SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Alan W (GNFC)]

Its that US Culture - which says that if a child injures themselves at school, due to ice or snow, the school will get sued. So, Head Teachers panic & send kids home rather than take the chance.

 

Ironically, the conditions were probably better at normal school leaving time on both Thursday & Friday, than at the time, they were sent home ealy !!

[American FLEET FAN No1]

Sorry Alan , but you are wrong.........I know what you are refering to,(the sue happy climate) but thats not the culture in Schools here.

We have snow anywhere from 5 to 7 months, the only time School is cancelled is if the driving conditions are too bad. Could you imagine the chaos if the schools were closed for all that time.

[EUFC superb]

and school is stopped early to let people home easier

[FleetFanatic]

It must be really difficult to get home at a time when there's no snow left!

 

Ours were sent home at midday yesterday - by which time, the snow had melted away!

[EUFC superb]

ours are usually open until 1- 2:45

[Big J R]

Wassa matter with the kids today ?

 

I can remember, as a little lad, in the 1950's, walking to school with the snow coming over the top of me wellies !

 

We'd all sit round the teacher whilst she sucked a Murray-Mint and exhaled now and then, just to give us a bit of heat !

 

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[American FLEET FAN No1]

Wellies?????????.........You lucky B*st*rd......Bare feet us! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

[Slartibartfast]

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AmericanFLEETFANNo1 said:
Wellies?????????.........You lucky B*st*rd......Bare feet us! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Bare feet? You were lucky.....we used to dream of going to school in bare feet but we were too poor to have our own feet!

[American FLEET FAN No1]

Well you live in Meopham........What do you expect? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />