Suggesting a 50 year mortgage for a house designed to last 30 years is an idea that wouldn't even have made it as a joke in a 1980s comedy: too preposterous.
Spanish study finds that the longer the school bus commutes of young students, the worse their academic engagement: “We believe they experience a more negative relationship with their place of study, which may affect their interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers (affective-emotional engagement), their psychological involvement in the teaching and learning process—such as motivation to learn, expectations, or the effort to understand complex ideas and skills (cognitive engagement)—and their overall participation and effort (behavioral engagement).”
