By Isaiah Boyles
For the past few years we have been robbed of the very thing every student yearns for — snow days. Now the reason for this up until now is simply because we’ve been met with very mild winter weather and an extreme lack of significant snowstorms.
Snow days consist of endless enjoyment whether they’re used as extra time to relax and binge your favorite TV show, hit the hills for some sledding, or whatever it may be. Most importantly, they are a proper break from the stresses of the school week. This year, however, like many other things, snow days could quite possibly be a thing of the past. The reason for this tragedy? You guessed it, COVID-19.
With the new virtual style of learning we are now well adjusted to, the ability for snow days to be replaced by virtual school days is increasingly possible. The question is whether this should happen, and the answer should be unanimous: NO.
Now this argument isn’t simply built off the fact that snow days are a relaxing break from exhausting school work and the extreme stress of tests and assignments, but rather the idea of childhood and normalcy being taken away from students. No matter how young or old you are, snow days are one of the few things that have remained familiar and somewhat consistent throughout all your time in the Irvington School District.
With COVID-19 dealing a big hit to both educators and students, our Irvington community has been stripped of almost everything there is to look forward to and many senses of normalcy that we have in life. Let’s be completely honest, nothing is “normal” right now. However, snow days have the potential to remain consistent and give the students and faculty in the Irvington district the sense of normalcy that they need.
In a time as stressful and unforgiving as the current situation our world is in right now, many would think that there should be no debate for whether the joyfulness of snow days should be taken away or not. Sadly, there is, and as the answer to this question is still up in the air, all we can do as students and faculty is hope for snow days to remain and overcome the possibility of virtual snow days in our future.
