Wednesday, 02 November 2011
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Real Americans Ride Schoolbuses
When I was growing up kids got to school in one of three ways. Either they walked, a parent drove them, or they took the bus. And yet, though all three students got to school the same, not all three students of these transportation techniques arrived at school the same student. Taking the bus creates a certain type of person. It shapes, and molds. It forms young minds and young spirits. Taking the bus is an integral part of creating a Real American.Now, I know what you’re thinking, and yes, buses are smelly and dirty. And yes, that doesn’t help kids already struggling with body odor issues. But think of it this way: is life always clean and fragrant? Rarely, especially at my house. There’s a life lesson in that, and kids who wimp out and walk the 10 miles to school are going to miss it.
Life isn’t always pretty. I know that better than anybody. I’ve had to suffer nearly all my life with almost intolerable ugliness. Sometimes a paper bag is the only thing that gets me through the day. The bus teaches kids ways to cope with what they will eventually recognize is the almost unending misery of life in modern America.
Thanks to the rotting away of self-respect and independence in American culture over the past few decades, kids today will have little more than pain and suffering to look forward to. Their lives are going to be ones of hardship and suffering. Ones of trial and tribulations. It’s a jungle out there, and our kids need every advantage they can get.
I’ve had to suffer nearly all my life with almost intolerable ugliness.
That’s where riding the bus comes in. Think of it like one of those training camps they use for American soldiers before they send them to the Middle East to fight terrorism. The school bus, with its social inequality, stench, violence, rampant corruption, and all-around unpleasantness, is like a microcosm of wider society. Kids who go through that are going to come out of it better trained to deal with everyday life in the Greatest Nation in the World.
Really, the best thing you can do for your child these days is to make sure they ride the bus as a child. Miss the bus, turn out a wuss.
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Comments (19)
this is so true. i can't wait to put my kid on the bus to hell next year. we need to be done with this whole walking to school thing. she needs some character.
I hated the bus. In elementary and high school I walked, but for three years I put up with being in close quarters with 50 other middle school kids. I guess it makes one appreciate the walk more.
I place my stamp of approval on this article.
People need to learn how to cope with social inequality while being propelled forward on four wheels by internal combustion engines.
Lucky I walk to school, walk barefoot to school actually.
That brought back some memories!
I rode the bus. Half were great memories and the other half like visiting hell.
What a child has to suffer for learning !!!! and later to work !! Work = Torment !!
In friendship
Michel
@RestlessButterfly - Is it uphill both ways?
I walked to school. It was that close lol.
i rode the bus when we lived way out in the styx ... provides a whole new experience ... a good one!!
When I was a kid I walked to school and then they bused me to an inner city school as part of an "integration" program. No wonder I'm so mixed up.
School buses are also quite pearilous, what with the lack of seatbelts and the drunk drivers and no climate control. Kids love danger. Ergo, kids love school buses.
I don't know about being a "real American" or not, but dealing with the issues of public transportation sure will harden a person up a bit. Teaches good coping skills lol
I always carried my pear in a brown paper sack.
I had to walk to school, even tho' it was far. And didn't get to ride the bus except on field trips.
What is worse or better than riding a school bus as a kid? Riding one as a parent or the teacher. Been there done that!
Sweet juicy HUGS!
@buddly47 - Usually, it's uphill.
eww. I hated the bus...but I agree with you. Plus, gas is too expensive to drive your kids to school if you dont have too!
I took the school bus in 9th and 10 grade. It creates more responsiblity because you have to make sure you have enough time to eat and get ready before you had to walk to the bus stop.