Comments on: Reading, writing, and riding: Getting to school in an era of fear http://gothamschools.org/2008/09/03/reading-writing-and-riding-getting-to-school-in-an-era-of-fear/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Smith http://gothamschools.org/2008/09/03/reading-writing-and-riding-getting-to-school-in-an-era-of-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Smith Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:29:12 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=1352#comment-71 I remember walking to first grade with other kids - never an adult - in Brooklyn in the early 70's. The crossing guards were older students from my elementary school. Sometimes if I overslept, I walked late to school by myself. Later I lived in suburbs where I biked sometimes to fourth grade and a small town, where I, my sibliings and all the kids in the neighborhood walked, never with adult company. I remember walking to first grade with other kids – never an adult – in Brooklyn in the early 70′s. The crossing guards were older students from my elementary school. Sometimes if I overslept, I walked late to school by myself.

Later I lived in suburbs where I biked sometimes to fourth grade and a small town, where I, my sibliings and all the kids in the neighborhood walked, never with adult company.

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