Christopher Nichols now has orange hair. He had previously been blond. This is the first time we see that Christopher goes to the same school as Elizabeth and Dawn, even though he is acting like he has been at Elizabeth’s school all along.
I never let my boys ride on school bus. You’d be appalled if you knew what goes on in those buses. I always drove them to school everyday their entire school career except for one year, my boys rode the school bus because they were the last to be picked up and the first to be dropped off. Their rides were all of 10 minutes. Was nice for me to stay indoors watching them go on bus especially in the snowy winter. But other than one year, I drove them.
Waiting eagerly for bus on our guys first day in new school system. Door opens, we introduce them. Driver’s greeting: sit down and shut up. Talk about dampening one’s expectations. That was a cold shower. Never put them on that bus again.
Back in my day (1960s) there was a lot of bullying and taunting going on. Bus driver would just yell at people to sit down. They didn’t care if a kid was crying and others were singing nasty songs about them. I lived in fear that one day it would be MY turn to be bullied.
As the new kid, after a week of riding the bus the bus driver turned around at the school, pointed at me and said, “why can’t you kids be more like this fellow? He’s quiet and behaves himself”. Fortunately I was a big kid so no one beat the cr@p out of me for being the driver’s pet.
Good thing Elizabeth is now aware of why she ought not throw her teddy bear at people. Not only is that rude, it would also be dangerous if done on the school bus. I wish everyone was aware how easy it is for accidents to occur on the road.
After reading some of the horror stories above, it makes me happy that I graduated in 1968. The worst thing we did was gamble for nickels on the bus, never saw fights etc. The difference is probably the break up of families starting in the late 70’s, without a male authority figure in the home and the kid’s knowledge that the school authorities can’t touch them, they have little self control.
In Junior High, the school bus gave me a chance to sit beside a girl I liked. Nothing ever came of it, but it was fun.
Many years later, my son’s bus driver got lost (really!) a couple of times — once my son (10 years old) had to tell the driver how to get to his stop from 3 miles away. (Driver was fired for that one.)
Behavior problems on the bus? Not really, nothing worse than when there was a substitute teacher at school.
Where I live, the “school buses” are for special needs children.
Children generally walk to school or take public transit (15 cents for students ) or the parents drive them or arrange with a taxi company for a flat weekly fee.
My two grandkids, who live downstairs, get chauffeured, by their Dad, to school at 6:45am to start school at 7am. and he picks them up at 1pm when school’s over.
My other two grandsons, who live across town, walk to and from their respective schools.
Oldest son didn’t show up when the school bus unloaded one afternoon. wife went looking for him and found him just happily walking along the road. He said it was a nice day so he decided to walk.
In current days, I have a friend who decided to earn some extra money driving/being attendant on a school bus. My comment to him on hearing this was, “Are you CRAZY?” When he told his sister, mother of 7, she said “Are you CRAZY?” He ended up being an attendant on the special needs bus. Mostly did things like use the lift to get the wheelchair-bound children in, fastened everyone in seatbelts, made sure someone was at the stop to take the child, and just kept order so that the driver could concentrate on driving. Even on that bus, there were cameras, and there was at least one incident where he was assaulted, though not severely hurt. My previous comment was how things were pretty good when I rode a school bus. But this shows that 30+ years later, in a bigger city, things have changed!
Templo S.U.D. about 6 years ago
Mrs. Grunion must be a least favorite neighbor
howtheduck about 6 years ago
Christopher Nichols now has orange hair. He had previously been blond. This is the first time we see that Christopher goes to the same school as Elizabeth and Dawn, even though he is acting like he has been at Elizabeth’s school all along.
capricorn9th about 6 years ago
I never let my boys ride on school bus. You’d be appalled if you knew what goes on in those buses. I always drove them to school everyday their entire school career except for one year, my boys rode the school bus because they were the last to be picked up and the first to be dropped off. Their rides were all of 10 minutes. Was nice for me to stay indoors watching them go on bus especially in the snowy winter. But other than one year, I drove them.
sandpiper about 6 years ago
Waiting eagerly for bus on our guys first day in new school system. Door opens, we introduce them. Driver’s greeting: sit down and shut up. Talk about dampening one’s expectations. That was a cold shower. Never put them on that bus again.
JPuzzleWhiz about 6 years ago
Does she come from the island of Grun? (Old “Beverly Hillbillies” reference!)
dlkrueger33 about 6 years ago
Back in my day (1960s) there was a lot of bullying and taunting going on. Bus driver would just yell at people to sit down. They didn’t care if a kid was crying and others were singing nasty songs about them. I lived in fear that one day it would be MY turn to be bullied.
forsyth about 6 years ago
As the new kid, after a week of riding the bus the bus driver turned around at the school, pointed at me and said, “why can’t you kids be more like this fellow? He’s quiet and behaves himself”. Fortunately I was a big kid so no one beat the cr@p out of me for being the driver’s pet.
USN1977 about 6 years ago
Good thing Elizabeth is now aware of why she ought not throw her teddy bear at people. Not only is that rude, it would also be dangerous if done on the school bus. I wish everyone was aware how easy it is for accidents to occur on the road.
micromos about 6 years ago
Back in the 50s I walked to school with no problrm. I just mapped it out and it’s a mile.
micromos about 6 years ago
Lucky it isn’t Crankshaft.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member about 6 years ago
After reading some of the horror stories above, it makes me happy that I graduated in 1968. The worst thing we did was gamble for nickels on the bus, never saw fights etc. The difference is probably the break up of families starting in the late 70’s, without a male authority figure in the home and the kid’s knowledge that the school authorities can’t touch them, they have little self control.
pshapley Premium Member about 6 years ago
In Junior High, the school bus gave me a chance to sit beside a girl I liked. Nothing ever came of it, but it was fun.
Many years later, my son’s bus driver got lost (really!) a couple of times — once my son (10 years old) had to tell the driver how to get to his stop from 3 miles away. (Driver was fired for that one.)
Behavior problems on the bus? Not really, nothing worse than when there was a substitute teacher at school.
ms-ss about 6 years ago
Or they could have gotten Ed Crankshaft.
Linguist about 6 years ago
Where I live, the “school buses” are for special needs children.
Children generally walk to school or take public transit (15 cents for students ) or the parents drive them or arrange with a taxi company for a flat weekly fee.
My two grandkids, who live downstairs, get chauffeured, by their Dad, to school at 6:45am to start school at 7am. and he picks them up at 1pm when school’s over.
My other two grandsons, who live across town, walk to and from their respective schools.
Cavenee Lonnie Premium Member about 6 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cphNpqKpKc4
Bob. about 6 years ago
Oldest son didn’t show up when the school bus unloaded one afternoon. wife went looking for him and found him just happily walking along the road. He said it was a nice day so he decided to walk.
finnygirl Premium Member about 6 years ago
In current days, I have a friend who decided to earn some extra money driving/being attendant on a school bus. My comment to him on hearing this was, “Are you CRAZY?” When he told his sister, mother of 7, she said “Are you CRAZY?” He ended up being an attendant on the special needs bus. Mostly did things like use the lift to get the wheelchair-bound children in, fastened everyone in seatbelts, made sure someone was at the stop to take the child, and just kept order so that the driver could concentrate on driving. Even on that bus, there were cameras, and there was at least one incident where he was assaulted, though not severely hurt. My previous comment was how things were pretty good when I rode a school bus. But this shows that 30+ years later, in a bigger city, things have changed!