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In the discussion thread: "One boy received more than a thousand death threats" (school bus monitor story) [View all]

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 08:38 AM

LeftinOH (4,467 posts)

24. Where was the f*cking driver in all this? My grandfather was a school bus driver

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(1950s-1970s), and he put up with NO crap from any kids on the bus. All the kids on his bus were treated equally; horseplay, teasing, and bullying would result in a righteous scolding that no kid would ever forget. Long after he retired, some of his "kids" would stop by for a visit, and most of them commented on how much they looked up to him when they were kids. There was no bus monitor. I guess it was just a different time.

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64 replies	Author	Time	Post
"One boy received more than a thousand death threats" (school bus monitor story) [View all]	steve2470	Jun 2012	OP
Seems to me there's a lesson in all of this.	Prometheus Bound	Jun 2012	#1
For the life of me, can't figure out what, tho.	ChairmanAgnostic	Jun 2012	#2
Well for one, maybe bullying isn't so cool.	Prometheus Bound	Jun 2012	#5
Perhaps the lesson is ...	Tx4obama	Jun 2012	#6
You're right	Politicalboi	Jun 2012	#7
Yet, she worked at the job for 23 years. So it seems to me it was not her inability to do the job	sabrina 1	Jun 2012	#9
I found 'one' article that said she was a 23 year veteran bus driver and now is a bus monitor	Tx4obama	Jun 2012	#11
She was on television tonight and was asked how long she had worked	sabrina 1	Jun 2012	#15
It'll be kind of stupid to hassle the bus driver while he's speeding down the highway. nt	demosincebirth	Jun 2012	#27
She handled the situation almost perfectly	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#34
"never had anything like this happen before" -- no, she said this was worse than what happened prior	KurtNYC	Jun 2012	#36
Yes, it's clearly her fault for being abused by her charges	Scootaloo	Jun 2012	#10
There is no need for you to be rude or imply that I meant something other than what I said	Tx4obama	Jun 2012	#13
And you're not answering the question	Scootaloo	Jun 2012	#19
Good post, especially the second paragraph	treestar	Jun 2012	#57
The fault in this incident lies solely with the children and their parents who, apparently, are	smokey nj	Jun 2012	#39
"There is no need for you to be rude"	Nuclear Unicorn	Jun 2012	#41
Good one!	treestar	Jun 2012	#56
There's a line to be drawn here	treestar	Jun 2012	#55
I wish more people would do what you did in that situation.	EnviroBat	Jun 2012	#30
You can't touch them, and they know it	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#35
So true, it's hard to draw the line	treestar	Jun 2012	#58
ah, the catholic church defense.	ChairmanAgnostic	Jun 2012	#42
+1 nt	Javaman	Jun 2012	#62
Aside from the age thing. I agree with everything you said. n/t	vaberella	Jun 2012	#18
Oh please. Those kids were little asshole bullies.	morningfog	Jun 2012	#21
Blame the victim.	cordelia	Jun 2012	#22
I know -- I'm getting tired of it	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#33
She has been a bus driver and monitor for 23 years	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#32
+1000	Starry Messenger	Jun 2012	#37
Or is a Teabagger and should bd arrested for abusing kids	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#38
You've hit the nail on the head.	smokey nj	Jun 2012	#45
Rule #1 of being a public school employee	Starry Messenger	Jun 2012	#48
Or no matter what you don't do	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#49
Yes. You are right.	treestar	Jun 2012	#59
My coworker was a bus driver, he had a strategy to quiet kids on his bus.	kemah	Jun 2012	#47
"control the kids?"	treestar	Jun 2012	#54
"Don't do things that would cause that sort of reaction," maybe. (nt)	Posteritatis	Jun 2012	#25
a bit subtle for a bullying teen to learn, unfortunately.	ChairmanAgnostic	Jun 2012	#43
I think the lesson is "Don't be a mean, vicious asshole."	hifiguy	Jun 2012	#53
not an easy lesson, though.	ChairmanAgnostic	Jun 2012	#63
You've hit the nail on the head.	longship	Jun 2012	#3
Bullies can only be stopped when we all come together...	rucky	Jun 2012	#14
Bullying is bad. No matter who does it.	AngryOldDem	Jun 2012	#26
Counting anonymous comments from online as 'death threats' is ridiculous	Tx4obama	Jun 2012	#4
Internet threats are just as threatening and viable as real life threats.	vaberella	Jun 2012	#17
What I don't get	JustAnotherGen	Jun 2012	#8
Well they did it to be popular. Now they're popular and they're complaining about it?!	TheManInTheMac	Jun 2012	#12
What a vengeful and cyclical world we live in. Bullying begets bullying. n/t	vaberella	Jun 2012	#16
+1	sadbear	Jun 2012	#51
Started off as a depressing story on young punks tormenting an elderly woman	deutsey	Jun 2012	#20
No one is making an even scarier threat to the miscreants	bongbong	Jun 2012	#23
Where was the f*cking driver in all this? My grandfather was a school bus driver	LeftinOH	Jun 2012	#24
If you do something shitty and cruel, don't post don't post the video where the whole world can see	smokey nj	Jun 2012	#28
You do that only if you are a Tier 1 dumbass.	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#31
they made the video for FaceBook	KurtNYC	Jun 2012	#46
LOL @ "Police didn't name the boys but their purported identities leaked out on the Web."	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#29
boy behind the cell phone video is interviewed	Douglas Carpenter	Jun 2012	#40
"I had no clue that it would go this far."	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#44
And showing he only cares he was found out	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#50
That's pretty normal for the state of moral development at that age	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#61
Politicians of every stripe could learn how to apologize like this family	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#52
Oh no! People on the internet are saying mean things about the little angels?	Nye Bevan	Jun 2012	#60
Aww! Excuse me while I play the world's smallest violin.	unreadierLizard	Jun 2012	#64

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