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This year we have lost a total of 9 days of school because of snow days. I think the teachers should adjust their work calenders in order to meet with the criteria of the school year.
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wow 9 school days. I've had none (but not because there wasn't a need for them). Universities are a lot more reluctant to have storm days.
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jeremy wrote:This year we have lost a total of 9 days of school because of snow days. I think the teachers should adjust their work calenders in order to meet with the criteria of the school year. To be honest, I diagree with this statement. At are school, our teacher gave/told us what we were doing the next day so if there was a snow day, there would still be work to complete.
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At our school we have had 2 school closures, and a few bus days. I think that each class should accomidate themselves according to what they need to do. I know there are some art classes coming in during this week (March Break) in order to complete projects that will be due, and my Biology class gave us some Independent studying to do that wouldn't normally be part of the course. However, if you were something of a phys ed. class I don't think it would be necessary to cover the missed class time.
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we have had a lot of snow days here too and if we have any more then yes, the schools may have to look at adding more days at the end of the school year. Any student who is serious about their education will work hard to stay on top of things regardless of how many days are missed.
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reachingformydream wrote:we have had a lot of snow days here too and if we have any more then yes, the schools may have to look at adding more days at the end of the school year. Any student who is serious about their education will work hard to stay on top of things regardless of how many days are missed. I agree with you, but in my school board there is policy that if too many snow days occur then some days of our march break can be cut. This is because there is a set amount of time that a student has to spend in the classroom to gain that credit. This is why some people who skip too much can't get their credit. In the GTA, we've been unusually having a lot of snow days but no plans to cut March Break this year! (yay!)
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i think its not necessary to have longer school days because of the snow storms and what not. It is the students responsibilty whether they choose to come to school or not. Me, I live like 15 minutes away from my school so its not a problem. I think its up to the students! Students should plan ahead whenever their is going to be a snow storm.
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I don't think we should go to school if we have many snow days, I just think students should take the responsability of learning what they would have learned at school eventhough there is no school. And if they don't, then it's their own fault.
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shink wrote: Universities are a lot more reluctant to have storm days. Sooo true. Also when they do rarely decide to close they often annouce it at 9am when commuters have already gotten up at 5 to brave the roads. It's awful.
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If there is a snowday where the school is closed than there is nothing the students can do. However, if there is a bus cancellation where the school is still open, it is essential for the student to take the initiative to go to school despite the weather.
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At Queen's we've had one snow day in my 4 years here; even then some instructors uncanceled labs/tutorials or made additional times available for people who couldn't make it in on the day things were officially canceled.
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Snow days are often inevitable, but the schools should be more prepared; with today's technology we are often well aware of any impending storms well before they hit. Teachers could assign their students extra work in case of school cancellation; students often view snow days as days off, while they may not be in the classroom there's no reason that they can't do extra work to futher prepare themselves in their courses. But teachers need to implement this extra work, students often have difficulties managing their time without that extra guided direction; the work of a teacher is not only in the classroom, the students work shouldn't end there either.
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I do think we should get a few more days extra because of the snow storms... It would be better for students instead of rushing and cramming everything just to finish the curriculum...
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Omg your school actually closes? mine never does when the weather is bad.
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We just had a snow day at Queen's! It was so random, the weather was not terrible either.
In high school I had a grand total of ZERO snow days.
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I always dreamed of having a snow day, but was never lucky enough to get one.
I think if universities were to close down for bad weather, the work would still be expected to be done. Most universities have some sort of online program that allows profs to communicate with students, so I imagine they would simply post the work there
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aibrean wrote:shink wrote: Universities are a lot more reluctant to have storm days. Sooo true. Also when they do rarely decide to close they often annouce it at 9am when commuters have already gotten up at 5 to brave the roads. It's awful. lol I AM A COMMUTER!! But only two hours a day..still sucks. The snow makes it that much more annoying. We had one snow day this year at my uni and it was A HUGE SHOCK. If you skip class and usually study last minute anyways the snow shouldn't matter so much. But nobody wants to do too terribly. Who has skipped extra school cuz of the snow?
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Raymix wrote:If there is a snowday where the school is closed than there is nothing the students can do. However, if there is a bus cancellation where the school is still open, it is essential for the student to take the initiative to go to school despite the weather. When they cancel the buses it is a de facto snow day, even if the schools are open. The teachers are there but there are no students to be found. And believe me, the teachers expect us not to show up. BTW, I love snow days. The more, the merrier. (Never had 9, but I certainly would not complain about it) 
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Since the majority of students who attend my high school ride the bus to get here, if the buses are cancelled because of the weather, the school is cancelled. I liked that idea, simply because before, even when the busses were cancelled, the school was still open, which didn't make sense to me. 1. Because if its unsafe for a bus to come to the school, then it must be unsafe for all the teachers to drive to the school and for students to drive as well 2. When more than half of your class is missing the teacher doesn't assign anything productive anyways. Since I was a walker, I would always get screwed, and have to walk to school anyways. Then, after a few bus cancellation days, and having to walk all the way to the school on slippery roads and unshoveled sidewalks, I just decided not to go when we had these days. I think the school got the hint and decided to just close the school when busses were cancelled.
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It just kind of concerns me with university, and the fact that I maybe commuting when I go. When its bad weather out, like today, I sure am not driving to the school and risking my life. pfft. So, for those University students in this post, who have had to miss class, because of illness/bad weather...what do you do to catch up, or get back in the loop of things?
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