[Misc] The School Run

[Chicken Run]

Waiting for the bus in Hurst and 70% of the cars going past are full of little darlings being given a lift to school.

Roads jammed.

WTF!

Make them bloody walk!

It’s a sunny day for Christ’s sake. I’d make them walk regardless. Its character building.

Bloody pampered little miracles.

HPP College loves a car drop off up there

 

[Justice]

Round my way the schools cannot cope with the number of new houses being built, so kids are having to attend schools well outside their normal catchment areas. Maybe this is part of the problem.

This is true big developers are just building under the number of properties required for a compulsory school to be included in the property.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

In a rush? Just start the walk to school earlier.

Have you ever tried getting kids ready in the morning?

Walk to school?!?! Luxury!

My father used to bind my legs together and then I had to writhe my way to school.

For 5 miles.

Uphill.

Aye, you were lucky

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

The child doesn't get a say in how they are transported to school. What we're talking about here is adults who can't be arse to walk places

The situation where school are in leagues and people are ferrying their kids across town to get to better ones doesn't help.

 

[Notters]

Mine are always made to walk despite whinging - it's only 800m.

There's a chap with a white Maserati who always drives his kids though - they live over half way there, and probably have to walk further from the car park than they would from his house.

 

[Giraffe]

I do think the point about parents getting to work is the key here. I have older children as well as the little one and it is very clear that in most cases both parents now work full time, or at least part time meaning if they're dropping off at the school gates there is no time to then go home again before work, so the quickest solution is to drop off and dash to work. that's probably contributing to this far more than laziness, but in itself is always probably self fulfilling for kids not exercising as much I fear.

 

[Notters]

I do think the point about parents getting to work is the key here. I have older children as well as the little one and it is very clear that in most cases both parents now work full time, or at least part time meaning if they're dropping off at the school gates there is no time to then go home again before work, so the quickest solution is to drop off and dash to work. that's probably contributing to this far more than laziness, but in itself is always probably self fulfilling for kids not exercising as much I fear.

Another great argument for home working.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Walking your school to kids these days is a luxury, most people can’t as they have to rush off to work.

We’re lucky enough to be able to walk our youngest to nursery and our oldest to school

 

[Insel affe]

I do think the point about parents getting to work is the key here. I have older children as well as the little one and it is very clear that in most cases both parents now work full time, or at least part time meaning if they're dropping off at the school gates there is no time to then go home again before work, so the quickest solution is to drop off and dash to work. that's probably contributing to this far more than laziness, but in itself is always probably self fulfilling for kids not exercising as much I fear.

This, for example this morning we all got in the car at 8am, I drop the wife off at the level, she catches the train to Camden, I drive up to five ways and drop my daughter who walks to her friends in five ways village and carries on to Varndean (I hope), I then carry on to work in Lancing. She walks home though so does the wife it is not torrential rain. It just makes so much sense.
If I am super busy I catch the 6:28am train to Lancing and they all walk to wherever.

 

[Seagull on the Hill]

Have you ever tried getting kids ready in the morning?

Send the kids to bed in their school uniform, that would save a few minutes in the morning.

 

[el punal]

Walk to school?!?! Luxury!

My father used to bind my legs together and then I had to writhe my way to school.

For 5 miles.

Uphill.

Were you caught by the school leopard?

 

[Jack Straw]

Walking your school to kids these days is a luxury, most people can’t as they have to rush off to work.

Now, that would solve the problem!

 

[GT49er]

Round my way the schools cannot cope with the number of new houses being built, so kids are having to attend schools well outside their normal catchment areas. Maybe this is part of the problem.

Also the problem became bigger with parents being given the choice of schools - half the kids being driven to a school on the far side of town because Mummy and Daddy think that is a good school will cross paths with kids being driven the other way because there are no places at their local school because kids from miles away are being driven to it.

 

[jackanada]

I walked to school with some older kids (oldest probably 8) without any adults after my first day at primary school.
Moved school year 4 and had to get a bus. The day before starting my mum took me on one bus route there and then a different bus route back then left me to it.
I also got given an alarm clock because she wasn't going to get up that early.
I'm not saying that's the way to do it but it is ridiculous how many people won't even kick their little darlings out the car a few hundred yards away.

 

[Stuart Munday]

We are 15 minutes walk from the school so the kids walk 99.9% of the time. One of the neighbours drive their kids 20 minutes before we leave to get a parking space close to the school then sit in their car for 30 minutes every single morning.

 

[essbee1]

Walk to school?!?! Luxury!

My father used to bind my legs together and then I had to writhe my way to school.

For 5 miles.

Uphill.

Yeah, but going back home was easy, right?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I rode my bike, from up near Blatchington Mill, to Somerhill School, from the age about 11.

Thing is, even though I mostly enjoyed that - the journey is largely through Hove Park and that - I don't think I'd have been happy asking my 11 year olds to do the same. I guess your attitudes to risk change somewhat as a parent.

 

[Berty23]

In a rush? Just start the walk to school earlier.

If it is 20 min walk then you have that back to get to the car. Thats what I meant by rush.

Mine always walked to primary which was only about 8 min walk. Now they are at secondary we don’t walk with them but my two 14 year old daughters have always walked to school which Google maps tells me is 41 min walk 1.8 miles. My 16 year old son has always cycled it.

If there is a thunderstorm I will go and get the girls rather than walk back through the car. So a couple of times a year.

 

[Flounce]

Range Rover sales would plummet if Tarquin and Fleur had to walk to and from school though.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Were you caught by the school leopard?

Great ripping yarns memories there


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