Paul, a regular commenter, sent me this picture of himself, children, and completed snowman. Children in southern England don't often get the chance to build a snowman. I once took some 17 year olds to the Faith Conference at Stonyhurst when it snowed oop North. They had never built a snowman before in their lives.
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I do not understand why schools decided to close today! I think it is wrong as to why snow should stop education of children. What does this teach children? What do you think Father?
What does it teach children?
Closing schools when it is snowing teaches children that you can learn early to skive when things are difficult, to sue when you have an accident, to sit in front of the telly instead of getting out and active, to seek your own earthly comfort and never make an effort.
You big bunch of Southern jessies! You call THAT snow?
Round here the schools were mainly shut because a lot of the teachers couldn't get to work. Its a result of the long distances so many of us commute these days.
For us it meant an unexpected holiday in the old fashioned sense of the word.
I remember when I was in primary school we only had a 2 day winter half term. Instead the school was closed on the spring/summer holidays of obligation. On my and my brother, Peter's feast day (St Peter & Paul) my Dad took a day off work and we (after mass) went out for a special day. Couldn't happen now!
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