Our hearts pounding in our chests, we quietly sat on the edges of our seats at Mt. Vernon High School. It was class time, and somehow the teacher maintained a silent classroom. Everyone was anticipating the long awaited news. It was December, and it hadn't happened yet.
"It's supposed to be a nice temperature on Sunday, but then suddenly drop later that night, with rains freezing and sleet taking up the road," my teacher, Ms. Miyamoto, read off of a weather report she'd printed out.
Everyone kept their ears trained on her every word. With that news, everyone immediately started whispering. There was going to be ice on the ground? Sure, it had been rumored for a couple of days that we weren't going to be going to school on Monday or Tuesday, but was it really going to be THAT bad?
The last time we'd experienced anything with a major ice would have to have been the ice storm of 2007. Power lines were out for weeks. People were scared, buying up all the kerosene and AA batteries. Were we going to have to go through all of that again?
Why on earth would Mt. Vernon students want that? Simple. The week of the next "ice storm" falls on the same week we take finals. Finals? AHHH! That means we actually have to study. If there was ice on the ground, wouldn't that mean that buses wouldn't be able to take students to and from school, ultimately ending with a break from the regular learning experience we know to be called "school"? Yes. This is the reason everyone at school Friday was anxious to hear weather reports.
It almost seemed as if the teachers were anxious, too. In every class I went to, the teacher instructing had at least one comment on the subject. Were the teachers excited, or worried? It was probably a mix of both. For some occupations, ice could be bad. My dad is a truck driver in Strafford. I can't imagine that ice and semis works well together. For high school students about to have to take their finals, it's a wonderful thing.
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amazingalley says ...
On Friday, Dec 19 at 7:58 PM
Geez, tubular story man. I wish I was bodacious enough to go to Mt. Vernon high.