February 17, 2015: Students anxiously chatter about the likelihood of a snow day the next day, after watching in terror as the snow melts cleanly off the streets and sidewalks. Students’ faith in FCPS was restored upon waking up February 18th to a cancellation, all as predicted by @tspicewshs.
Taking Twitter by storm, WS US/VA History teacher Timothy Spicer has accurately predicted 9 snow days over the past three years, using the hashtags “tspiceguarantee” and “neverbeenwrong.” Spicer runs an academic Twitter account and has developed a particular aptitude for predicting cancellations.
“Two years ago there was a snowstorm around this time,” said Spicer. “Ever since I accurately predicted the cancellation, an expectation built up.”
Spicer has not, however, let the expectations from students to predict cancellations affect the practical use of his Twitter account. Accurate predictions help Spicer gain followers to spread class references and acquire support for his history trivia games.
“I decided to set up a Twitter account to serve as an extension of my classroom,” said Spicer. “I’ve used it as a way to further connect with my students to communicate upcoming deadlines, reference events from class, play history trivia, etcetera.”
Spicer cites the proper alignment of the galaxies, and also his wife for affirming his predictions when making “the call.” As suggested by the hashtag “tspiceguarantee,” when Spicer makes the call, he is never wrong, and never will be wrong. Although Spicer is certifiably never wrong, he does not feel inclined to predict every weather event.
“I am not a prediction monkey. I’m not just a game. Therefore, I will not predict every weather event,” said Spicer.
This is not to suggest that Spicer picks and chooses his battles carefully in the interest of preserving his status of 100 percent accuracy–which always comes as a guarantee.  In order to garner public support and amass more true believers, Spicer has made some aggressive plays too, such as his accurate prediction of a cancellation February 26th when FCPS originally posted a 2-hour delay much to the initial outrage of Spicer’s followers.

“You lose your credibility when you only make the easy calls,” said Spicer.
While there may be other Twitter personalities that revolve largely around snow-day cancellations, Spicer feels that he is a cut above the rest, for he has an intellectual gift, while others rely on inside information.
“Unlike some people who merely leak the news minutes before the FCPS Web site posts the information, I make true predictions,” said Spicer. “I make the news.”
Spicer will likely continue to the make the news until the day he is wrong, which will assuredly never occur.
Additionally, Spicer insists that he does not have superpowers, and adamantly denies all implications of heroism.
“I am a public servant,” said Spicer. “All I do is humbly provide information for true believers.”