With the severe weather the Omaha area has experienced in recent weeks, schools have been canceling classes and giving students remote learning days. This has affected many students’ education in different ways.
Snow days affect teachers and students but not so much deans. South High dean Sam Bojanski said it doesn’t really affect him much because he’s a dean and doesn’t teach a class but said that some teachers feel “crunched” after losing days which causes teachers to do some adjusting with their plans. Bojanski said he thinks the only downfalls of remote snow days are that students don’t participate in any of the work posted, and that it upends teachers’ plans.
“They absolutely learn better in school, and nobody is doing anything at home,” he added.
South junior Jazlyn Castillo said she thinks remote snow days are pointless because “nobody’s doing any work; they are just enjoying the day off.” Castillo said she believes doing the work at school benefits students more because students have teachers present to explain assignments and answer questions they may have. “I do like snow days because they’re a relaxing break from school, and some of the assignments are fun,” she added.
Junior Aaliyah Branch said she believes snow days give students a break from school and the stress that comes with it.
“I like having snow days because they don’t take as long as an actual school day.” Branch added that the assignments are easy and can even be used as extra credit or notes for other assignments. “When we go back to school, though, we are kind of behind on assignments in classes.”
