I was homeschooled through the bulk of my pre-college education. Only so much you can draw out "had to go 12 steps, up stairs both ways, even when there was two feet of snow outside!"

But it's true FFS ...My house was on a hill...School was on ANOTHER hill...soooo ... Up hill both ways?

My father showed me his route to school in Northernish Saskatchewan. It was kind of like this...

LOL....Used that excuse with my daughter as long as I could....at about 8, she didn't believe me any longer.

Walking to school was fun unless some bullies blocked your way. Usually we'd stop to explore something and get home very late. There was no such thing as a school bus and mothers only picked up their kids if they had more than three or four miles to walk. There was a reservoir nearby with lots of frogs, a bar where you could buy a hamburger for a buck and play on their shuffelboard game. It was good times.

I was home schooled suckers lol

But seriously, my kids have no idea!