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Feb. 2nd, 2009 04:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caz963Ugh. Horrible day.
I checked the school website and the local BBC websites before I left this morning, just in case. I didn't expect there to be anything about my school on the BBC sites because it was a bit early, so off I went and I have to say that the roads out here weren't too bad - in fact, I think a lot of people had decided to stay at home, because there certainly wasn't as much local traffic as there usually is, and I had a reasonable, steady run along the A12.
Until I hit the junction with the A14 when things came to a standstill. I had to phone the school to say that I would be late, because I was stuck for about half an hour.
As luck would have it, all the year 9s had a Shakespeare workshop day today, so I didn't have my usual box of delights first thing, although I did have to cover a year 10 English lesson.
But the trouble is that all this snow sent the kids completely round the bend. And of course, the first words out of their mouths when they came into my class was "Miss, 'ow come we 'ave ter goter school terday? X is shut, Y is shut..." moan, moan... I just shrugged and said it was nothing to do with me which schools were open and which weren't, but they seemed to take it as some sort of personal insult that I (or any of us) was there - because of course if enough teachers hadn't been able to make it in, then they'd have had to close the school.
My car was pelted with snow as I drove into the car park - although I suppose I got off lightly, because later in the day, the snowballs were filled with rocks. I had two boys bring snowballs into the classroom, which luckily they were prevented from throwing - so instead, they opened the windows and started to scrape the snow off the windowsills. I know we don't get much snow here, but honestly, you'd think they'd never seen any before.
But mid-morning, it started to snow quite heavily. I don't teach on Monday afternoon, normally, so I managed to finish up with some things I needed to do by about two and got permission to leave early.
Journey home wasn't nice. The main roads are okay because they're in use, but if all that slush freezes tonight, it's going to be really dangerous tomorrow. According to the BBC weather page, it's going to be 5 degrees tomorrow, but with sunny spells (last night, they were forecasting rain, but now that's moved to Wednesday), yet the local radio stations are saying we're in for more snow and sleet. The Met Office is just as helpful - its website says - There is a potential for widespread ice on untreated surfaces especially on Tuesday morning.
No shit, Sherlock.
I checked the school website and the local BBC websites before I left this morning, just in case. I didn't expect there to be anything about my school on the BBC sites because it was a bit early, so off I went and I have to say that the roads out here weren't too bad - in fact, I think a lot of people had decided to stay at home, because there certainly wasn't as much local traffic as there usually is, and I had a reasonable, steady run along the A12.
Until I hit the junction with the A14 when things came to a standstill. I had to phone the school to say that I would be late, because I was stuck for about half an hour.
As luck would have it, all the year 9s had a Shakespeare workshop day today, so I didn't have my usual box of delights first thing, although I did have to cover a year 10 English lesson.
But the trouble is that all this snow sent the kids completely round the bend. And of course, the first words out of their mouths when they came into my class was "Miss, 'ow come we 'ave ter goter school terday? X is shut, Y is shut..." moan, moan... I just shrugged and said it was nothing to do with me which schools were open and which weren't, but they seemed to take it as some sort of personal insult that I (or any of us) was there - because of course if enough teachers hadn't been able to make it in, then they'd have had to close the school.
My car was pelted with snow as I drove into the car park - although I suppose I got off lightly, because later in the day, the snowballs were filled with rocks. I had two boys bring snowballs into the classroom, which luckily they were prevented from throwing - so instead, they opened the windows and started to scrape the snow off the windowsills. I know we don't get much snow here, but honestly, you'd think they'd never seen any before.
But mid-morning, it started to snow quite heavily. I don't teach on Monday afternoon, normally, so I managed to finish up with some things I needed to do by about two and got permission to leave early.
Journey home wasn't nice. The main roads are okay because they're in use, but if all that slush freezes tonight, it's going to be really dangerous tomorrow. According to the BBC weather page, it's going to be 5 degrees tomorrow, but with sunny spells (last night, they were forecasting rain, but now that's moved to Wednesday), yet the local radio stations are saying we're in for more snow and sleet. The Met Office is just as helpful - its website says - There is a potential for widespread ice on untreated surfaces especially on Tuesday morning.
No shit, Sherlock.
