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Originally Posted by kevman
You could have done that anyway - without the bus.
I grew up in an old community where all of my friends lived near the school. After school we'd simply do all the same things but at the playground or someones house a 5 minute walk from school.
The bus might have been "OK" but you can't honestly believe that sitting on a bus for an hour each way is better than not. It's just like the commuter mentality for living in the burbs. People try to convince themselves it's OK to spend all that time in the car that could have been spent doing anything else.
Outside of Carroll for their unique learning situation I can't see a reason why anyone would bus their kids to a school when there is a closer option. It's High School. It doesn't matter.
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Um, it's not the same, unless you happen to walk to school together with 25 of your schoolmates. I used to walk to school in Grade 4. I would start out with my sister and you would encounter one or two schoolmates but only as you got closer to the school. And how does the choice of high school not matter? It has a rather large influence on what you want to pursue in university. Not sure if you are just taking the piss here.