Elementary age (when you were) - Page 3

CJC · ‎03-11-2010

Always walked from kindergarten through grad school. I was in afternoon kindergarten, so school system picked me up at home at noon in a taxi cab, then I walked home with all the other kids. No school buses anywhere. This was in suburban Cleveland OH in 50's. Wealthy families had kids at my high school, but all of us had to borrow the family car if we wanted to drive to school on a certain day. Kids did not own their own cars, and only seniors were allotted parking space for the family sedan on occasion. I attended several colleges, and all of them were walking campuses in the 60's. We were allowed a car on campus only if student teaching and then we had to share rides. I have revisited some of my former campuses, and their beauty has been spoiled by becoming giant parking lots. A different world.

NicksmomESQ · ‎08-19-2014

I had to take a bus.Not a school bus but a city bus. Because I lived more than a mile from the school I got a free bus pass.When I was little my mom waited at the bus stop with me to make sure I got on okay. The bus driver was the same one everyday. He always kept an eye on me & the other kids, having us sit in the front. Mom was always there when I got off the bus in the afternoon.

beckyb1012 · ‎03-09-2010

Never rode a school bus except for going to school functions, field trips or football games while on the drill team. When I started 1st grade we lived a block a way from the school so I walked most days with my friend. The next year our little brothers joined us. By the 4th grade Mom built a new home and it was too far from our school to continue walking daily. So the car pools began and did not end until I being the first driver of my neighborhood got my car and license and took us all. My sophomore year of high school I drove first to the elementary to drop off my sister then the jr. high to drop off my brother then finally myself to the high school!!

"Live frugally, but love extravagantly."

CANDLEQUEEN · ‎03-09-2010

Elementary School-Walked

Jr. High School-Walker

High School-Bussed.

ProudMa · ‎03-11-2010

never rode bus till High School...and in the northeast lots of sno to trusge thru with 2 younger siblings

and had to be in church by 7:15...went to parochial school, everyone went to mass before school...

How things changed...my kids were always picked up from our driveway....

traveler · ‎03-09-2010

Grew up on a dairy farm far from school. So I was bussed every day.

caroln242 · ‎02-25-2020

I walked to school in elementary school, junior high, and high school. I lived 1/2 block short of qualifying for the school bus for high school! I had a deal with my mother (who was not an early riser), if the temperature was below 32 degrees she would get up and drive me to school. Made my older sister mad...she never had that deal!

I remember in elementary school I had a friend that I walked to school with and we would play a game on the way. I think it was called sidewalk tag. We'd walk on the grass and when we came to a sidewalk or driveway, we'd have to jump the sidewalk or only put one foot on a driveway to get across. If it was a double driveway, 2 feet allowed. It was a fun way to get to school!

Man plans. God laughs.

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

From kindergarten through fifth grade I lived in Brooklyn and Queens and so I walked. I walked on my own (no adults) by second grade. It was several blocks.

Today I parents are waiting at the bus stop which is usually within view of their homes...certainly different than the old days!

Starting in the sixth grade through HS I lived in NJ and we were bused.

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

It was 1960 when I started elementary school.... going to kindergarten in 1960..and through to 6th grade in 1966. Different world back then. We lived in Bellevue, WA. In a very nice suburb. I was very fortunate..... weather is pretty mild in Washington so I never had to "hoof it" through the snow.

We walked to school everyday. About two miles to school and home. We walked through woods...on roads with cars....but it was a safer world back then. No one would let a 5 year old girl walk to school today.

I also rode my bike with no helmet...roller skated with no protection....and there was no seatbelt mandate in cars either( until 1968). I played outside until dark....never even thought once about someone breaking in your home...it just did not happen....no security alarms...

I SURVIVED.