25 of the world’s most dangerous routes to school
Posted by staff / September 14, 2014
Getting an education is anything but simple in many parts of the world, and as we in the States stress about long pickup lines and grumpy bus drivers, children elsewhere are going the distance in ways we can’t possibly imagine, without crossing guards, sidewalks or a watchful parental eye.
125-Mile Journey To A Boarding School Through The Mountains, Pili, China
Photo credit: Unknown
Elementary School Students Crossing A River On Inflated Tire Tubes, Rizal Province, Philippines
Photo credit: Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA
Kids Flying 800m On A Steel Cable 400m Above The Rio Negro River, Colombia
Photo credit: Christoph Otto
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Feature photo credit: Timothy Allen, Graphics credit: Canva
And e thought buses without seat belts were unsafe. Boy are we spoiled.