Education & Career When did you start walking to school by yourself? (Page 2) melanieeeB Follow Guru Age: 30 Follow FacebookTwitterWhatsApp 03 When did you start walking to school by yourself? Post Opinion 89 Opinion Like Share Follow 3 likes
dustybiker Follow Master Age: 46 , mho 40% +1 y Jr high was too far and a mountain. So high school. 0 0 Reply
u NathanDavis Follow Master Age: 34 , mho 34% +1 y 1.2K opinions shared on Education & Career topic. about 10 years old.. and it was a 15 minute walk I'd take by myself, good times... lol 0 0 Reply
fantasticass Follow Xper 6 Age: 62 +1 y Kindergarten. We were 5 years old. That was in 1967. Never had any problems 0 0 Reply
Cherry234 Follow Guru Age: 26 +1 y Maybe around 12 or 13 years old. Or once I got into high school. I don't remember. 0 0 Reply
Citizenkirk Follow Guru Age: 54 +1 y I don't remember. It was nearly half a century ago 😂 though! 0 0 Reply
HighValue Follow Guru Age: 43 +1 y Probably 4th grade. I had to walk ALL THE WAY across the street. :P 0 0 Reply
Justneedtokno Follow Yoda Age: 29 +1 y I never really did my dad always walked me even in high school everything was in walking distance to try walking home one day it was not that great 0 0 Reply
Nazorella Follow Xper 5 Age: 24 +1 y I never but I started to go to school around 15 years old. 0 0 Reply
Anonymous (30-35) +1 y From the second day (6 years old), first day the parents had to join xp.. it was 300 m away without any road crossings, so really not a problem. 0 0 Reply
FunkyMonkee Follow Master Age: 56 +1 y 483 opinions shared on Education & Career topic. 6th grade. By then, school was only 4 blocks away instead of the 2 miles it had been up until then. 0 0 Reply
exitseven Follow Master Age: 53 +1 y 2.3K opinions shared on Education & Career topic. In First Grade. Actually my twin brother and I walked with a few of the neighborhood kids. 0 0 Reply
Ironic_Method Follow Yoda Age: 37 +1 y I was in kindergarten, my brother was in 1st grade. We lived pretty close, though. 0 0 Reply
Chattyguy44 Follow Xper 5 Age: 46 +1 y 5 or 6 as the school was a block and half away from my house. 0 0 Reply
douride2 Follow Master Age: 46 +1 y 633 opinions shared on Education & Career topic. I walked to school when I was in kindergarten when I was 5yrs old. It was about 1/2 mile to school. 0 0 Reply
annabananna Follow Yoda Age: 32 +1 y I loved too far to walk to school and I’d never let my kids walk to school. 0 0 Reply
TOQGYDL Follow Xper 4 Age: 23 +1 y From my first grade. I think that my grandma walked me to school for like the first week or something. And my school was 15 minutes away. 0 0 Reply
InferiorElegy Follow Yoda Age: 36 +1 y 6 maybe 7 years old. Granted with older siblings but they would tend to ditch me anyways so technically I still had to walk alone. 0 0 Reply
noohair Follow Yoda Age: 69 +1 y There are huge variables involved. Where I grew up there were 2 murders in 30 years. Today is different. 0 0 Reply
Anonymous (18-24) +1 y When I was 10 usually walked with a friend. My mom always said there's safety in numbers. 0 0 Reply
ilistengood Follow Xper 2 Age: 55 +1 y My junior year of college mommy let me walk on sunny days😜 0 0 Reply
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Jr high was too far and a mountain. So high school.
about 10 years old.. and it was a 15 minute walk I'd take by myself, good times... lol
Kindergarten. We were 5 years old. That was in 1967. Never had any problems
Maybe around 12 or 13 years old. Or once I got into high school. I don't remember.
I don't remember. It was nearly half a century ago 😂 though!
Probably 4th grade. I had to walk ALL THE WAY across the street. :P
I never really did my dad always walked me even in high school everything was in walking distance to try walking home one day it was not that great
I never but I started to go to school around 15 years old.
From the second day (6 years old), first day the parents had to join xp.. it was 300 m away without any road crossings, so really not a problem.
6th grade. By then, school was only 4 blocks away instead of the 2 miles it had been up until then.
In First Grade. Actually my twin brother and I walked with a few of the neighborhood kids.
I was in kindergarten, my brother was in 1st grade. We lived pretty close, though.
5 or 6 as the school was a block and half away from my house.
I walked to school when I was in kindergarten when I was 5yrs old. It was about 1/2 mile to school.
I loved too far to walk to school and I’d never let my kids walk to school.
From my first grade. I think that my grandma walked me to school for like the first week or something. And my school was 15 minutes away.
6 maybe 7 years old. Granted with older siblings but they would tend to ditch me anyways so technically I still had to walk alone.
There are huge variables involved. Where I grew up there were 2 murders in 30 years. Today is different.
When I was 10 usually walked with a friend. My mom always said there's safety in numbers.
My junior year of college mommy let me walk on sunny days😜