…rougly translated as “snow days”, but not really. It’s more like “cold days”, literally translated as “cold holiday” or a holiday of cold, meaning that it was TOO cold to go to school! Seriously, if in the States we had snow days which meant that the school was closed due to a huge amount of snow, then here kids were allowed to stay home because it was simply too cold for them to come to school. Wednesday and Thursday were like that. On Wednesday it was -18 degrees F (-28 degrees C) and though on Thursday the temperature was slightly higher, the icy wind made it feel even colder. Some kids were brave enough to show up at school, but as so many of other students were absent, we couldn’t really do anything in class, so in the end it seemed like punishing those who had come: they had to come and all for nothing. Why don’t they just have a weather hotline like they do at Garrett? Some kind of notification in case it’s too cold, then no-one has to come and risk catching a cold! I should talk to someone about that….
Other than that, yesterday was an interesting day for me. First of all, my first highlight as a teacher was that 2 of my students were sent to an English language contest. I’m still waiting for the results…so exciting. Of course, I have nothing to do with their English being brilliant..it just is because they are 
But I still get all the credit because I’m their teacher 
Yesterday was also fun in that although my students were competing, I wouldn’t have been allowed to be there anyway, so I competed myself instead. We went to Narva for a shooting match, and although it was for the Juniors, I went along for a practice match and I was really pleased…I worked hard. Meelis came in 3rd but we both know he could have done much better. But I’m still very proud of him!
That’s it for now…
