02-19-2012, 12:52 PM
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Bottom line here is that the kid got thrown off the bus for a week. He must have done SOMETHING bad for that to have happened.
The fact that it was a 4.6 mile walk tells me that this happened in a rural area.
The assertion that the kid "could have" been kidnapped et al is not a really valid point. That's based on "if's"....if this or that or yadda yadda yadda. Well IF my aunt had balls then she would be my uncle!
I didn't ride a school bus until I was in 8th grade and even then I would sometimes opt to walk! It was just short of 2 miles to the school.
Around here they have become so wussified that they stop at each kid's HOUSE to pick them up. EVEN IF THERE ARE 2 KIDS NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER!
Until Max and our neighbor's kids decided on their own that this was ridiculous and simply started going to the common point of our property line, they would stop in front of our driveway to pick up Max then drive about 2 bus lengths to the neighbor's mailbox to pick up the neighbor kids!!!!!!
Fuckin' wow!
Now was a 4.6 mile walk a bit long for a 10 year old? I'd say probably. Mom could have driven him to within say a mile or so then made him walk the rest of the way. That should have been sufficient to get the point across to the kid that he shouldn't behave badly on the bus.
HOWEVER......sending mom to jail is NOT a proper course of action here.
As to the kid saying mom would "beat" him. Maybe she (like me) tells a kid they are in for a spanking by using the term "I will beat your ass!" if you (insert offense here).
The fact that it was a 4.6 mile walk tells me that this happened in a rural area.
The assertion that the kid "could have" been kidnapped et al is not a really valid point. That's based on "if's"....if this or that or yadda yadda yadda. Well IF my aunt had balls then she would be my uncle!
I didn't ride a school bus until I was in 8th grade and even then I would sometimes opt to walk! It was just short of 2 miles to the school.
Around here they have become so wussified that they stop at each kid's HOUSE to pick them up. EVEN IF THERE ARE 2 KIDS NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER!
Until Max and our neighbor's kids decided on their own that this was ridiculous and simply started going to the common point of our property line, they would stop in front of our driveway to pick up Max then drive about 2 bus lengths to the neighbor's mailbox to pick up the neighbor kids!!!!!!
Fuckin' wow!
Now was a 4.6 mile walk a bit long for a 10 year old? I'd say probably. Mom could have driven him to within say a mile or so then made him walk the rest of the way. That should have been sufficient to get the point across to the kid that he shouldn't behave badly on the bus.
HOWEVER......sending mom to jail is NOT a proper course of action here.
As to the kid saying mom would "beat" him. Maybe she (like me) tells a kid they are in for a spanking by using the term "I will beat your ass!" if you (insert offense here).
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