Current Events > Imagine still taking the school bus as a junior or senior in high school.

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Imagine not driving yourself to school like a well-adjusted young adult.

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My high school had limited parking passes and they charged $200 for them.

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Sad that kids nowadays spend like a grand on a boosted board instead of a used Civic from 1999, sad.

Ha, the traffic line into school every morning looked like a nightmare. I was ok with riding the bus.

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i walked to school

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Ferris Bueller didn't have a car

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SrRd_RacinG posted...

Imagine not driving yourself to school like a well-adjusted young adult.

Would be pretty cool to have a bus when everyone else has a car. Finding a parking spot would be a damn nightmare, though...

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I dont really see anything wrong with that. Only thing is getting to and from school is much faster if your drive yourself.

Imagine spending gas money to get to school when you can ride the bus for free.

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I remember when I had to take the bus for a week when my car was in the shop.

Shit was embarrassing as a self conscious high schooler.

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I walked to elementary and middle because it was like 2 blocks away each. I rode the absolutely dreaded NYC MTA buses for high school.

Yo, I can't even tell you how uncompromising these assholes were. In 11th grade, there was a huge strike going on so all the orange and green lines were dead. Only blue, which was city owned.

We would get in trouble for being late. The buses that could get us there would pass us on the stops because they were full. I'm talking 7 buses passing before one would have room enough to squeeze in.

Shit was so abusive.

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Neither parking nor riding the bus is free here.

But riding the bus is better for the environment.

My son walks.

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InTheEyesOfFire posted...

Ha, the traffic line into school every morning looked like a nightmare. I was ok with riding the bus.

^ this

my hs was down this single lane 2 mile road and traffic would be backed up all the way to rt9

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I walked to high school.

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I didn't get a car until senior year, but people in my area didn't have a lot of money in general so it would be silly to look down on a high schooler for not having one.

Also, parking on campus was a total nightmare, as was trying to leave at the end of the day

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I dropped out in 10th grade

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I had my mom drive me. Didn't get my license until I was 19 or 20.

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eston posted...

I didn't get a car until senior year, but people in my area didn't have a lot of money in general so it would be silly to look down on a high schooler for not having one.

Also, parking on campus was a total nightmare, as was trying to leave at the end of the day

This as well. Only like a handful of people drove and the lot was like 6 spaces and we had 5000 students.

Our buses were free and NYC traffic is indeed a nightmare, though there was a straight line shortcut straight to my high school by car.

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cars create traffic jams and are extremely inefficient and bad for the environment

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DoctorVader posted...

This as well. Only like a handful of people drove and the lot was like 6 spaces and we had 5000 students.

Our school had a decent-sized lot, but the assigned spaces were only for approved seniors (had to go through an approval process prior to the school year, maintain grades, and pay a fee). Most of the parking was along a 2-lane road entering campus, and it was first-come first-serve so if you couldn't get a spot you were shit outta luck

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i have to drive everywhere and i fucking hate it

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I'll admit, I always felt a tad embarrassed when I'd be the oldest passenger on the bus. 18, and potentially riding with folks as young as 12 - yeah, it definitely felt weird to me.

In hindsight, I wish I had driven to school. Too bad real life didn't permit me such liberties.

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eston posted...

Our school had a decent-sized lot, but the assigned spaces were only for approved seniors (had to go through an approval process prior to the school year, maintain grades, and pay a fee). Most of the parking was along a 2-lane road entering campus, and it was first-come first-serve so if you couldn't get a spot you were shit outta luck

Damn, that was simply not allowed in high school. Shit, college had the exact same issue. You couldn't have a car on campus unless you were a junior or senior and even then, you had to pay a bunch of fees and apply super early. Parking there was like 200-300 spaces, but the college had 40,000 students, which made it impossible and they'd give you $80 tickets which stopped you from attending the next semester unless you paid. Commuters had a separate lot almost a mile from campus and required a bus anyway.

