Talk:Snow day (disambiguation)

U of I

>>On February 13th, 2007, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign declared the first snow day since 1979. Classes were cancelled for that day and on the following day, making history for the university.

Why is one particular institution's snow day in this article? Seems like eat man.

vandalism

This entry looks like vandilism and i think there are many mistakes in it. Could somebody please fix this up?

Legend

Looks like the vandalism was cleaned up (12.27.05). I added some common legends that have been shared amoungst my childrens classmates. Please feel free to share some of yours.--Drussel3 04:05, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Stigma

From the article: Snow days, especially in areas like southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic, where snow days are relatively common, have a certain stigma attached to them. For students, this includes a feeling of relief (in cases where the student had been dreading a day of regular school). In addition to this, students usually are swept by a wave of euphoria, as a snow day in most cultures has become synonymous for a day of complete freedom where the student body can participate in common winter activities such as sledding and snowball fights. This euphoria often leads to frantic checking of the weather forecast the day before. For the administration, however, snow days have a negative connotation, as the entire day will usually have to be reworked into the schedule, and the necessary credit hours of the students for that day have not been fulfilled. Also, since many homes these days do not have a stay-at-home parent, snow days can mean a hardship for parents to find last-minute childcare, so school superintendents strive to call off school only when really warranted. As a mid-westerner, I would argue that in areas where snow days are less common, there is still a massive stigma and euphoria. Growing up in Western Illinois, frantic weather forecasting is common before potential snow days and for kids, not having a day of school when one is expected is nearly inevitably wonderful.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, snow days aren't a common event, especially across the south. Scottish and Welsh schools may experience many during the winter months due to the northern latitude of Scotland and the altitude of much of Wales. In England however, significant snowfall isn't a frequent event and when it does fall it rarely lasts for more than a few days across low-lying areas. Scottish schools are used to severe snowfalls and schools may not be as badly affected, but across the southern half of the UK even just an inch can cause traffic chaos and therefore close schools.

This paragraph is very poor. Whilst it's true that Scotland is generally colder and experiences more snow than the rest of the UK, the whole thing seems like informal original research.--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 16:29, 3 December 2007 (UTC)