2y ago

The school drop off/pickup thing is the most carbrained thing I've ever seen

There is apparently a phenomenon in the US now, where parents drive to the school individually to pick up and drop off their children at the beginning and end of the day. Some people I work with even take time off from working to do this. When the parents descend on the school each day there's insane traffic, cars lined up for miles, all idling their engines. What happened to school buses?

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My son's school charges $630 per year to ride the bus. And that is a public school. I still pay for it though, because, 1. I'm not going to spend my time sitting in a line cars every day. Not to mention take time off from work to do it. 2. I want him to experience life. It's a great place for socialization
- So what are working class families supposed to do if they can't afford it and the parents can't get time off work? The kids just don't go to school?
- @BillyGnosis @constvoid my school bus ticket costed a bit over 400€ and it was a normal bus ticket which i could use to use the buses in the near vincinity. My parent needed to pay 0€ directly for this.
  And this was over 10 years ago, so the price is around 450 now.
  
  Here in Germany there is now a ticket for 49€ a month (588€ a year but you can cancel it every month) that allows you to ride on any public transit and regional trains in the entire country. As an adult too, not just as a student. It is a personalized one though (non-transferable).
- "It's a great place for socialization" yeah like being bullied. Lol
  
  Not sure what school your kids go to, that's type of stuff isn't an issue for mine. I'm sure things do happen, but that's part of growing up and learning. It's called life

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