School closures led to more sleep and better quality of life for adolescents

Re:School closures led to more sleep and better quality of l... by vladvasiliu on Saturday January 08, 2022 @05:39AM (#29850386)

I'm actually in Paris, but grated, I have no idea how things are in Barcelona or London.

I agree that transportation here has many issues and I absolutely hate it, but when I was a kid [0] I could get to school fine with the suburban train. My classmates had no issue getting there with the bus (regular, not school bus).

> Back when I had a car commute for work I could tell the day the school summer holidays begin just by how much it took me to get to work.

Sure, I can tell it from the Paris metro, too. The reason is that people tend to go away on vacation. This also explains the usual spikes in traffic jams the weekend right at the start and at the end of vacations.

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[0] I'm in my thirties, so that wasn't a long time ago

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Re:School closures led to more sleep and better quality of l... by xondono on Saturday January 08, 2022 @05:45AM (#29850429)

At what age where you riding the train by yourself?

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Re:School closures led to more sleep and better quality of l... by vladvasiliu on Saturday January 08, 2022 @06:33AM (#29850693)

I was around 15, when I started high-school.

Before that, schools tend to be denser. Because I had to attend some special classes, I couldn't go to my local school and needed to go a further one. It was a 30-minute walk.

Normally, kids would go to their local schools, of which I passed one on my way. My local one was in the opposite direction, 2 minutes away from my house.

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