Schools closing?

[Dave M]

Why is it schools close with a smattering of snow? The vast majority of pupils live very close to schools, certainly possible to walk to school if things got really bad (it normally isn't though).

Why do businesses not close? I don't see any shops closing, all their staff manage to get into work.

Is it that teachers can't be bothered, clearly even a handful of teachers not coming in would make it very difficult to manage the situation - so is this the reason? Teachers don't make the effort other employees do and the impact is greater than in most businesses.

 

[Dave M]

Surely not? I'm almost middle aged but my mood rises when I see a snow capped landscape, it's lovely

Thankfully I get more doses of snowy loveliness than most, although it's a hard walk to find it

 

[Dave M]

WOW So you're a teacher? You know this? Well my lazy ****** of a dad spent his 'snow day' planning some lessons and catching up on some marking whilst everyone enjoyed themselves. Try being a teacher in this day and age where kids have all the rights, OFSTED etc.. are always on your back, the government changes policy on education every minute making your life a living hell learning their half arsed new schemes, teaching absolute brats who can do no wrong and whose parents aren't much better etc.. couple that with not so great pay and you're all set. Oh and everythings 'your' fault, the simple fact that some kids aren't quite the brightest bulb in the array dosen't come in to play, anything goes wrong is the teachers fault. Oh yea, my lazy **** of a father also produces A and B students at A'level AND GCSE on a constant basis, god hes so lazy.

Teaching in a high school is a horrible job, and I really have no idea why anyone does it. There should not be all this marking to catch up on, there should be time in the working day to get it done.

But the simple fact is he hda a day off and used it to catch up on his work - good for him, but for most employees that is not an option, not coming in because of snow would put your job in jeopardy.

 

[Dave M]

My office was like a ghost town today, I pretty much ran the place! When the second round of snow came along more people left claiming it would be too hard to get home later.

There weren't even enough people for a decent snowball fight at lunchtime.

May I ask, where do you work?

 

[Dave M]

Does NFU not mind their staff having days off like this? I know they are a big company and obviously have HR departments and so on - but still, doesn't it annoy the higher ups?

I can only imagine the disruption caused to the business, I can't however imagine the vast majority of people were truly unable to make it in, even if it meant getting up an hour earlier.

Perhaps many who stayed at home though were parents, and thus had no choice (you can't leave a kid at home all day after all and obviously no time to make arrangements). But then that bounces back to the OP - why close schools so easily knowing the trouble it causes everyone else?