Snow day reaction goes viral

[lisag]

That's what I was going to post! Plus, when you have 16 year old inexperienced drivers, 3 inches is a lot to navigate. I think he had the right to call and question the one who made the decision to keep school in session. Good for him! It's not like he has calls the man every time something happens that he doesn't agree with. He felt that having to drive to school was putting lives in danger so he stood up to do something about it. More kids should be willing to get in trouble to question authority when authority has obviously lost their way.

I do not think that a 16 year old has the right to question authority. Whoever is in charge of closing the school does not need to answer to a child.
3 inches is nothing... My childrens schools rarely close due to snow, especially not for 3 inches.
If the roads were that bad and it was too dangerous to go to school, I would imagine that the parents would have kept their kids home anyway. Thats what I would do if I was concerned about the weather conditions and the schools did not close.

And I can almost bet, that if school was closed early, the roads would have been good enough for a bunch of these kids to drive to a gathering spot...

 

[bnhall]

I live in MO and the schools close here for 3 inches always. People here do not have chains on their tires in the winter or heated garages (like my friend from N. Dakota says they have). I'm sure it's the same in Va. IMO, if someone is making a decision that jeopardizes the health of the people affected by that decision, they must answer to those people. If his parents would have called, no one would be questioning their right to do so. Just because he is 16 does not mean he can't question when decisions are made that involve him.

 

[lisag]

I live in MO and the schools close here for 3 inches always. People here do not have chains on their tires in the winter or heated garages (like my friend from N. Dakota says they have). I'm sure it's the same in Va. IMO, if someone is making a decision that jeopardizes the health of the people affected by that decision, they must answer to those people. If his parents would have called, no one would be questioning their right to do so. Just because he is 16 does not mean he can't question when decisions are made that involve him.

We'll agree to disagree...
And I am in WI where snow is the norm - and we have no chains on our tires... I am pretty sure it's illegal..

 

[bnhall]

We'll agree to disagree...
And I am in WI where snow is the norm - and we have no chains on our tires... I am pretty sure it's illegal..

Sounds good.

I was a bit of a pain in the butt to the school authority when I was in HS. To give an example, our class voted to have white tulips as our senior class flower. The class advisor thought that was dumb so he ordered yellow roses for us to carry at graduation. My friends and I carried ours upside down at the ceremony.

I can understand that not everyone has a mistrust of authority the way I do.

 

[ljwf22]

I was a bit of a pain in the butt to the school authority when I was in HS. To give an example, our class voted to have white tulips as our senior class flower. The class advisor thought that was dumb so he ordered yellow roses for us to carry at graduation. My friends and I carried ours upside down at the ceremony.

I think the pain in the butt here is the advisor. :crazy:

 

[ziggy]

I guess I am the only one who thinks this is no big deal and that it has been blown way out of proportion.
I have to admit that I have heard my own teachers at school call kids worse things than "snot-nosed brats." Yep, to their faces...all it did was get a big laugh.
This kid ain't gonna suffer a lifetime of emotional problems over being called a brat.

Nope. I thought it was hilarious. She let him have it. OK, she's a little stressed but he's in high school, he's not 5. I have no idea what his idea of polite is, but a polite message would not have set someone off like that imo. "Get over it and get to school kid!" (or something like that) was my favorite part. I feel like saying it every morning!

I think everyone is making a big deal out of nothing. That kid is not harmed and he's laughing about getting her back in the end.

 

[ziggy]

I guess I am the only one who thinks this is no big deal and that it has been blown way out of proportion.
I have to admit that I have heard my own teachers at school call kids worse things than "snot-nosed brats." Yep, to their faces...all it did was get a big laugh.
This kid ain't gonna suffer a lifetime of emotional problems over being called a brat.

Nope. I thought it was hilarious. She let him have it. OK, she's a little stressed but he's in high school, he's not 5. I have no idea what his idea of polite is, but a polite message would not have set someone off like that imo. "Get over it and get to school kid!" (or something like that) was my favorite part. I feel like saying it every morning!

I think everyone is making a big deal out of nothing. That kid is not harmed and he's laughing about getting her back in the end.

 

[Jen_in_Indy]

I finally got to hear this call this morning and I have to say that I can't believe it's gotten the publicity that it has. It's really not that newsworthy.

I was all ready to say shame on that wife, but when I heard it, I actually changed my mind. She really didn't go off calling him names and the only thing I'm sure she regrets is saying that her husband spends all of his time at meetings for snot-nosed brats. I think she was completely in line to call him back and say what she did.

