If young people are concerned about the environment,then why not take the school bus?

Question

High school kids are about they only ones that can have free mass trasnportation ,yet most of them drive or ride in private cars to school.Is environmentalism only important if it's convenient and if you have to don't have something that's not "in"

Answer 1

Great question.  I bused it...no car.  But I loved hanging out with friends in non-school settings.  Since our homes weren't the best options for good reason, we needed cars to have freedom.  It would have been great to have a walkable teen center away from school pressure.

Answer 2

my high schooler walks to school, it is even more environmental friendly than driving. By the way school buses on the most part are the most environmental unfriendly vehicles in the world mostly because of lazy maintanence people in the transportation depts. of schools so several well maintained private cars are safer than one school bus.

Answer 3

if you are really dedecated ride a bike no gas to buy low maintinence I rode my bike all the way through school

grade school to my masters degree in high school I rode my bike 5 miles one way. There was a time I didn't have a car an rode a bike 14 miles one way to work an pushed a push mower 8 hours then rode home I did that for 4 years till I saved to buy a car.

Answer 4

"young" people have 15 years of experience ahead of them to have their opinions considered worthwhile.

Answer 5

Cause the school bus SUCKS.  We school bus drivers are old and cranky and don't put up with SH@T anymore.  If I were a teenager, I would be driving to school, too.  Plus, it's hot, smells bad and little kids take up all the space.  Who wouldn't want to drive to school under those conditions?  Some of the kids on my bus are on there for almost an hour in 100 degree heat.  That right there is a good reason for driving.

Answer 6

YOU SAID IT ALL. THEY DRIVE THEIR CARS TO BE "COOL". SOME TAKE A CAR BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A SICK FAMILY MEMBER OR THEY MAY HAVE TO GO RIGHT TO WORK.

SO THE OTHERS ARE ADDING TO GLOBAL WARMING.

MAYBE, IF YOU GET THE CHANCE OR ABLE TO SPEAK TO A TEACHER YOU CAN DO A REPORT ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING.

I AM PROUD OF YOU THAT YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY.

Answer 7

Well, I'm a sophomore in High School and first of all, our School District doesn't even have bus systems. Only my high school out of the five high schools in the city have school buses but they are for the handicap and deaf people who come to our school since we have a handicap program. the only reason they get the buses is that they come from all over the county. Even if I, or any other non-handicap student wanted to take the bus, we wouldn't be able to; it's not available.

Secondly, my dad has to drop me off at school, go back, pick up my mom, drop her off at work, then pick me up from school, then pick up my mom from work, and it's just a hassle. Next year when I get my own car, it won't be such a big hassle and my mom wouldn't have to wait for my dad dropping and picking me up.

Thirdly, there is the City Bus system, but they usually don't come at good times, so you either get at school really early or really late. On top of that, they are planning to cut the number of buses because of budget problems, so they will become even less reliable in time to come.

If there were school buses to pick me up and drop me off from and at my house, sure. I would take it. But that is not possible in our district, and many other districts around here. A car is the most reliable, least dependent, and best option available for kids around here.

Also, this is just for me, but I'm planning on buying a Prius as my first car next year, so in a way, I am polluting less than regular people.

Hope that helped. It's not that kids don't want to take school buses sometimes, it's that they can't.

Answer 8

No way, that's way too conformist

Answer 9

better yet how about walking or riding a bike? most schools are not that far, I used to walk 2 miles to school and back everyday. through snow drifts too.

RRRRRRR

Answer 10

I don't think all high schoolers ride in cars to school. ....maybe where you live that is the case...but in big cities..San Francisco, New York, Chicago, kids and almost all the adults get around by mass transit.  I grew up in San Francisco and ALL the kids took mass transit to school.  Most of the kids I knew including myself did not even have family members that even owned cars!  Also where I live...school buses are not offered for high schoolers...no such thing.  Kids take mass transit.  I am sure there are some kids that drive to school when they can easily walk or take a bus..but I think the majority are getting to school in other ways.  Also a lot of the kids driving...drive their friends as well so at least they are carpooling.

Answer 11

most teenagers who  are in high school how have a lisence  to  drive a car or know a friend that does would much rather choose  dirving  over taking a bus, it is not cool, or hip.

Answer 12

It's cool to drive your car or drive with friends.

Not to mention that kids are hypocrites like everyone else who take a stand and then do the opposite, or it's too inconvenient for them to do themselves.

Answer 13

In our city's school district, there are some magnet schools in which school buses do not got to those schools.

And a lot of people are simply using the public mass transit which stops at our high schools.

No one is saying they like the choices they make. They have personal reasons as well. And even though riding the buses save some energy used, is riding a bus really the only way to help the environment?

Answer 14

yeah never thought about it that way. I wish i could ride the bus. It would be FUN.