Isn't that the truth.
Where has this anger come from lately ?????
I myself drove a school bus in the big city, 90% black, highschool kids and only had one confrontation by a student. This girl got on the bus with an attitude and threatend me for some strange reason, at the time we had no radios to call in problems or video or monotors.
What did I do but look at my hands where I had grown out finger nails about 1" had them painted bright red and smiled. She backed off grumbled and took a seat.
That was then, I did bend the rules a bit, allowed the kids to play their boom boxes at low volume and told the kids, that this driver cannot drive high from second hand smoke, as long as I do not smell or see it, OPEN the firkin window. Told them if the cops stopped us to turn off the low music and get rid of anything they do not want found on them.
I possibly had the least problem bus in the city and that includes the buses driving to the private schools, religious and all White or all Black.
No anger from my students, they respected me, and knew that any problems they caused me would get them booted to another bus driver that was a hard ass.
I had no anger, no fights or acting up for the highschool, After they exited my bus I have no idea what happend to these kids, they may have fought each other but if they wanted to ride on my bus all was peacefull.
Anger was kept out back then, I have no idea what the drivers today with their radios, videos, and monotors do today to keep the peace.
This is not a transit city bus, the driver of a school bus can and must set the attitude for the kids to enter and exit school each day. Get them there feeling good and return them feeling good to an environment we cannot imagine.
Rant ended for now.