Just because their number is listed doesn't mean that it's appropriate to call and as a high school senior, he should have used better judgement. Especially when it sounds like he probably left a message blaming the superintendent for him having to go to school...in a measly three inches of snow. Please. The kid needs to do exactly what she said and get over it and go to school.

 

[JBean]

Calling names,yelling and losing your cool are the hallmarks of a teenager. This woman did both and made an a$$ out of herself. Now if we find out she is 19 or under, I won't be so hard on her, because her brain isn't fully developed yet. But assuming she is of major age and is working at the school, her behavior as a role model are pretty pathetic. Stooping to the level of a child is never an admirable thing IMO.

 

[absinthe]

I would be pleased if a thoughtful, open-minded student called me to discuss snow-day policies with me. The fact that he left his name and phone number shows that he really intended to engage in dialogue about this. Reaming this kid out for calling amounts to rewarding the apathetic kids who don't give a ish. Sometimes I swaer older people just want to turn out robots who don't think for themselves or care about our society.

 

[Taximom]

Thanks, Jen in Indy, you said it better than I could.

I don't think he called because he was really interested in knowing why school wasn't closed that day. I think he called as part of a prank, probably spurred on by friends at lunch. He could have just gone down to the principal's office and asked!

Maybe she should post HIS message on youtube.

 

[JBean]

Thanks, Jen in Indy, you said it better than I could.

I don't think he called because he was really interested in knowing why school wasn't closed that day. I think he called as part of a prank, probably spurred on by friends at lunch. He could have just gone down to the principal's office and asked!

Maybe she should post HIS message on youtube.

HI TM. I haven't excused him yet because we really do not know what was said.
But they are not mutually exclusive. They both may be a couple of sad characters. Just don't have all the info yet. We only know that she needs some anger management classes. There is no way I would excuse her temper outburst.

 

[absinthe]

Just because he is 17 doesn't mean she has the right to speak to him like that, assuming he was not disrespectful in the message. I would bet money she speaks in much more polite manner to people of voting age...lolz.

 

[Jen_in_Indy]

What time of the morning did he call?

I would dare to say that if someone called your house at an early hour to ask you why your spouse wasn't doing their job the way that person thought they should, that you might be a tad upset with said person. JMO

And thanks, TaxiMom!

 

[Taximom]

HI TM. I haven't excused him yet because we really do not know what was said.
But they are not mutually exclusive. They both may be a couple of sad characters. Just don't have all the info yet. We only know that she needs some anger management classes. There is no way I would excuse her temper outburst.

Oh, I totally agree that she needs some kind of help! She would be better off having her husband respond to HIS calls in the first place.

I bet there are no overdue books in that library! :crazy:

Jen, he called during a school lunch break. She was probably up with her hubby at 4:30 a.m. though when he was trying to figure out whether to make it a snow day or not. lol

 

[absinthe]

What time of the morning did he call?

I would dare to say that if someone called your house at an early hour to ask you why your spouse wasn't doing their job the way that person thought they should, that you might be a tad upset with said person. JMO

And thanks, TaxiMom!

Yes, I am assuming that he called during normal hours. Perhaps this is a generational thing...young people really do expect to be communicado 24/7!

 

[Jen_in_Indy]

Ok, I'll give in a little then and say that perhaps by that time she should have been awake and coherent enough not to go off exactly like she did. However, I still don't think what she said was entirely off base.

And yes! lol I think she has learned her lesson in letting her husband return his own phone calls!

 

[ljwf22]

What time of the morning did he call?

I would dare to say that if someone called your house at an early hour to ask you why your spouse wasn't doing their job the way that person thought they should, that you might be a tad upset with said person. JMO

And thanks, TaxiMom!

The kid called during his lunch break.

 

[White Rain]

What then, was the purpose of calling the house? Why not go down to the office...he knew the guy wasn't at home.
This makes me belief he DIDN'T really want to discuss this...he wanted to aggravate, or it was a prank as someone said. Why isn't HIS message being posted online?

 

[deanws]

What then, was the purpose of calling the house? Why not go down to the office...he knew the guy wasn't at home.
This makes me belief he DIDN'T really want to discuss this...he wanted to aggravate, or it was a prank as someone said. Why isn't HIS message being posted online?

He called the office first, and he didn't answer his phone, so the kid called the house after that.