Young adults won’t be ready to tie the knot or start a business if they can’t cross the street.
A couple of days ago, I stopped to purchase gasoline. While attending the pump, a school bus stopped and turned on the flashers, the usual practice before passengers disembark. Our laws require traffic traveling in both directions to stop. I watched.
Two "students" emerged. My guess is that it was a girl and a boy, but one cannot be certain these days. My evidence: The taller one had a beard and the shorter one looked to be late enough in pregnancy that I wouldn't be surprised to witness a childbirth on the sidewalk.
Of course, they strolled casually, totally unaware that a considerable backlog of cars had joined the queue of unfortunate interrupted motorists.
I can understand stopping and waiting for little kids leaving the school bus. Tiny bodies are no match for a couple of tons of steel. But does there not come a time when this precaution is no longer necessary? I'd think that by the time one attends high school, crossing the street safely should be a well established life skill.
Now, society seems extending the baby-sitting into post-secondary education institutions. If young people remain immature throughout their entire school years, when do they become adults? This is a serious question.
Maybe a more serious question should be "If kids aren't learning this basic stuff, what are they learning instead?"
Cheers, PW.
