Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-10 (Sunday)

On 3/12/2024 12:54 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

In article <usob5a$3u2li$1@dont-email.me>,
  Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
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When I was a kid if it rained too hard sometimes they'd modify the
school schedule and even let us all out early. When I tell people who
come from places where it snows about this it's like their brains melt.
But from my perspective it was like of course they had to close the
school, it was *raining* really, really hard! No one questioned this.
I never questioned it either until I started to talking to people who
came from places where this didn't happen.
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But from my perspective it was like, So you're telling me if it rained
really hard you just stayed in school all day? Even if it rained
really, really, hard?!?  What kind of sick twisted schools were they
running?

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LOL!
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"It's raining really hard, so rather than keep you all inside safe and
dry, we're going to send you outside into the really hard rain by
dismissing school early."
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Yeah, that's brain-melting logic right there.
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 But at least they’ll have to walk home because the buses won’t be there and
when they get home, the house will be locked and they’ll just have to sit
outside the front door in the rain.
 

I never road a school bus, but I'm pretty sure the buses were there. The way I recall it we went to rainy day schedule.  I'm trying to recall if it was elementary school and middle school or just middle school. But I think it was both.  I really don't remember all the specifics any more.
We had modified bell schedules and leaving early for other random reasons.  But those you knew in advance there was going to be an assembly or something.  A heavy rain storm was more like a surprise gift that meant indoor recess and you got out of school early.  Our entire day could be affected by the rain because our entire bell schedule would shift and we could end up in the gym.
Sorry if I implied if was raining at 9am we were out by 10am.  It was more like if it was raining hard an hour before the final bell we'd be let out about 30 minutes early.  Still for a 10 or 12 year old that was huge deal.  And by high school there was no recess so the rain didn't really impact anything.  Other than I guess gym class and lunch.  But my high school was closed campus lunch anyway so even that didn't impact much.