By Community Correspondent Aakash Balani

January has been anything but typical for students in the more senior years of school. For many a start of the year was coupled with days of heavy revision for the January modules of the ever so important A-levels.

With AS levels being sat at right from the first week, and A2 starting in the second half of the month, a substantial number of 6th form students were involved in feverish last minute revision. But what made things more complicated was the fact that the adverse weather conditions that were faced, and how it just made things more complicated and less straightforward for students who already had enough on their hands with career breaking A-levels.

The snow caused great inconvenience to schools and students alike, with schools being forced to shut on certain days which would result in the examination being postponed till the June sessions. Also students who could not make it to school on their exam days due to cancelled public transport services too would have to ensure that these module examinations would have to be taken in June. While this might not seem as bad, fact is that the pressure in June is increased further, especially for A2 students, applying to universities as everything then boils down to the June exams.

Such circumstances can’t be blamed on anyone; even though I’m sure someone would love to blame all of this on global warming. But yet it’s important to highlight that even students were a part of those who were significantly affected by bad weather along with the local population, especially at a time when they have more than enough on their hands.