Challenge of going to a Catholic grade school was waiting until the “ticker” got to S and then wondering if they would use Saint or St. Michael this time (all of the Saint so and so potentially would be out of alphabetical order when Saint was abbreviated for some and not others). The secondary issue is that there was Saint Michael (Indianapolis) and St. Michael (Greenfield) and I went to the latter that should come first.
Grew up in Wyoming and can remember only one time the schools were closed. We had 7 feet of snow over night.
How many inches of snow does it take to cancel school in Wyoming?
Well, according to this map, taken from points of data from Reddit as well as the NOAA’s average annual snowfall for the U.S, we can see in hard numbers just how much snow it takes to close schools in Wyoming. The average is about 24 inches before closures begin.
Living in a no-snow-ever area for 46 years, I can only recount memories of snow.
Went to high school in Chicago, where is was not uncommon to get 4’ of snow with freezing winds — and we never had a snow day.
Waiting 15-20 minutes for the school bus in that weather, girls wore pants under their dresses and snow boots to keep from getting frostbite. However, school dress code rules prohibited girls from wearing pants or boots, so the minute we entered the front door of the school, we had a tiny space right inside the door where we had to remove our pants and boots. No chairs or benches, so we were all lined up against the wall.
Draconian BS.
Draconian BS is correct! As if what one wore effected learning! Having wet/cold legs would certainly be a distraction!!
Went to HS/College when mini’s-the shorter the better if one had great legs- were the style! . .
The darn vice-principal had girls kneel on the floor-in front of the class. If the skirt was more that an inch off the floor, sent you home!! How is that not a distraction to learning? Course the guys in the class loved it!!
When TPTB finally allowed us to wear pants, had to be PANT SUITS.I had two—must cover one’s crotch/rear though those in charger put it more diplomatically— in inches. They were sending home girls who wore dress pants and a white blouse. We weren’t a rich school district-rural Texas in the late 60’s-- but pants were so much easier to wear than a short skirt, ■■■■■ hose and a heeled shoe.
Daughter was looking at my HS year books recently, asked why we were “all dressed up.”. No jeans for the females, no sneakers, well covered except for those thought–provoking legs…
1964-1968 I went to a public high school that had more stringent dress code rules than the local Catholic school. When I met kids from other schools, they’d always ask, “Is it true that …?” and I’d answer, “Yes, and you know what else?”
Our skirts had to touch the floor when we knelt. However, I learned from the girls in detention class the best way to roll up your skirt so it looked like a mini — and when a teacher caught you in the hallway wearing that disgraceful skirt and marched you to the dreaded Dean of Girls office, you’d walk behind the teacher and roll down the skirt so it would be the “proper” length before you knelt.
The girls had more rules but the boys didn’t get off easy either. If they forgot their pants belt, they were taken to the Dean of Boys office where they were given a big ugly rope that they had to wear through the pant loops for the rest of the day.
I could go on for hours. I truly hated that school.
The Groundhog was right. Sure ya’ll are tired of the “white stuff”-it’s 67 here in S. AZ. Having to ship everything either GA or PM, trying to get the few orders we have to the recipients within the usually more-than-adequate time frame.
On the bookseller’s thread, complaining the P.O.s were closed Monday. even Tuesday, due to inclement weather - couldn’t even get inside to use the postage kiosk. This will slow everything down in Memphis, Atlanta and Miami. Last month when it dumped, we were dinged for 1-3 days late delivery. ODR, mainly due to few sales, dipped to 88+%.
Back to 100% but for how long-only Mother Nature-and the Groundhog- know.
That’s the normal practice today among school girls in Japan, where most place still have such rules in place; but when have you ever seen a Japanese school girl in anything but a very short skirt?
As is appropriate. These rules are not about modesty or proper behavior, it’s about control and humiliation by those in charge.
I was called out in 7th grade by a public school home-ec teacher who told me my dress was too short. It was actually one knitted by my own Mum from a pattern in a woman’s magazine. I wore it with mustard color tights that picked up one of the horizontal colored stripes in the dress.
