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I am a product of nyc public school. As long as I can remember, its pretty rare nyc school are closed. From what I understand, it was more about the school lunches for the students. When I was in public school a long time ago, they merged 5 classes into one small classroom....had about 8-10 kids total....and we watched a movie & discusses nonsense all day.
Old school! You sir are a real dirty new Yorker. Remember those pumpkin cookies?
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We never got snow days back in the 80s or 90s. You people are too touchscreen man. Today I went to work - on that A train that crosses over Jamaica Bay. I wore my aviator hat, my North Face snorkel, a hoodie, a knit sweater under that, a thermal shirt under that, regular t-shirt under that, long johns for the legs. I was good money. Get right. Layer up.
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"The man who sleeps on the floor, can never fall out of bed." -Martin Lawrence
We never got snow days back in the 80s or 90s. You people are too touchscreen man. Today I went to work - on that A train that crosses over Jamaica Bay. I wore my aviator hat, my North Face snorkel, a hoodie, a knit sweater under that, a thermal shirt under that, regular t-shirt under that, long johns for the legs. I was good money. Get right. Layer up.
Geez where were you going seventh...the North Pole?
A simple & sensible suggestion for anyone worried about their child(ren)'s safety today: If you don't want your children to go to school today, don't send them!
Has your child ever missed a day of school? Afraid the little one won't get a perfect attendance award? You can stay home with them, and perhaps share the day with your child(ren)! Wouldn't it be great, if you tried to teach the something today?
Especially, something that didn't involve whining?
Don't have kids, I am a teacher, I don't whine, I went to work today after driving my wife to her school.
You obviously know nothing about what actually goes on in schools so stop preaching.
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Originally Posted by bluedog2
Ya,maybe all these people who get so angry about schools staying open should take a breath and think about the tens of thousands of NY City kids whose only source of food is the meals they get in school.No school means no food for some.
No,wait,that will probably just get them more enraged, since they are obviously prone to getting enraged anyway.The idea of feeding hungry kids might be too much for them to bear.
Probably the only place they get proper adult supervision, intelligent conversation, intellectually stimulated, prevented from wasting entire days playing video games or texting, get taught real values and don't get abused or spoiled.
Still doesn't mean that making them trudge around in negative wind chills and spend the day in poorly ventilated and heated buildings is right. Does no one understand the hypocrisy and contradictions flying around here?
Seriously, the level of ignorance, right wing rhetoric, and sheer idiocy displayed on this board is mind numbing. Really helps me understand why a lot of these kids are the way they are, considering the dolts posing as adults and parents in this city. Poor kids were doomed out of the gate.
We never got snow days back in the 80s or 90s. You people are too touchscreen man. Today I went to work - on that A train that crosses over Jamaica Bay. I wore my aviator hat, my North Face snorkel, a hoodie, a knit sweater under that, a thermal shirt under that, regular t-shirt under that, long johns for the legs. I was good money. Get right. Layer up.
Thank you for acknowledging it was FREAKIN' cold today.
A refreshing change from the brain dead refrain, "It ain't so bad".
One must be seriously damaged to not understand when temperature and weather extremes require exceptional preparation.
Don't have kids, I am a teacher, I don't whine, I went to work today after driving my wife to her school.
You obviously know nothing about what actually goes on in schools so stop preaching.
Probably the only place they get proper adult supervision, intelligent conversation, intellectually stimulated, prevented from wasting entire days playing video games or texting, get taught real values and don't get abused or spoiled.
Still doesn't mean that making them trudge around in negative wind chills and spend the day in poorly ventilated and heated buildings is right. Does no one understand the hypocrisy and contradictions flying around here?
Seriously, the level of ignorance, right wing rhetoric, and sheer idiocy displayed on this board is mind numbing. Really helps me understand why a lot of these kids are the way they are, considering the dolts posing as adults and parents in this city. Poor kids were doomed out of the gate.
Nobody makes anyone do anything.Everyone knows that on big snow days the attendance is pretty much optional.Attendance today city wide was only around 50 %,so obviously many didn't feel forced to do anything.The point is that the schools were open for those who wanted or needed to go.
Nobody slams parents for keeping their kids home so why do some parents slam the one's who want or need their kids to be in school ? I don't get it.Why can't the schools be open and everyone deal with it in whatever way they want or can? What's all this pressure to close the schools ? It certainly didn't exist 20 years ago.
If the rest of the people have to work, so should teachers. So sick of the whining.
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