It's not the heat, it's the humidity

I know some of you think that those who share the abovementioned rationale are a bit hypocritical... heat is heat right? Humidity is a silly excuse to validate some poor sob's complaints about current weather conditions, right?

Wrong.

When your skin sticks to your pants, that's humidity, not heat. When sweat starts beading down your forehead when you are sitting down correcting papers in class, that's humidity. When droplets of water on your desk don't evaporate, that's humidity. When the ambient air feels like an invisible wall around you, that's humidity.

And ladies and gents, I am supposed to TEACH in a classroom, in a school, which has no AC, no proper air circulation, no oscillating fans. I have students who are wilting in front of my very eyes (mind you some of them still refuse to remove their school sweaters... now that's sick). God, I pray on these days for sub zero temperatures and wind chills.

As I say: you can also add a layer of clothing to warm up, you can't remove a layer of skin to cool off.