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Ryan M Allen's avatar

Thank you for the foreword! Much appreciated.

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Charles Rider's avatar

No kidding! I teach at such a school and my students trickle in from 745 to 10 o’clock. Because it is not a neighborhood school even though it is in a city fewer than half of them can walk. It also reflects a kind of infantilization that the families practice. I’m a high school teacher and many of the students act as though they are in elementary school. Thirdly, and not insignificantly, because smart phones alienate family members one from another, the ride to school is often one of the few times when parents and students actually focus on each other. Thus, parents are loath to miss the opportunity.

It is not a pretty picture.

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