Five centimetres of snow and all the schools are shut – that’s diabolical !
Now when I was a lad we used to have real winters pre the global warming era and schools never closed, I remember walking over 2 miles through 6 inches of snow (that’s 15 centimetres for the Euro converts) and these were the days when most houses didn’t even have central heating.
With cold feet, a dripping nose, and strong northerly winds myself together with a whole nation of school kids marched like Captain Robert Scott steadfast in our efforts to reach our school and acquire knowledge. Fuelled with some desi style Scotts Porridge oats and washed down with a mixture of grounded almonds and hot milk.
Now when I was a lad we used to have real winters pre the global warming era and schools never closed, I remember walking over 2 miles through 6 inches of snow (that’s 15 centimetres for the Euro converts) and these were the days when most houses didn’t even have central heating.
With cold feet, a dripping nose, and strong northerly winds myself together with a whole nation of school kids marched like Captain Robert Scott steadfast in our efforts to reach our school and acquire knowledge. Fuelled with some desi style Scotts Porridge oats and washed down with a mixture of grounded almonds and hot milk.
[Desi definition of porridge : Dalia, North Indian Breakfast item, primarily made of crushed (dulit) wheat grain boiled with water and preferably milk]
The cold weather made us tougher, and even more determined to go about our every day tasks and duties. It was this get up and go attitude that made me the man I am today. By going for the easy option and shutting schools when there is a few centimetres of snow what message are we sending out to the future generations?
If the going gets tough, just don’t do it.
NO! NO! NO!, this is all wrong, we need to be strong and encourage our children to learn to “toughen it out” – because that quality will serve them well in the future. Remember when the going gets tough the tough get going.
The cold weather made us tougher, and even more determined to go about our every day tasks and duties. It was this get up and go attitude that made me the man I am today. By going for the easy option and shutting schools when there is a few centimetres of snow what message are we sending out to the future generations?
If the going gets tough, just don’t do it.
NO! NO! NO!, this is all wrong, we need to be strong and encourage our children to learn to “toughen it out” – because that quality will serve them well in the future. Remember when the going gets tough the tough get going.
1 comment:
can you remember the time when your dad used to tell stories of how when he was was young and used to get to school by trekking over 5 miles of fields,
This after waking up at 4am in the morning to do the chores first, taking the 'majjan' out and about! going to the fields and manually doing kethi bari! ..
and you think walking in snow was an accomplishment :P i bet the next generation is going to say, well when I was young I walked to school while it rained! thats right, it was raining and I was out of the house ;-)
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