EverDownward posted...

I'll admit, I always felt a tad embarrassed when I'd be the oldest passenger on the bus. 18, and potentially riding with folks as young as 12 - yeah, it definitely felt weird to me.

In hindsight, I wish I had driven to school. Too bad real life didn't permit me such liberties.

Damn, goes to show how different things were outside of NYC. Pretty much everybody had to ride a bus. Even parents dropping off was very rare.

Worst was truancy. They used to harass the fuck out of us because as an upperclassmen, our classes ended around 11-1 (10 for me in 12th grade). You could be in front of your house and a NYPD van would pull up and take you back to school. Once you hit 18, they couldn't do anything then. I remember me and my friend got caught and were being taken back to school. They saw a 4th or 5th grader and started harassing her about why she was outside. I was just like "why am I being treated like a kid at 18?".

Driver cop got shooked fast. Asked to see our IDs and since it was my friend's 18th, wished him Happy Birthday and told us to get the fuck out the van.

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I drove in the 11th and 12th grade. Before that I either walked or had my mom pick me up.

I also picked my friends up on the way to school too. We'd chainsmoke cigs on the way there and back

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Some of us weren't old enough to drive even in 'senior year.

Vengeance29 posted...

Some of us weren't old enough to drive even in 'senior year.

Oh right, the driving age use to be 18

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My high school is literally a block away from my house. I live right next to the track and fields. I just walked up my dead end street to school, took 5 minutes.
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Driving sucks though

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Imagine spending time to drive while you can just get an uber and enjoy ur time

AntiNoob posted...

Imagine spending time to drive while you can just get an uber and enjoy ur time

imagine paying for an uber to go to school everyday.

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MrResetti posted...

Ferris Bueller didn't have a car

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I remember some juniors and seniors riding the bus to hit on 8th and 9th graders

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Most kids have parents who couldn't buy them a car. Not everybody is the same TC

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my cousin had a car in junior and senior years. we went to the same school and lived 2 house away from each other. tbh i couldnt afford the driving school and all the car stuff. my brothers pushed my parents for their driving a car like gas insurance a car etc. i didnt want to burden my parents. i felt i didnt have to. my cousins mom actually told my cousin to bring me to school too so that didnt help as he felt restricted in his new freedom in driving.

he took me to school then some times left me after school. he got tired of driving me around. luckily i had friends who take me home some of those times i was left. if i was left with no ride, i had to take the public bus home to a bus stop and walk home. it wasnt a big deal for me.

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I walked to my elementary, middle, and high schools. They were all in close proximity to each other, and my house.

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I didn't really have any significant interest in learning how to drive. Still don't.
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I ride public transit to this day

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TC: "I peaked in high school."

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When I was in HS, not only could my family not afford to have a car, there were no fully abled adults who could teach me to drive.

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Balrog0 posted...

I ride public transit to this day

Hope you know you are playing a dangerous game by doing so.

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Driving fucking blows

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Even though I like driving, as an adult Id love to be driven to and from work everyday.

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are schools in the usa really gigantic or something

I'd estimate my highschool had parking room for maybe like 5-10 cars. slightly more if some teachers are absent that day

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Why wouldnt you take the bus unless you had to get to work or something directly after school? Whats the point? All youre doing is wasting gas, fighting traffic and risking accident with so many other inexperienced drivers around.

kirbymuncher posted...

are schools in the usa really gigantic or something

I'd estimate my highschool had parking room for maybe like 5-10 cars. slightly more if some teachers are absent that day

My school's parking lot for students could hold 50 cars

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EverDownward posted...

Hope you know you are playing a dangerous game by doing so.

Like cuz of covid? C'mon bruh there ain't even any confirmed cases here

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Balrog0 posted...

Like cuz of covid? C'mon bruh there ain't even any confirmed cases here

No. Because of bedbugs.

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Imagine I bumped this topic.

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