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Internet Could Mean End of "Snow Days"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the think-of-the-children dept.

fangmcgee writes "Could the Internet mean the end of snow days? Some schools think so, and they are experimenting with ways for students to do lessons online during bad weather, potentially allowing classes to go on during even the worst blizzard." Alright folks, it's finally happened: The Internet has gone too far. It's time to blow it up and go back to papyrus scrolls and horseback couriers.

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  1. Re:In the developed world... by ThurstonMoore · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have seen "true poverty" where I went to high school. Their are lots of children that only eat when they go to school and get a free lunch. I remember one kid in school who the teacher bought a pair of shoes and a coat for him. He came to school the next day wearing his old shoes and no coat. The teacher asked him about it and he said his father had taken them for himself. Maybe you grew up in a nice suburb but there are children in the US of motherfucking A that do live in poverty.