To ask if it's reasonable for Someone to travel 1 hour and 15 minutes to college

[User700800]

Specialist one?

No, I had quite a few classmates with similar commutes at school.

I work at a college and it takes me that long to get there so I’m out from 6.30 to 5 when I’m working.
I take a nice thick scarf, roll it up, lean against it on window, set app on phone to buzz me at the stop and Zzzzzzzzz.

That's my daily commute from home to my Deputy Head post. Unless there's an RMT strike, affecting both of the train companies I rely on, then I might spend 40 minutes on the platform waiting for a train that's actually going to stop at the station I need to get to and arrive at work 2 hours after I left home.

I travel 2 hours each way 3 days per week to Uni (PGDE). It’s tiring but worth it!

Yes.

I wouldn't have any of mine do it if there was a good alternative. It's tiring for them and means they miss out on social activities
Not necessary true.
A lot depends on their timetable.
Ds finishes at 2.30 on Monday and Tuesday and is off for home study on Thursdays. He is at college until 4.30 on Wednesday and Friday. Loads of time for his sports, study and friends afer his commute.

Dd travels an hour to high school , it can take 1hr 15 if the traffic is bad.

I used to do a 1 hour bus journey each day to college and then home again later.

Going to uni took 2 hours, same 1 hour bus route as my college days but then a further hour on a second bus. I often fell asleep on the way home as I was so tired but I coped doing it for three years!

Oh and my uni course was a 9-5, 5 days a week kind of timetable so I was out the house 7-7 every day. Exhausting but worth it. Set me up for being out in the real world of full time employment.

I used to do about an hour 20 to college (4 years ago).

Wasn't a problem, an hour on the bus and a 20 minute walk. The travel time was useful actually, perfect for revising.

1.5 hours each way (sometimes longer depending on traffic) to study the IB. 2 years of travelling at least cured me if travel sickness...
And then I travelled at least an hour each way for uni for 2 years (1st year was on campus then got married and had to travel in)
My brother did a 2 hour each way journey for his specialist course at college. Was worth it for him though as he had some top British trainers and coaches for his sports. (We're talking Olympic standards etc)

I used to travel 90 minutes from one county to another for college because my choice of A level wasn’t available in county.

If the course matters the journey time won’t.

I did it, ages 16-18 I had a five min walk and then a 70 Minute bus ride and a short walk the other end, five days a week for 2 years. I never felt I missed out on anything, socially, and in fact made loads of new friends to hang out with and go to stuff with. I really wanted my independence so it worked really well for me.

I did it for law school as I couldn't afford fees of £12k a year and accommodation on top. I was out the house from 6am to 10pm five days a week for a year. Was fine - I commuted on the train, read and did work and it's pretty standard hours for a trainee in the City so it didn't come as much of a shock once I got a job.
Could I do it forever and ever? No. But for a short burst of a year or two with a defined end date it was fine.

Yes

Two of the nearby colleges are an hour away...if the traffic is kind

Another is 45 minutes

Any others are well over an hour

Oh these aren't specialist colleges

Just normal ones

I got 3 buses and 1.5 hours at 6th form ...it was very tiring meaning my day would be (from out of house to into house) 7am-6pm
Exhausting. Normal though.

I used to do walk/bus/train/walk and it took 1hr 45min minimum. But I think we were more resilient back then and more people did longer commutes. I also worked in a pub 3 nights a week!

When I started work it was roughly the same commute time.

We had to work hard, earn and save to afford the luxury of an ancient car which reduced our commute. Life lessons I’m not sure I’ll be able to instil in ds because I’m a big softy.

I used to do walk/bus/train/walk and it took 1hr 45min minimum. But I think we were more resilient back then

Quite a few of my friends children do that now so i dont think its anything to do with past resilience...just whether or not it's necessary

I say that weall but ds2 woukd absolutely prove your point

He is basing his college choices on the time it takes to get there

Luckily the nearest college is one of the best in the area

DS (18) currently travels 2 and a half hours each way to college, as our 'local' colleges don't offer one of the subjects he studies. He leaves home at 5.45am and sometimes doesn't get home until 8pm. He is incredibly committed and finds the journey a strain but thinks its worth it if he achieves his aim of Uni next year. He can't wait to roll out of bed and walk 5 mins to lectures! All of my kids though went to a school a 40 minute train ride away, rather than the local shithole one 10 minutes by bus so they aren't afraid of spending extra time if it's worth it.

Thanks for all the replies.

Hi user700800 would you mind telling us why you posted? Do you think it's reasonable or unreasonable? I wonder if you were using us to help you win an argument. (Hope we helped)

Dd travels an hour to a specialist school by car. Public transport would take an hour and a half.

School/college hours are 9 am - 6pm.