Some students may be disappointed this week because it snowed on a day that most students don’t have classes. Even still, KSU closed at 12 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, while the other public schools in the area had the entire day off.
I was with a group of girls from KSU when we received the alerts that KSU was closing at 12 p.m. Friday. Some of those with me were disappointed that it happened to have snowed on a Friday, and one of the students said she had a Friday morning class.
College students love snow days. We will use any excuse to get out of class for a day. It’s how we are programmed.
On the other hand, most professors dread snow days, mainly because it means they will have to rework the schedules already constructed on the syllabus. Many of my professors have said, “I hope it never snows this year.”
For my opinion, I love snow days. I still went to work on Friday and the following Saturday, but I wished the roads were not salted so I could have stayed home. Customers busted through the store as if we were about to get snowed in for next few weeks, even though the forecast showed that all Friday night’s should have melted by Saturday afternoon. I think we should stop saying that it never snows in Georgia, because it seems to happen every year now. We should get used to it.
I wish we would let nature take its course. If you can’t make it to school or drive to work, just take the day off. That’s something we forget to do, but I think it is healthy to take a break every now and then. Snow is a rarity here, and I want to enjoy it.
I believe I speak on the behalf of most college student when I say that we want to take advantage of an entire day off from classes when it snows.
If the roads are clear enough, elementary, middle, and high school busses can get students to their classrooms, but many KSU students have to drive themselves. Campus traffic is already overwhelming enough.
“It’s on our dime,” said Junior human service major Jessica McEvleen. “It’s our gas money; it’s out of our pocket.”
“In the South we don’t know how to handle the snow,” McEvleen said. “We don’t know how to handle the ice and all of that. And so I think it would be helpful to not have as many people on the road.”
Once on campus, students have to walk in the cold outside from building to building. High school and middle school students can stay inside all day.
Professors do not need to stress about snow days. A lot of our classwork can be done online through Desire to Learn and Brightspace.
Many of my fellow college students will agree, that when it comes to snow days, we should have priority over other public schools because of these reasons above.
Seriously that’s how your programmed? That’s the worst excuse I’ve ever heard for why you “deserve” a day off and “it’s too cold”. Oh heavens no, good thing there’s no invention out like a jacket. Perhaps looking at the weather and determining that it’s going to snow and maybe some yoga pants and uggs aren’t the best wardrobe choice. Just my 2 cents.