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A brisk wind blew through the UGG filled hallways Thursday afternoon, and a rumor – nay, a sense of hope – spread that an icy wonderland would encompass the metroplex, resulting in every high-schooler’s dream – a snow day.
Teachers bet on it. Students prayed for it while they constantly checked and rechecked RISD.org, hoping they’d see that beautiful red banner appear.
As ice accumulated on the roads and icicles grew like teeth around school entrances threatening to consume anyone who dared to enter, RISD administrators stirred their cups of cocoa and said “Y’know what? It’s cold and I don’t feel like working tomorrow. Let’s give these kiddos a day off to study extra hard for their finals.” Or maybe it was the thought of newly licensed teens flying across the slippery highway. Whatever the case, that liberating red banner so many longed for finally appeared.
Homework was thrown in the air, Netflix accounts were logged on to and off in the distance, band kids whipped out their clarinets and trombones to celebrate.
The excitement faded the next day as students faced the reality of being locked indoors as the #icepocalypse hit. Many faced the horrid tragedy of lost wifi. Some even suffered power outages.
Saturday wasn’t much better for those still stuck inside.
When Sunday rolled around, everybody decided she needed just one more day to get their business together before school. Caught up in the craziness of lost power,
and for some, sleepless nights of How I Met Your Mother reruns, homework was left undone because the extra-long weekend just wasn’t enough.
Though most students just needed an extra day to catch up on sleep and finish their biology homework, some considered the dangers students and faculty would have to face on their way to school the next day.
And so, the Twitter gods answered their prayers. Or perhaps RISD figured out what the heck “freezing fog” was and decided it was too dangerous to drive in.
Yet another cancellation sent students into a frenzy. Another day to procrastinate on homework and watch Netflix? A miracle this wonderful hadn’t happened since they allowed girls to wear yoga pants to school.
And as usual, the Debbie Downers of Twitter just saw this as another opportunity to complain.
Unfortunately the sun came out and melted all the fun away. Students trudged through the icy slush, their frozen fingers snapping shots of the frosted berries and icicles for Instagram, with unfinished homework in hand.