Welp, you may have heard the news. It's midday Sunday Feb 22 as I write this. The northeast is having a big snowstorm. NYC rarely gets really big snowfalls, but here we are. The prediction for the City (which usually gets less snow than the outlying areas) is for 11 inches today and another 2 inches tomorrow.

We used to have "snow days" when students were not expected to go to school, and we could play in the snow. We would make up the time by extending the school year one day for each snow day. But the schedule is not built for that anymore. It will probably be a day of remote learning. I think it's a shame the kids don't get to play in the snow, and I expect that teaching remotely will be hard. I've never taught a class remotely, though I did tutor small groups remotely during the lockdown. This school year, we've had two days of remote work, one for Election Day and one for Professional Development Day when it was all adults and no kids. It was packed with work and ultimately more tiring than being there in person.

The snowfall we had about three weeks ago is finally melted almost completely. I guess it's good that we're not piling new snow on the old, dirty stuff.