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25 of the world’s most dangerous routes to school

Posted by / 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

Photo credit: Unknown

Elementary School Students Crossing A River On Inflated Tire Tubes, Rizal Province, Philippines

Photo credit: Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA

Photo credit: Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA

Kids Flying 800m On A Steel Cable 400m Above The Rio Negro River, Colombia

Photo credit: Christoph Otto

Photo credit: Christoph Otto

Full story at Bored Panda.

Going the distance for education.

Feature photo credit: Timothy Allen, Graphics credit: Canva

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  • Sonia Mastros

    And e thought buses without seat belts were unsafe. Boy are we spoiled.