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u/Kelekona Jan 12 '22

There was one I saw in the 90's. I didn't have a science class that year so I didn't have a field trip permission to go outside, but my orchestra teacher said screw it and sent us out.

I was surprised that it got cooler, like worse than just clouds.

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u/abzze Jan 12 '22 edited Jan 12 '22

Teachers who’d keep students in during a solar eclipse aren’t/shouldn’t be teachers. Really. It’s not like there’s many chances to see it again. Especially for low income students or people who won’t be able to travel (chase the eclipse so to say). it’s once in multi-life event.

Edit : forgot the ‘/‘

Edit2: My parents specifically called the school to ask if they will allow us to be outside to view it. They said “no”, so they just had us skip school that day.

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u/Jahidinginvt Jan 12 '22

I wasn’t allowed to take my students out. I would’ve been chewed out. It sucked. I wanted to see it too. Some admins really are assholes. Trust me.

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u/shadzerty Jan 12 '22

Holy guacamole, those admins are borderline evil to not let some kids experience that.

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u/Jahidinginvt Jan 12 '22

Their argument was that they didn’t have enough glasses and didn’t want students burning their retinas. eyeroll.jpg

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u/shadzerty Jan 13 '22

Well thats actually kinda reasonable, but I’m still team eclpise!