The Weather

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly against..."(the snow?) F. Scott Fitzgerald

The past few days with their lack of snow day has me rather pensive. The weather has been terrible and that is a point beyond dispute, so why would school still be in session? I think this seriously compromises the safety of students, staff, and faculty alike. Despite the expertise of the bus drivers, there are teenagers in their parents SUVs that could seriously injury a dozen kids or so in just a bad turn, not to mention the student in the SUV who could flip or go off the road. Teachers with long commutes on the highways are also at risk because those roads tend to be slick and even easier to get killed on. Maybe these are exagerrations. But then you need to factor in snow blower injuries too(So far one teacher has been maimed) and you get a recipe for disaster. So why would a school put the people it houses through that? Well Sal provided a few good reasons, but I'm wondering if there's also a few others. The first of these is that people crave order and routine. It's a pretty self-explanatory idea. But in the face of the weather I wonder if it's not a deeper subconscious thing or if the administration, thinking with our best interests in heart, gets some sort of leadership complex and the consequences are put on the back burner for the sake of order. Hopefully, the administration is a bit more rational than that and Stevenson arrogance is to blame. If we have a certain number of attendance days, it's either to meet state law(though I was under the impression we had more than we needed) or to win some ridiculous award. Sociologically the closest I can come to this is just viewing the situation with an open mind and considering society. I suppose society in our country has so programmed us to live our lives, our way, on our own, we just tune out the dangers nature throws at us. I don't approve, but I guess that's individualism at it's worst. If any one else has any suggestions I'd like to hear them.