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    In Portland we have free public transit for children under 6 and in the US we don't typically let kids ride around by themselves. Driving is more commonplace here and it's cheaper frankly for most parents with children to drive them places than to take public transit.

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    Is nice, but children typically aren't productive members of society. Looks like a government handout without restrictions to non-taxpayers. Sounds like a bad idea to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Winter Blossom View Post
    Yeah, sure. I also think all school-aged children should get free admission into museums, learning centers, planetariums, etc.
    Most of thoes are free for children in Sweden.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vegas82 View Post
    You mean aside from the neglect charge their parent would incur.
    How is that neglect?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommo View Post
    Aye in Scotland school buses are free for everyone, honestly never even thought about it until you posted this thread. Just assumed this was the norm everywhere.
    Free for everyone, as in whoever wants can get a ride to the school even adults, or free for everyone as in the kids ride free to school. Because that's how it is in the US. I believe the point is that public transport is free to children at all times, period, school or otherwise. They aren't insinuating that school buses will be riding around to give little children free rides where ever they want to go during all times of the year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vegas82 View Post
    You can’t let your kid be without adult supervision across the street in a park, how is 30+ miles from home going to be OK?
    Sure you can, it happens routinely. I'm not talking 8 year olds here, but at a certain age kids have their own lives and go places without mom and dad. That was 11-12 for me. They knew where I was going, and I was told what time I had to be back. But they weren't there watching me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vegas82 View Post
    Even at that age they could cite your parents.
    Yep. In Illinois to even stay home alone its 14 years of age -- I can only imagine what would happen letting an 11-12 year old roam 30+ miles from home by themselves.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vegas82 View Post
    Even at that age they could cite your parents.
    Who CPS? They are just going to get taken to court by those parents. It even states there are no charges being levied against them.
    While I do think 6 and 10 is probably too young. 10 is too young to be responsible for a 6 year old. There isn't anything inherently wrong with allowing a properly mature child to be independent within certain confines.

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    Meh, more chances they get into trouble imo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Weeps View Post
    Why do you feel that way? I'm genuinely curious.
    About going to school all year around? From what I understand, most of the countries that are leading the world in education send their children to year around school. American children are way behind a lot of other countries in education. I prefer to live in a world where people are as educated as they possibly can be.

  12. #32
    Quote Originally Posted by Coldrefreader View Post
    We used to have this for people of all ages and jobs during communism. Doesn't justify it though.

    Doesn't the US have this?
    The US does offer free meals during the Summer to school children that are on the free meal program.

    Quote Originally Posted by Nihilist74 View Post
    It would be a good idea at least for the people who need it in America. In Sweden, do the kids go to school all year or do they have the summer off? In America, we need to have the kids go to school all year but we probably never will.
    I totally agree. The first month of the school year is spent reviewing what each student did the year before. If year round schedule was instituted the need for this would be eliminated.
    The districts in the US that have instituted year round school have noted improvements in learning without increasing the amount of days per year that students are in school.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nihilist74 View Post
    About going to school all year around? From what I understand, most of the countries that are leading the world in education send their children to year around school. American children are way behind a lot of other countries in education. I prefer to live in a world where people are as educated as they possibly can be.
    I'm with you 100% on wanting as many citizens as possible to be well educated. Very important. Especially in these times.

    I'm a parent of 2 kids and I do think younger children can handle going to school year 'round but I'd want them to have more breaks/vacations. An example would be a 1 week break every 2 months.

    Research shows that adding more time to the school day is actually effective. This is mostly because the schools can actually teach w/o rushing the students through things.

    I just wonder how this applies to the older students (high school). Probably the same results but with more hormonal bitching.

    https://www.timeandlearning.org/site...arningtime.pdf

  14. #34
    Quote Originally Posted by Coldrefreader View Post
    We used to have this for people of all ages and jobs during communism. Doesn't justify it though.

    Doesn't the US have this?
    Depends on the state, city, county, etc.

  15. #35
    Quote Originally Posted by McFuu View Post
    Define within distance. When I was a kid I had unlimited energy, I routinely rode my bike 35-40 miles. I would ride 3-4 towns over (10 miles one way) to go to specific parks or stores. There is nothing stopping kids from doing this now.
    Riding a bicycle 35-40 miles in one day is a lot for any kid. A competitive rider, depending on grade and head wind, can probably do it in one and a half hour. A kid with a standard road bike is realistically looking at 10 - 12 mph. That's 3-4 hours on the road.

  16. #36
    Most kids around where I live have semester/annual tickets for the local public transportation due to these being part of the school transportation services. Some are paid/subsidized by the schools/state. That still usually means you are limited to a communal area, maybe 1 or 2 towns in one or the other direction (in a system with 16 rings I had rings 11-14). That was more than enough, I almost never used it outside of school. For local travel I used my bicycle (yes even in rain, there are coats for that), which was also enough for neighboring towns (10km distance). I don't think a vast increase in travel distance is required for kids.. that actually just increases the chance of them getting lost. I'd rather they spend that money on improving public transport for all the poor fucks that need to commute to work.
    And if someone posts that retarded "why not both" meme, I hope lightning strikes you on loo.
    Last edited by Cosmic Janitor; 2018-05-28 at 06:27 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coldrefreader View Post
    Doesn't the US have this?
    I wouldn't want my kids on public transport in the US. It's beyond awful.

  18. #38
    Quote Originally Posted by Flatspriest View Post
    Sure there is. It's called laziness. Kids now seem to think that they are owed everything and shouldn't have to do anything for themselves. I used to ride my bike 30 miles each way just to go to an amusement park during the summer when I was a kid. Now kids don't even want to ride a bike around the block.
    Yes and it was up the hill, both ways in a freezing snowstorm during the hottest day of the mountaneous desert you lived in. It's almoust like I've heard these "back in my days" tales before.

    Anyhow, this has been done in Finland in some cities and the results were that the profits of those companies actually rose because parents were more likely to use public transport to bring their kids around than prior.
    Last edited by Wilian; 2018-05-28 at 10:02 AM.
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