• Somewhiteguy@reddthat.com
    492·
    3 天前

    They did this during the pandemic and parked the buses in lower-income areas to help kids who had to do school from home and didn’t have internet. There were a lot in my area and there were complaints because it wasn’t enough for everyone.

    You can’t do nice things, everyone is going to complain no matter what.

    • logos@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      2 天前

      That’s actually really cool. That’s a lot different than I think what most people thought this story was about.

    • The Octonaut@mander.xyz
      123·
      3 天前

      Just so we’re clear, the thrust of your complaint is that the government didn’t do enough to ensure equal access to education for everyone and that’s okay because people shouldn’t have such high expectations of The Greatest Nation on Earth?

      • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
        10·
        3 天前

        Seriously what are they thinking for that? It’s going to bridge the gap? What you mean of students who don’t have Internet? So what is the honest thought, they’re going to do homework on the bus? Best case they’re the poor kids who have to do homework on the bus. That’s the best case. Then what busses do these people remember where it was conducive to doing schoolwork on the bus?

        It’s 1000% asinine and a huge waste of money.

        What I really think is that it’s a few helicopter parents who saw their kids go offline for 5 minutes on the ride and panicked.

        • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
          4·
          3 天前

          I don’t know how they are actually used but I doubt it’s used the way you think it is. That would be pretty useless. It’s mobile WiFi. They probably go park in places that need WiFi. Don’t know the range but people can sit on the bus if needed. Not ideal but it’s also better than nothing.

          That said, the state of public education is terrible and the government seems insistent on making it worse. Some places require some homework to be done online due to remote learning days. Which made sense during the pandemic but don’t anymore. Not everyone has internet and stuff like this hurts the ones that don’t.

      • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        7·
        3 天前

        Hour+, each way. I was the first kid on, last kid off each day for seven years. I do not recommend.

      • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
        7·
        3 天前

        Is this particular image recent? I feel like I remember something like this around covid lockdown, as a “park the wifi bus in a lower income area so that students without home internet can connect to online classes” thing.

  • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    34·
    3 天前

    “this is bad because the kids are gonna spend all their time on their phone!” i say, as if I didn’t spend all my time on the schoolbus on my 3DS

  • radiofreebc@lemmy.world
    18·
    3 天前

    I was in a school bus once and the driver ran out of gas…so he syphoned gas out of a car in the parking lot.

  • CubitOom@infosec.pubEnglish
    10·
    3 天前

    When I was your age, we had to ride the school bus for 15 miles on hot days with no AC so our balls stuck to the seats…in the snow.

  • Vaggumon@lemmy.zip
    9·
    3 天前

    No AC, no seat belts, windows wouldn’t open, driver went at least 20 over speed limit most of the time. Yeah, was a blast.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    123·
    3 天前

    So the busses already have shoulder-harness seatbelts for all students and roll cages in case of an accident?

    Anakin stare

    • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      3 天前

      School buses should not have seat belts, as it would increase the difficulty of children being able to get out in an emergency like a fire or flooding with no significsnt safety benefit.

      Large buses are designed to not have belts intentionally. In fact, the designs in the US were developed with the National Highway Safety Transportstion Administration (NTHSA) and comparable agencies in other countries.

      https://dmv.vermont.gov/faq/why-do-school-buses-not-require-seat-belts

      NHTSA decided the best way to provide crash protection to passengers of large school buses is through a concept called “compartmentalization.” This requires that the interior of large buses protect children without them needing to buckle up. Through compartmentalization, children are protected from crashes by strong, closely-spaced seats that have energy-absorbing seat backs.

      Small school buses (with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less) must be equipped with lap and/or lap/shoulder belts at all designated seating positions. Since the sizes and weights of small school buses are closer to those of passenger cars and trucks, seat belts in those vehicles are necessary to provide occupant protection.”

      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
        42·
        3 天前

        that was also before vehicles were as big and heavy as they are nowadays, with increased speed limits and traffic and driver distractions

        • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          3 天前

          They review and update safety standards over time. Buses today are far safer than they were when I was a kid and electric vehicles doubling the weight of a regular car still isn’t anywhere close to the weight of a school bus.

  • LEM 1689@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    7·
    3 天前

    I got banned from the bus for a bit in grade 7, when I showed someone how I could light a strike-anywhere match on my teeth, like on tv.

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 天前

    And every day I’d get picked on the entire ride by the 2 grade sixers at my stop until I showed up one day with a 2x4 and dealt with the problem.

  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 天前

    Apparently North Carolina, in their infinite wisdom, passed a law stating kids cannot use devices on buses (without teacher permission); as if a school policy was not enough. 🤷‍♂️