days that the college had last year, administration decided to adopt a new policy regarding make-up work during these days off.
Faculty members are required to send out work for students to do on snow days, whether it is an extra reading assignment or some extra writing.
Some professors have even mentioned that they were willing to video themselves teaching a lesson, so that the class will not be behind once the roads clear up and the snow melts away.
When I think of snow days, I think of being curled up in bed watching movies or venturing out into the snow with friends.
Yet, with this new policy, snow days will no longer be the relaxing break that some students look forward to.
This year, snow days will mean less Netflix and more schoolwork, but hey- at least we get to sleep in.
