# Its "International Walk To School Day" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-international-walk-to-school-day/733800 "2015-10-07T12:51:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-international-walk-to-school-day/733800/1 "2015-10-07T12:51:45Z")
Its amazing the kind of trivial shit you learn by watching early morning TV when you can’t sleep. Who would have known? You think something this important would have had a little more ramp-up. What about the homeschoolers? Seems to me they are getting screwed! And how do you think this makes the bus drivers feel? They’re only human! Bound to be some feelings hurt. Also, expected record high temps this weekend. Few threads are as pointless as this. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-international-walk-to-school-day/733800/2 "2015-10-07T13:12:57Z")
I propose International Walk to School like a Pirate Day. Arrrrr! Me scurvy is acting up during this walk. It’s a crosswalk, I’ll keelhaul ya if you don’t let us through, ye landlubber! If you have a kid in school, you can’t miss ‘events’ like this. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-international-walk-to-school-day/733800/3 "2015-10-07T14:06:52Z")
Checking Google, I see it would have been a 6.1 mile walk to school for me. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-international-walk-to-school-day/733800/4 "2015-10-07T14:15:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Checking Google, I see it would have been a 6.1 mile walk to school for me. Uphill through the snow in a high wind bare naked and no shoes? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-international-walk-to-school-day/733800/5 "2015-10-07T14:20:44Z")
I’m glad we didn’t have this kind of thing when I was a kid. I would have needed more then one day to walk to Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-international-walk-to-school-day/733800/6 "2015-10-07T20:12:32Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > I propose International Walk to School like a Pirate Day. I like the cut of your jib, Me Hearty! Take heed to avoid the plank! Arrrr! Or we could do Walk to School Like An Egyptian. ---
**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-international-walk-to-school-day/733800/7 "2015-10-07T20:56:45Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Checking Google, I see it would have been a 6.1 mile walk to school for me. 10.3 mi for me. Good time to take a sick day. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-international-walk-to-school-day/733800/8 "2015-10-07T22:08:57Z")
At my kid’s school they said that if you live too far to walk, you can drive as usual but park a few blocks away so that at least he gets to walk the last little bit. That way he can get the sticker that says he walked to school today. Kind of ridiculous, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-international-walk-to-school-day/733800/9 "2015-10-08T01:10:18Z")
I walked (or biked) almost every day to school from kindergarten through 8th grade. Where’s my sticker? 😉