Andrew's Commute to School

I'm at the entrance of my school - total commute time 5 minutes

My son Andrew is in the fortunate position to be living barely 5 minutes from his Secondary School, Anglo-Chinese School at Barker Road. The benefits of commuting to school in such a short time are plentiful. Firstly, he can have at least 1 hour more
per day to sleep in ; so for a term of 10 weeks, that is a savings of 50 hours. Secondly, we as parents can save on the $70-120 per month from him taking the school bus every morning. That in itself translates to $1200 per year in savings based on $100
per month average school bus fare.


Oh I'm still tired !

Thirdly, because his commute time is so short, we can monitor his coming and going better and since my wife is not working, can plan his rest,play and study schedule much better. His attitude after a long day can be quite grumpy so its essential that he can have a short nap in the afternoon before resuming the rest of the day. Making sure that he eats balanced and wholesome meals after a long day is also quite critical for youths and teenagers.


After a hearty breakfast of scrambled eggs on bread, its time to put on his shoes

So parents, spare a thought for your child. While putting your children in a 'good' school may be your priority, the family environment to encourage and develop the right attitude for study and graduating out into the 'real' environment is most important. There are many fine neighbourhood schools who have improved lives of many children of lesser means. There must be literally tens of thousands of parents who drive or send their children to 'brand name' schools and wake up their children at the unearthly hour of 5.30 or 5.45 am just to drive them to school, a commute which takes about 1 hour or longer - one way. So every day, about 2 hours is spent on travelling or wasted time.

Is it worth you and your child's time ?
What about the work-life-play balance the extra 2 hours PER DAY could do for each child and yourself ?