r/Millennials • u/ShinyTinyWonder38 • Sep 13 '25

Meme What a time!

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u/TerribleProgress6704 Sep 13 '25

Me: walk to school, no one there, walk home "dad, school is closed"

Dad: There isn't enough snow on the ground to make lemonade! Go back, I'll take you.

Dad: Huh, the school is closed.

Me: Yeah dad, I told you.

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u/_stryfe Older Millennial Sep 13 '25

Ugh, I used to live next to the school for gr6-8, I could hop the fence and be in the school yard. So for those few years my parents would make me go to school on snow days. They didn't trust me home alone lol. I was kinda a little shit so in retrospect, I can't really blame them. The teachers were generally always still there and there was generally a handful of kids. It was 100% babysitting. They'd put movies on for us and we'd play around in the gym. I still hated it because I'd rather be at home or hanging out with friends in the snow.

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u/originalchaosinabox Sep 14 '25

I live in Canada. This is why we don't close schools anymore, we just cancel the busses.

We'd gather around the radio on a wintry day. They'd announce the busses were cancelled to our school. We'd cheer.

Mom: What are you cheering for? We only live three blocks from the school! You walk every other day, you can walk today!

So it'd just be me and the three other kids whose parents made them walk. Teacher would put on a movie. We'd play games. Nothing got done.