Not A Nice Person
Pink.
Heh.
Welcome to Texas, aka Swine Flu Central. Especially here in the southern portion of the state, where the border with Mexico can be a bit, aaaah, permeable. More of a suggestion than a statute.
So today, we shut the school district I teach for DOWN. All of it. Closed up tight until Thursday of next week at the earliest. One of our high schools already had to shut down early last week, and by the end of the week all extracurricular travel, competitions, proms, and so forth had been cancelled or postponed, so we were all expecting this might happen. As of last Friday, in fact, the official word was "one more case and we HAVE to close the schools."
One of my students had it texted to her in class before I got word, lol.
Ah, well.
I don't mind the extra paid vacation, but I do mind what it's likely to mean: the students probably won't have to make up those days, but WE might. Precontract training days or summer curriculum writing without the usual stipend, say. Maybe, maybe not. It's a LOT of days compared to when we've had to shut down for hurricanes and such.
But the main impact is likely to be that when students return, after over a week off and with just three weeks left until summer . . .well, think back to what YOU were like as a teenager, lol. School's over for the year now, whether we hold classes or not.
The art teacher made himself a button to wear . . . it's where my topic title came from. :laugh:
Now, geeeeeee . . . what to do with 9 days off? :whistling:
~Boar
Welcome to Texas, aka Swine Flu Central. Especially here in the southern portion of the state, where the border with Mexico can be a bit, aaaah, permeable. More of a suggestion than a statute.
So today, we shut the school district I teach for DOWN. All of it. Closed up tight until Thursday of next week at the earliest. One of our high schools already had to shut down early last week, and by the end of the week all extracurricular travel, competitions, proms, and so forth had been cancelled or postponed, so we were all expecting this might happen. As of last Friday, in fact, the official word was "one more case and we HAVE to close the schools."
One of my students had it texted to her in class before I got word, lol.
Ah, well.
I don't mind the extra paid vacation, but I do mind what it's likely to mean: the students probably won't have to make up those days, but WE might. Precontract training days or summer curriculum writing without the usual stipend, say. Maybe, maybe not. It's a LOT of days compared to when we've had to shut down for hurricanes and such.
But the main impact is likely to be that when students return, after over a week off and with just three weeks left until summer . . .well, think back to what YOU were like as a teenager, lol. School's over for the year now, whether we hold classes or not.
The art teacher made himself a button to wear . . . it's where my topic title came from. :laugh:
Now, geeeeeee . . . what to do with 9 days off? :whistling:
~Boar
