No school cuz it's cold?

I'm sorry but that is just ridiculous. I live in TN. It's not that cold. I don't understand what we are trying to teach our kids these days. Kids in the U.S. aren't getting any smarter and telling them it's okay to skip school in the cold isn't helping. From what I saw yesterday it wasn't too cold for these same kids to go out shopping or to the movies. Next thing you know these same kids, when adults, will be calling into work because it's just too cold to go outside.