I'm looking forward to another lazy day like today -- hot chocolate, a good book, nowhere to go. Meanwhile, respond to the "Mr. Green" prompt before Wed. and I'll see you then. Oh -- and the eight students who have not yet dazzled us with their soliloquies will do so on Wed -- you know who you are.
Enjoy the following poem by the 2001-2002 poet laureate of the United States, Billy Collins:
Snow Day
Today we woke up to a revolution of snow,
its white flag waving over everything,
the landscape vanished,
not a single mouse to punctuate the blankness,
and beyond these windows
the government buildings smothered,
schools and libraries buried, the post office lost
under the noiseless drift,
the paths of trains softly blocked,
the world fallen under this falling.
In a while I will put on some boots
and step out like someone walking in water,
and the dog will porpoise through the drifts,
and I will shake a laden branch,
sending a cold shower down on us both.
But for now I am a willing prisoner in this house,
a sympathizer with the anarchic cause of snow.
I will make a pot of tea
and listen to the plastic radio on the counter,
as glad as anyone to hear the news
that the Kiddie Corner School is closed,
the Ding-Dong School, closed,
the All Aboard Children's School, closed,
the Hi-Ho Nursery School, closed,
along with -- some will be delighted to hear --
the Toadstool School, the Little School,
Little Sparrows Nursery School,
Little Stars Pre-School, Peas-and-Carrots Day School,
the Tom Thumb Child Center, all closed,
and -- clap your hands -- the Peanuts Play School.
So this is where the children hide all day,
These are the nests where they letter and draw,
where they put on their bright miniature jackets,
all darting and climbing and sliding,
all but the few girls whispering by the fence.
And now I am listening hard
in the grandiose silence of the snow,
trying to hear what those three girls are plotting,
what riot is afoot,
which small queen is about to be brought down.
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Hooray for SNOW! =)
You say Wednesday as though there will be school...
Hahah Connor... I hear we don't have school tomorrow (Tuesday) either! I am crying tears of joy and wondering what I could have possibly done to deserve this....
"trying to hear what those three girls are plotting," that was me trying not to be ambushed by snowballs.
I say we skip the rest of the week and start the Holiday break early.
Well, the sun will set in a matter of 2 or so hours...the main question in my mind is, will the roads freeze up once more???
I highly doubt it, but a 2-hour delay would only make my late arrival all the better haha.
I think that 3 days of school and then winter break is rather pointless because of that fact that on our B-days, we will accomplish nothing significant in one day. Unless you have a test in a class, your b-day will be useless. This is just my opinion though, you should all feel free to chime in and vent.
Enjoy the white stuff while it lasts...
(and hopefully no one in our class was clumsy enough to end up in an accident...)
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