Recently, Concord College experienced its first snow day of the new school year when students and teachers alike were pleasantly surprised to find the school looking less like a learning institution in the 21st century and more like the fantastical land of Narnia.
By Justine
Twas the morning before End of Term Exams, when all throughout Concord College,
Not a student was studying, not even for more knowledge…
When out on the lawn, there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
Snow! twirling through the air like a kite,
Coating the grass, the trees, the leaves in a fine sheet of white.
Recently, Concord College experienced its first snow day of the new school year when students and teachers alike were pleasantly surprised to find the school looking less like a learning institution in the 21st century and more like the fantastical land of Narnia. Even the ropes course was somehow made magical and mystical by the ice, precarious stalactites forming beneath the cables. Children hugged their coats around themselves a little tighter, hot chocolate in the dining hall tasted a little better, and treks to class were filled with a little more wonder from the simple change in scenery.
The snow made everything better: The odious feeling of wet socks and cold, icy fingers became slightly more bearable when it was experienced while making snow angels or building snowmen. Feeling cold? If it meant I could walk amongst the powdery snow, that was fine! Even getting injured was now whimsical – I fondly remember being hit in the ear with an icy snowball by a friend (or, at least, someone who I thought was my friend) during one of the many snowball fights that happened during the day. Despite the snow getting in my shoes, clothes, and hair, the dry air making me cough, and the fact that I was both freezing and overheating from the layers of clothes I had on (which I would then have to peel away once I got to class), I wouldn’t have wished for anything different.
Overall, the days of snow marked a picturesque start to the darkest time of the year (literally and figuratively, as we had upcoming exams), and it reminded both me and those around me that despite the little nuisances – like revising for Saturday Tests or needing to register at every hour of the day – there were fun and memorable experiences at every moment of the day that made it all worth it. People say that every snowflake is unique – I suppose you could say the same for every moment I’ve had at Concord.
By Justine
