***Let It Snow***

Hello my lovely blog followers,

Glasgow, actually the whole of Scotland has been riddled with that lovely substance we call snow. It is hilarious how they deal with it. It will just lightly snow and the talk turns to doom and gloom. Any type of continuous snow fall is labeled as a blizzard. Trains, planes and automobiles are delayed, etc.

It all began on Friday night...we went out dancing and after emerging in the wee hours of the night, we discovered the newly fallen snow! Then we got pelted by snowballs from some lovely lads who had nothing better to do with their lives. The rest of the weekend was great, still snowed on and off, and reminded me of home.

Monday arrived, and though I hoped for a snow day at placement, I was disappointed. A normal day at work, it snowed a bit. However, yesterday was another story. The weather seemed the same to me, and I had no problem getting a train to work (one line was cancelled). When I arrived at the school, the floor I am normally situated on was deserted. Usually the rest of the teachers are all there about half an hour early. 5 minutes to 9am and I was getting worried. Luckily another teacher turned up, but most were delayed due to bad road conditions and traffic. Then I had a lovely class of 4 pupils. So first period, we watched the latest X Factor performances from the weekend. 2nd period we played Biology related Hangman. 3rd period my teacher told me to go away and colour or something.... So I went to sit in the staff base and do some lesson plans. The phone rings and I am instructed to tell all science teachers and their classes to assemble downstairs in "the street" for an impromptu assembly. "The street" is simply the main entrance, with very high ceilings and is where the pupils eat lunch or watch performances or assemblies, etc. That's right, Scotland does not use PA systems in their schools. Anyways, blah blah blah the school is being closed after lunchtime due to the adverse weather conditions (light snow). I wasn't going to complain about getting home earlier!

And today, the same sort of deal, except my trains weren't stopping anywhere near my stop. Therefore, snow day for me! They have already declared schools to be closed tomorrow as well, and I am going to enjoy sleeping in!

Keep snowy Glasgow,

Anusha