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No one cares if teenagers are on the metro. What people don't want is criminals attacking people. And everyone knows teenagers are the most unruly age group in just about every class level. So there is no logic behind making it easier for a group that already gets into a lot of trouble to get into more trouble.
Teenagers are actually old enough to know when they are committing crimes. I was once a teenager so I know this is true. So yes, they should get locked up for it and for a long time. If getting locked up is a problem.. then I have a great solution.. DON'T COMMIT CRIMES.
Don't commit crimes and you won't get locked up. Read it over and over until it makes sense.
In nyc when i went to JHS and HS we got discounted or free metro cards. They were somehow monitored i believe. It wasn't a time limit, but a certain number or rides allowed per day.
I'm actually surprised DC didn't have something like that to begin with for students. With the smartcard system knowing when i come and go and what i should pay during peak vs non-peak hours.
It should be pretty easy for metro to program student smartcards to work during certain hours or ride limit/day
In nyc when i went to JHS and HS we got discounted or free metro cards. They were somehow monitored i believe. It wasn't a time limit, but a certain number or rides allowed per day.
I'm actually surprised DC didn't have something like that to begin with for students. With the smartcard system knowing when i come and go and what i should pay during peak vs non-peak hours.
It should be pretty easy for metro to program student smartcards to work during certain hours or ride limit/day
Well, if these ghetto trash kids keep attacking people.. they will change the policy pretty fast. It was an idiotic idea to begin with.
What bowser did is highly similar to what a lot of major cities with public transportation do. I know NYC and Boston had similar programs (student bus and train passes). whats ending it gonna solve???? most HS kids in DC that even bother to attend class use the metro. This aint the suburbs where most of you sissy whiny gentrifiers come from where everyone either takes the big yellow school bus or mom and dad buys them a car on their 16th birthday.
I grew up in the suburbs of Texas and never saw a bus till high school. And never had my own car. We WALKED the mile to elementary school. Or rode bikes. I have never understood why out here the kids are too coddled to walk their a$$es there. Especially when they're in middle school and high school. It's not like the schools are that far. A mile or just over is not too far for a non-disabled kid to walk. And if it is, get a bike.
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I grew up in the suburbs of Texas and never saw a bus till high school. And never had my own car. We WALKED the mile to elementary school. Or rode bikes. I have never understood why out here the kids are too coddled to walk their a$$es there. Especially when they're in middle school and high school. It's not like the schools are that far. A mile or just over is not too far for a non-disabled kid to walk. And if it is, get a bike.
In the suburbs--hardly at all. Most of suburban Houston or Dallas looks like Fairfax or Rockville.
But in DC itself, you might be right, in that schools are even closer to homes and streets are more walkable. Meaning there's even less reason to have buses.
I grew up in the suburbs of Texas and never saw a bus till high school. And never had my own car. We WALKED the mile to elementary school. Or rode bikes. I have never understood why out here the kids are too coddled to walk their a$$es there. Especially when they're in middle school and high school. It's not like the schools are that far. A mile or just over is not too far for a non-disabled kid to walk. And if it is, get a bike.
Dc has one of the highest percentages of charter school students in America. So basically no one is in walking distance of school.
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