Remember Snow Days?

[indigo_rose99]

Waking up at the regular time, going to stand by the radio to wait for my school to be named... Being disappointed by a late start. Thrilled when my school was named and I could go back to bed. Ok, maybe other kids my age went to the TV to wait for the news, but remember the whole no-TV thing?

Every day this week has been like that. The only difference is that this time I am the teacher. I get up at the regular time, call the weather line to see what regular buildings are doing, then call my contact to make an official decision together about the plan for the day.

Today I told her that if we started at noon... there would not be enough time to finish the class. Can't do it. Let's not pretend we can.

Then, because I am plagued by second-guesses and guilt, I put on tons of layers and hike boots, and went outside. The porch look like it had melted some from yesterday, but a few inches were still covered in ice. I carefully made my way across the ice-covered sidewalk (oddly cracking the ice with my weight) and tried out the grass. It was frozen solid. Sometimes my weight caused the ice to break, sometimes it didn't. At our cars, I felt for a keyhole... On both driver-side doors, the keyhole for the door is iced over. I understand people who live North have a solution for this... but we don't. I could have gotten into the cars on the passenger side... but probably would have damaged the car and myself breaking through the ice to do so. I walked/slid out to the street. Frozen solid and not safe for casual walking. I walked out to our cross street... more rain and slushy, but with mixed patches of ice. I'd guess that more frequently traveled roads would have more traction than our road, but still not drivable even assuming we could get out of the driveway.

Ok... *deep breath* No way to start class before noon, and at noon there is not enough time to finish the class in the time allotted. No guilt.

I'm practicing being grateful we have heat, electricity, food, water, internet service, and cable. *grin* Funny how the necessities change over time.

Comments

[ovrclokd.livejournal.com]

Can't do it. Let's not pretend we can.

Good call. No guilt at all. It would be much worse to try to cram it all into their little heads in not-enough-time with everybody distracted by the weather. And even more awful if someone was hurt trying to come in to class...

So, yay! Heat, electricity, food, water, the Intarweb, TV, and free time. Enjoy it. :)

Just curious - do you still get paid when a class gets canceled due to weather? Because if so, hey, free money!

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

Ha! I bet she has to reschedule. And then after she actually teaches the class she can get paid.

[indigo-rose99.livejournal.com]

According to my contract, I should get paid because they did not cancel the class more than 5 days in advance.

I'm teaching the same class middle of next month and expect these people will simply join that class.

But again... my sense of fair play is making me question whether I should charge them for more than the half day I actually taught. Yes, I can and it is legal, but it doesn't seem RIGHT somehow.

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

Interesting. It makes sense that they have to pay if they wait until the last second to cancel, and they don't have to pay if you cancel, but what if Mother Nature cancels?