The first snow in the year is always something special. Here even more, because even the smallest accumulation might have big consequences. Maybe not for the "normal" employee. If you are working in schools though, you look forward to a possible free day as much as students do. In connection with that it's a must to watch the weatherchannel or news for any updates. A couple years ago I went to school without knowing that it was cancelled. We didn't have any snow on the ground. So I didn't check the news in the morning. Since then I make sure to do that on questionable days. In my first year here I found it really strange how some snow can stop normal life that much. In the meantime I got used to it and I am far from complaining about it:) After christmas it takes a looong time until the next break (around easter). So you really need some days off in between. Snowdays are the only chance. Though too many are not good either. You don't want to have to catch up on the lost days in summer. Not every state has those snowdays though. Northern states continue life the same way like people do in Austria.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Winter und Schnee
The first snow in the year is always something special. Here even more, because even the smallest accumulation might have big consequences. Maybe not for the "normal" employee. If you are working in schools though, you look forward to a possible free day as much as students do. In connection with that it's a must to watch the weatherchannel or news for any updates. A couple years ago I went to school without knowing that it was cancelled. We didn't have any snow on the ground. So I didn't check the news in the morning. Since then I make sure to do that on questionable days. In my first year here I found it really strange how some snow can stop normal life that much. In the meantime I got used to it and I am far from complaining about it:) After christmas it takes a looong time until the next break (around easter). So you really need some days off in between. Snowdays are the only chance. Though too many are not good either. You don't want to have to catch up on the lost days in summer. Not every state has those snowdays though. Northern states continue life the same way like people do in Austria.
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Meine Kinder lieben auch Schneetage :-) Witzigerweise schafft es der Schulbus bis zu einem Ort vor unserem, aber wir liegen so auf einem Berg dass dann unserer Ort und die 2 hinter uns von der Schule befreit sind, während die anderen Kinder zu Schule müssen, was ja im Prinzip Blödsinn ist da sie ja ohne die anderen nicht einfach "wie normal" weitermachen können.
Hi there,
I have been told, although I don't know if it is the case, that the whole snow day phenomenon has to do with liability and school buses (and the difficulty in predicting the weather!). Each school board makes its own decisions, so it's no surprise that one goes one way and the other has school.
I lived in the NY snow belt, and there were snow days there as well. - one just had to wait for a bigger storm.
As an adult, I still get excited about snow and I think it is a result of this childhood conditioning :). What we don't have is Hitzefrei!!
Martina: Kann ich mir vorstellen, dass da deine Kinder begeistert sind, zu den Ausnahmen zu geheoeren:)
Ann-ona-moose: Yeah, yesterday was such a day where everybody around us seemed to have off or at least delayed, but us. You are right with the liabilty of the schools. What I've heard though is that it's less the school busses with their experienced drivers than being more afraid of all the teenage drivers having accidents.
Hitzefrei in Germany?
Ja bei uns in Bayern gibts im Sommer manchmal Hitzefrei,aber erst wenn 36std.mehr als 28°C.herrschen In vielen Schulen wird das aber unterschiedlich entschieden.Das entscheidet meist der Rektor und der Lehrersprecher.T.Gitta
T. Gitta: Hab ich nicht gewusst, dass es sowas gibt. Haben wir in Oesterreich nicht gehabt.
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