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UK average commute for high school is 25 minutes, and 3.4 miles [0], but a 30-40 minute doesn't sound awful on a bus, means leaving home 0800 so getting up 0740.

So your high schools start at 6.30 AM?

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I've posted this before, but first bell was at 7:18, bus was at 6:30. I had it luckier in that I lived ~1 mile from school, but lived in an area where you couldn't safely walk. There were students that lived ~15 miles from school whose buses arrived ~5:45 to be able to make the 7:18 bell.

Why wouldn't you have just leave home at 7AM and walk to school if you're that close?

(A 7:18 bell seems crazy though - what's wrong with a 9AM start?)

From my post:

> but lived in an area where you couldn't safely walk.

It was 1 mile on a four lane heavy traffic road with no sidewalks.

20 minutes from alarm clock to getting on the bus is unrealistic by an extremely wide margin. High school students typically shower, eat breakfast and get dressed at the very least.

I never had breakfast as a high school kid (still don't). 5 minutes for a shower, 5 more to get dressed and pick up bag, that leaves 10 minutes to get to bus stop.

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