When I was in high school, riding the school bus was an adventure through busy city streets inside a boombox. It made for an exceptionally painful experience especially when one just got out of bed and it's 20 below on a gloomy winter morning. I survived those bus rides by staying up way too late so that I could sleep through them on the way to school.

To relieve this pain, many school administrators now propose having Wi-Fi on the bus. So far, 25 counties have gotten on board with this Wi-Fi on the go program. Kids are saying they get more homework done on the way to school, they're now able to do more research right before a class discussion and all the good that technology upgrades should provide academically.

My thoughts? I'd say it's an interesting idea to occupy the kids, but I don't see how this would make the experience more pleasant. If anything, it opens up a possibility where one would hear loud rap from the back of the bus, Keith Urban in the front, foreign tunes the Asian kids are listening to, and Spanish songs blasting all at the same time - on top of whatever else is playing on the most popular radio station in town.

Thanks, but I'll take the short bus.