I am old compared to where most of you are at. I live where the roads are quite narrow and sloped beautifully so that when you slide, you nicely bury your entire vehicle - yes, even those gorgeous and expensive 4x4 SUVs which go through the 4 foot drifts just fine but slide on ice the same as the civics and versas do (actually worse) - in the ditches. I am originally from Agassiz, where the conditions are generally just a little worse even than Chilliwack and Abbotsford, sometimes Mission. After being caught in blizzards in Sumas Prairie in my old VW Rabbit, battling snowdrifts taller than my car, having a completely unavoidable head-on crash in ice and fog (well, avoidable only if I had wisely called in to work and been safely at home), and more, after more than 25 years of driving, I can tell you all that I appreciate that my daughter does not have to go to class in this. No amount of time can make up for unpassable roads. No job or education is worth risking your life and the lives of your passengers and other drivers. The city employees do a great job with the tools they have. It''s not their fault the snow melts after moving some of it and causes ice patches, or that the road they cleaned a half hour earlier has drifts taller than their snowplow blades. They can''t be everywhere at once. Enjoy your snow days. Get ahead on what you can. Pay your fees with online banking. Stay healthy enough and uninjured so you can go back when your class is open. Many of you are wise enough to have figured this out. The rest of you, I hope you do before you get hurt.