On Tuesday, May 4th 2021, New York City announced that snow days for students will be replaced with remote learning.  Snow days are a day for students to relax and take their minds off of schoolwork.  However it is so much more than that!  It is basically also a mental and emotional health day for students!  So why cancel it?

The mental and emotional health of students is important, especially now!  Snow days provide a break from school for students!   I am sure most scholars would just want to be in the snow or just relax indoors and have their minds off of work!  They would be enjoying doing what they like to do!  Therefore, when they do return to in-person or remote learning, their minds will be fresh, they will be content and most important, they will be learning at their best!  Also, during snow days the internet connection can get really bad.  I know this as a current student.  You can barely hear the teachers, the connection can get really laggy and you can get kicked out of the meeting for no reason at all!  What student would want to be sitting in front of a laggy meeting doing work while they could be in the snow or relaxing?

If you still don’t agree with me, here are some consequences that could happen if they aren’t reinstated:

-Students can develop mental health disorders like stress or depression from all the schoolwork and homework that they are getting.  This can lead to problems later in life.

-During laggy meetings, it is hard to understand what the teacher is saying.  As a student myself, it can get really confusing.  I can tell you this firsthand as a current student myself.

-It will be bad for the student‘s mental/emotional health knowing that they can’t relax and can only do work which isn’t a good thing at all.

To sum up, that is why I believe I speak on behalf of many New York City students when I say to please bring back snow days!  Please consider signing this petition to help!  Thank you for reading this and stay safe as always!