"Clark W. Griswold, Jr." wrote:
> sechumlib wrote:
>
> >Well, you have to be a little careful not to shift so much of it to the
> >morning hours that young school kids have to walk to school in the dark,
> >on busy roads not equipped with sidewalks.
>
> Don't know about your neighborhood, but around here the "kids walking to school"
> species has long since gone extinct. It blows my mind at the number of kids who
> get in the family vehicle at one end of the neighborhood and get dropped off at
> the school at the other end. And that's grade & middle school. Walk to the high
> school down the street? ha! I think it must now be a mandatory requirement to
> have a car before you are allowed to attend high school.
When I was at my 'middle' school I even used to walk home every lunchtime for lunch
( 2 km round trip ).
When I was at 'high school' I occasionally cycled the 5 or so miles ( each way )
there and back.
It helped keep me fit.
Graham
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