Supermoon, no sugar or alcohol, a few short days until break, and now.... SNOW! But not enough snow to get out early or have a snow day. (See photographic evidence.) No, just enough snow to make my high school students behave even more like second graders. Have you ever herded cats? Me neither, but I imagine the experience is akin to my teaching job today. I have a lovely wall of windows in the back of my classroom, the perfect place to view the softly falling snow. And after today, that lovely window is covered with approximately 56 nose prints where fifteen and sixteen-year-olds gazed at the flakes as if they were seeing them with virgin eyes. "Mrs. Witt, do you think we'll get out early?" "No, get your book out." "Mrs. Witt, I heard they already had the buses lined up." "No, get your book out." "Mrs. Witt, look at the radar." "No, get your book out." Repeat. Ad nauseam. At one point I exclaimed, "If you recently moved here from Hawaii, I will allow you a moment to be excited over the seventeen flakes in the air. But the rest of you live in Iowa, and it's November. This isn't new. Now settle in and get to work." You can imagine how effective that was. So, Miss Honey's vacation has been extended until Monday at least.
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