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NoRepresentative5593 t1_j6zkfsn wrote

Reply to comment by bradshaw1992 in Providence schools closed Friday due to bitter cold | WPRI.com by bradshaw1992

You don’t want kids standing outside in this weather.

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FourAM t1_j70pbkk wrote

Doubly so if the bus might be late showing up or not at all

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j72a1jb wrote

On top of that, most of the school buildings are older and have poor insulation and not the best HVAC systems. And, being a city, there's probably a much higher percentage of kids who walk to and from school.

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nebuladrifting t1_j70sbur wrote

Lol they’d be fine. My hometown in Minnesota is going to be –19° at 6am today (Friday) and they’ve got school. I just looked and it needs to be less than –25° at 6am before they close school.

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NoRepresentative5593 t1_j72e13k wrote

PVD has a population of kids at or below poverty level. Some of them don’t have the winter gear to protect themselves. I’ve seen kids using socks as mittens while waiting for the bus, it’s not safe in this weather.

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nebuladrifting t1_j72hlsc wrote

Thank you for the reasoned response instead of “wow look at this internet tough guy.” I guess I was speaking from a point of privilege here from the kind of school district I grew up in. That’s pretty sad :(

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angrybaija t1_j752pxu wrote

why do you think you deserved a "reasoned response?" you've been an asshole throughout the thread, you're telling me you think everybody else is the bad guy? sheesh

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nebuladrifting t1_j758idp wrote

I’m always open to changing my mind about pretty much anything and I was thanking them for something that changed my mind. Wasn’t trying to be an asshole but I see how I came off that way when I made that slightly trollish comment while half awake last night.

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nodumbunny t1_j77xrjm wrote

>Thank you for the reasoned response instead of “wow look at this internet tough guy clueless rube.”

Fixed it for you. This is where you live now (I assume) so you should have have some idea of the poverty level in the public schools. Also school buildings here are built to withstand NEW ENGLAND winters, not the ones you grew up with. There has been much in the news in the past few years about their terrible condition, so we can assume the mechanical systems are old and not up to the task of heating them in arctic temperatures.

You're not coming off as a "tough guy" in this thread, but as a person who lacks self-awareness or any idea about where he now lives. I have a friend who grew up in central Canada where everyone she knew had a battery in their garage meant for starting cars on cold winter morning. I learned this through the course of normal conversation as in interesting fact, not in in accusatory "what, you think this is cold?" kind of way.

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A_Man_Who_Writes t1_j726g9p wrote

All right bud we get that you’re from Minnesota. It doesn’t get that cold here. This is the east coast my friend.

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