I was about 5’7" and probably weighed about 110 pounds, and it fit me quite well.
Mrs. Starkman called me out in front of the class, but backed off when I told her my Mum had knitted it for me.
The teachers of today know better, and probably realize they risk a lawsuit if they did what Mrs. Starkman did to me.
May she rot in hell.
I also was prohibited from trading home-ec for shop class, which I would have much preferred.
I encountered more than a few things that would be a lawsuit today; I wasn’t at it, but at at least one dance, a teacher was making sure that the girls were wearing appropriate underwear (no thongs in case the skirt came up). And my gym teacher (who might have been kicked out of the army for being too sadistic of a drill sergeant) would reach into the boy’s shorts to make sure that they were wearing a proper jock-strap instead of just underwear (penalty was to run a mile).
Should have been sued then; but we had only just gotten to the point where teachers weren’t allowed to smoke during lessons. Nobody questioned the ultimate authority of the teachers.
Where surely she will meet the Dean of Girls from my school.
I finished all my class requirements by the end of junior year, and talked my way into shop class.
The instructor probably never had a girl in his class before. He called the boys Mr. Lastname. When he called me Miss Lastname, I said that I didn’t answer to sexist titles, so then he tried Mrs. Lastname. I said I wouldn’t answer to that either. He almost exploded and said that in his class everyone was either Miss, Mrs. or Mr. I answered, “Call me Mr., then.” After that I was first name only.
I was a regular in detention hall.
Any more it’s hard to tell if we live in a small town or a retirement community. It was 85 degrees out today and we were all out driving our golf carts around town to do our errands or visit neighbors.
The kids have bikes … the old people have golf carts. Nothing beats going out and getting some fresh air.
Feminists of the 1960-70’s paved the way for women engineers/construction workers & managers/ CPA’s/CEO’s/CFO’s-the list is long. .
Have a friend who wanted to be a engineer in the 60’s-she would have made a great one-having lived w/ several, both spouse and offspring.
Told by her HS counselor it was a man’s profession and NICE WOMEN didn’t want to do that-as if she wanted to become a woman-of-the- evening!!
Steered her instead into teaching-which she disliked and only did for a couple of years! Not that I wanted to become an engineer, math skills not extensive. I settled for an English degree w/ history/education minors. None of which I used, specifically. Back in the day, career paths for women lucky enough to go to college/university were teacher/nurse/back-up education “just in case” we happened to be divorced or widowed, because of course, we were expected to be wives/mothers.
I apologize-this has nothing to do w/ weather. But the 60’s did a lot more than turn out great music!!
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Couple more inches this morning annnnnnd rumors of another foot early next week… We’re out of room to put this …
Should get some melting in the next few days, though, right? At least here in SE Pa. we stayed above freezing last night, and we’ve got a few days in the mid-40s coming up, with some of the higher, stronger late-Feb/early March sun helping out, before whatever the next blast brings. Of course you’re further north and have a LOT more that needs to melt to make way for whatever comes next, but I do hope you’ll get some melting!
That area in the picture is in the shade. We are getting lots of melting elsewhere. Looks like next week’s storm is a bust thankfully….
It is going to get cold again for a couple days but then it really warms up. Hearing rumors that we could hit 60 or more in about 2 weeks. As if they know what will happen in 2 weeks. Haha
Southern WI is supposed to hit the mid to high 50s tomorrow (Friday) and we have NO SNOW on the ground.
I could fix that by moving the snow blower to the back of the garage but I usually wait until the end of May to pi## off the neighbors that spray their yards to kill all the weeds that I send their way. NO MOW MAY since my daughter and granddaughter need bees for their vegetable diet.
Update. The float for my pump has died. It fused on. Not the worst, but new float arrives tomorrow. $15 well spent
So we are looking at a foot for St patty’s day. 9 days off but we shall see.
In the meantime I am enjoying the 55 and sunny
I just raked up 3 giant bags of crap, cleaning up the property from winter…
I saw those forecasts on social. We’ll see what materializes… Haven’t emptied the snowblower gas tank just yet…