Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

During nice weather, surely, but it might be very unpleasant when raining.

When I hear these stories about how children in USA go to school, I am always astonished.

In Europe, my parents took me to the school one single time, for the first school day, when I was 6 years old. Everyday after that I have gone there and come back alone, for a walk of about one mile and a half. Several years later, I continued my studies at a more distant school, to which I was going alone using the public transportation of the city, by bus, the same as most of my colleagues.

Even during the 1st grade (i.e. at 6 to 7 years old) any child would have considered very shameful to be brought to the school by their parents, as an indication that they would have been somehow helpless or handicapped.



“Nice weather” /= UK


True, but "bad weather" /= UK as well. There is a large spectrum, and UK mostly sits as just a little worse than nice.


Shhhh you’ll ruin our reputation.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: