must be a sign of the times-
6 year old drives self to school after missing bus
Boy, 6, drives to school after missing bus - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
I was typically one who would drive away from school before I would have driven there, when I was 6.
oh my god. Wow! Poor kiddo, he really wanted to go to school
That is what I thought, in first grade I think I would have been caught driving home before I was caught driving to school.
But then I was trouble back then.
Lol, my thoughts exactly!
If I were his parents, I don’t think I could punish him. I mean, he was going to school of his own will, and not only that, he found a practical solution to a problem he was faced with. 
I’d want to encourage that sort of behavior, helping himself out, rather than waiting for someone else to take him to school. 
Aint this the same boy, who said that he learned to drive car just by playing GTA:Liberty city ?
reading the story, I don’t think the boy’s parents cared that much.
yes, same boy.
I am kind of surprised that he wasn’t blamed for mowing down every mailbox between home and school, or worse.
Like the hedgehog kids in “Over The Hedge”, “Bonus points”
What everyone is missing here is the initiative, problem-solving and strong desire for an education that this young man demonstrated.
Hats off to him.
It even made the news here in the UK. Like you say, hats off to the kid. I did hear, perhaps unsurprisingly, that his parents were being charged with neglect
Although i salute the kid for his ingenuity and drive, i’m not so sure about the drive for education part. The article said the kid was insistent that he didn’t want to miss the school breakfast or gym… didn’t mention anything about wanting to go to class. 
Now THAT sounds like something i might have done as a kid.
Details, details … lol. Besides, gym is a class. Of sorts …