Hahaha, imagine how terrible this zag game would have to be to make you dread the school closing as much. Most educational games I played were at least kind of fun. I imagine this dad to be a total psychopath, in a good way? Hahaha
I don't think our school was ever canceled, but I got to stay home when I was sick. I never liked telling my parents I was sick because it was met with skepticism, but in the end there was a whole lot of Aladin VHS involved, which in my view was a step up from school.