Well, the first day of December brought the first snow of the year. It snowed a considerable amount for the first snow. I was visiting with some of my Senior One students when it started snowing outside. Mass pandemonium ensued as they were so excited. I was just happy that I did not have to teach then on Saturday. Anyways, the rest of the day they managed to play outside as much as possible. And ala Oklahoma style, the sun was out all day on Sunday which begun the melting process. But, it was not enough, so last night the roads were quick slick. I saw quite a few wrecks yesterday from people sliding into each other.
As for the last part of my title, I will explain. I have been meaning to put this into a post at some point in time, and today seemed to be a good time. One thing that the schools do here which I think is a good thing is that they utilize their students to keep the school clean both inside and outside. Each Monday, during their 7th Period, they are to clean their classroom - sweeping, mopping, and cleaning the windows & blackboards - and the hallway portion that belongs to their classroom. A portion of each class will then head out to clean the school grounds i.e., sweeping, raking leaves, pulling weeds. The outside jobs are various and change with the seasons.
Well, this morning Class 147 which is one of my Senior Two classes was outside shoveling the snow. Here, most parking areas and sidewalks are a ceramic-like tile, so my students were both scraping and sweeping the snow off the tiles. I commend them for their hard work being it was cold and the sun was still hidden behind buildings.
Happy December & 22 Days until Christmas!
