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68. fox & friends? really?

Reply to southernyankeebelle (Reply #40)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 04:06 AM

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What does a bus monitor do? I rode buses as a child, but we never had anyone but the driver. [View all] skip fox Jun 2012 OP

1970's the bus driver had a paddle and used it Rambis Jun 2012 #1

Yup. Or stopped the bus and let the miscreants walk to school. LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #12

What are their theoretic duties? To make sure skip fox Jun 2012 #2

They're just there to help the driver. When I was a kid TBMASE Jun 2012 #3

Make sure the seats don't move and nobody is hanging out the window snooper2 Jun 2012 #4

When I was in grade school we had safety monitors on the buses. kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #5

They are essentially the bus driver's "eyes in the back of his/her head" woodsprite Jun 2012 #6

My high school bus ride was hell on earth. hunter Jun 2012 #7

I'm sorry you went through that, that's awful. :( LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #13

Sounds like our bus rides Cali_Democrat Jun 2012 #24

This lovely lady wasn't doing her job. All the abuse that was going on should have been reported southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #8

I did wonder. If she's a monitor, I figured, she must have some authority to report skip fox Jun 2012 #11

Oh so do I. But think if she had done so from the beginning I don't think it would have gotten southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #29

I agree HockeyMom Jun 2012 #14

Baloney. Plenty of times the transporation dept. responds to non violent situations MichiganVote Jun 2012 #16

Was this before or after school? HockeyMom Jun 2012 #18

You know what? It doesn't matter whether these youth were Special needs or not. MichiganVote Jun 2012 #48

Yes, the kids were wrong HockeyMom Jun 2012 #54

Yeah? So when junior turned on his video cam to please himself and his friends, MichiganVote Jun 2012 #56

Exactly. cwydro Jun 2012 #66

I agree and am taking a lot of crap because of thinking she wasn't doing her job, Lionessa Jun 2012 #17

She probably would be better HockeyMom Jun 2012 #21

I couldn't agree more. I actually pulle dmy kids and homeschooled through Jr High/Middle School. Lionessa Jun 2012 #23

Yeah, to deal with middle-schoolers, you have to be tough as nails. backscatter712 Jun 2012 #37

When the school district decides that these adults were in error--let us all know. Until then... MichiganVote Jun 2012 #49

Like I would trust the district to do whats right, have you seen kids lately? Lionessa Jun 2012 #50

I think you may have the crystal ball I don't. More power to you. MichiganVote Jun 2012 #52

What I know is that school districts are partially responsible for the state of kids these days. Lionessa Jun 2012 #53

I don't recall calling kids "horrendous", nor do I recall offering an opinion on school districts. MichiganVote Jun 2012 #55

You must be very old then. Lionessa Jun 2012 #57

You're as old as you feel. I expect parents AND districts to try to figure out what is wrong w/kids. MichiganVote Jun 2012 #63

Blaming the victim. cordelia Jun 2012 #58

No, you don't read, I blame the company that hired and didn't train her properly. Lionessa Jun 2012 #59

I totally agree with you. She did every wrong. I feel the same way about it. Really she was southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #31

How do you know she didn't report them OR how do you know that she wouldn't have? MichiganVote Jun 2012 #15

Chill please. She said it herself. I read it before it hit this blog. She said she didn't want to southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #25

Exactly what would you suggest she should have done to control these shameful kids? MichiganVote Jun 2012 #47

Stop blaming the victim! smokey nj Jun 2012 #22

I am not blaming the victim. I am giving you to facts. Don't shoot the messager. southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #26

You ARE blaming the victim. smokey nj Jun 2012 #30

Yes I am blaming the victim. She didn't do her job. Don't shoot the messenger. southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #34

She's had the fucking job for 20 years! Those little miscreants did what they did because they knew smokey nj Jun 2012 #36

Maybe you should go over and watch the clip from Fox and Friends. She was on that show. southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #40

even if she was not good at the job treestar Jun 2012 #42

How the fuck do you know she didn't step in when students were being bullied? smokey nj Jun 2012 #45

Stories like these are great for attracting people who know what "really" happened, aren't they? Posteritatis Jun 2012 #51

Who knows.... teamster633 Jun 2012 #67

fox & friends? really? HiPointDem Jun 2012 #68

I don't remember Bus Monitors after Elementary school HockeyMom Jun 2012 #9

The first day I rode the bus home in kindergarten Quantess Jun 2012 #10

Taser specialist. randome Jun 2012 #19

Imagine being surrendered to that mob every day from grades 1-9, while teachers "didn't notice"? Romulox Jun 2012 #20

That is one of the reasons that anti public school movements get started exboyfil Jun 2012 #27

What's more scarer is some of those teachers going along with the bullying and encouraging it. southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #28

I've been struck by more than one teacher as well. It was legal, some time ago... nt Romulox Jun 2012 #70

With all the unemployed people that are available, why hire a fat, 68-year old grandmother? FarCenter Jun 2012 #32

Post removed Post removed Jun 2012 #35

You are a fucking asshole - n/t coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #43

Our driver was a WWll Marine with tattoos up one arm and down the other Brother Buzz Jun 2012 #33

Ours just jammed on the brakes. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2012 #39

Well, if he chain-smoked while he drove, you definitely coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #44

Mr Hicks was a Korean War vet FarCenter Jun 2012 #46

We didn't have a monitor, but one time the bus driver busted my ass pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #38

1965 DaveHee Jun 2012 #41

They help supervise the kids. proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 #60

They're supposed to maintain order and enforce discipline Nevernose Jun 2012 #61

When the bus driver smoked, the older boys in the back could smoke. Kaleva Jun 2012 #62

In the 80's they were there to watch kids as they crossed the street ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2012 #64

We never had bus monitors, except in very early emementary school Populist_Prole Jun 2012 #65

They are there to Witness. nt Snotcicles Jun 2012 #69