If I had been the responsible adult at that school I would have probably freaked, too. Horses are big and dumb and unpredictable. One well-placed kick to an idiot kid who didn’t know how to approach a horse and it would be all over for them. I’m sure everyone involved would have loved to get hit with that lawsuit.
So.... let's solve this problem. Make all children ride horses to school.
(1) Snow won't be an issue. Children will be able to get their full amount of school days.
(2)Children will learn proper respect for animals. (Those who don't will be bucked off the saddle while riding full speed along side a barbed wire fence)
(3) No more bullying on the schoolbus.
(4) Plenty of fertilizer to help grow more crops and keep the Earth 'green'.
(5) Hundreds of thousands of NEW JOBS will be created in the farm/horse market.
(6) No more wasting gas sitting in the school drivethrough, with the engine idling.
(7) Parents don't have to take time to deliver/pickup children, and clog the school parking lot. The horses know the way.
Kids driving big cars are also unpredictable.
That's not really true. Horses are like dogs, cats, humans, birds, the list goes on.
Some are smart. Some are not. Many are just average. The more attention and training they are given, the smarter they become.
PLUS, the human trainers become smarter because they learn to 'understand' the animals efforts at communicating.
And I assure you, they do try to communicate to us. Most of us don't listen, and/or don't know 'how' to listen. But, it is there.
Most humans only understand other humans. Most animals understand other animals (of all species) AND humans. Birds can even speak entire sentences, and solve complex puzzles in seconds.
Who is smarter?