The Magic School Bus

The 51 bus moves slowly, rumbling wearily down the road, huffing and puffing like my old Grandpa. I don't care. Its a beautiful morning- dappled sunlight streak through the leaves of the Puriri that line the road on either side, and a cloudless sky rolls overhead. I lean against the dirty window, gazing up at the large blue expanse. It blows my mind, because I feel as though there is too much beauty in that beautiful blue oblivion, endless and overwhelming. I love her, I know. Old, worn out…

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encountered after attending Carl Junction schools, and the impact and difference it made on my life. People think all schools are the same, that it is school, there’s kids and there’s teachers, you go and sit for 8 hours and you get marked as ‘present’ regardless if you’re learning or not, and if you’re present and you don’t fail, then you go on to the next grade. But I realized something different, when things got switched up for me. I attended Carl Junction schools from 1st grade to the very…

The sun shines as the yellow bus turns the corner and moves its way up the street. My mom and dad are sitting in the front seat as I am sitting in my car seat in the back. A green backpack is strapped to my shoulders. I am a tad nervous, but excited at the same time. Closer and closer comes the bus. Sun shining into the car, the door opens and I hop out onto the pavement. There are other kids waiting for the bus too. Kids that are older than I, huddle in a circle next to the red stop sign…

us do not automatical- ly think of school bus drivers. A hero is defined as “a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble quali- ties.” Similarly, an old proverb states, “A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.” Here are just few examples of Florida school bus drivers who didn’t “run away.” • Students in Boca Raton credit their school bus driver with saving their lives, as she was able to safely stop her bus on a busy street following a…

can buy their selves a meal. The kids were so nice, saying thank you and giving me hugs. In my mind, I was thinking about the struggle these kids go through everyday just to eat. As the day went on it started to rain. While we, the tourist, were on a bus, I witness kids running…

Changed My Life Ever since I first started to walk, sports have been a major part of my life. When I walk on to the pitch I am transformed into another world where all else fades away except the game. Two years ago, when I was a sophomore in high school, the game changed my entire life forever. After many time-consuming and demanding practices my team finally earned a place in the conference tournament for the first time in decades. The game was days away, but I could already feel the focus…

in middle school my sister Sandy, and my two girlfriends Jill and Vanessa and myself were violated by a neighborhood pervert. Richard was a white man in his thirty’s a father of two young children. He lived in the upstairs apartment from Vanessa and her family. Vanessa was the new kid in the neighborhood, she went to school with us and lived down the block from my house. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much parental supervision in the household. A single mom who was attending nursing school…

the community does for us, and what you all might like to consider as future jobs.” stated Ms. Flanagan as she instructed to her 3rd grade class. The kids gathered in to a bundle and loaded abroad the bus shoving and pushing anxiously awaiting to make the first stop, Monsters Incorporated. The bus drove along finally coming to a broad steel gate with the letters “MI” in great metal letters that hovered, casting a shadow upon the kids. “Where are we at Ms. Flanagan?” said Mike Wazowski curiously…

Have you ever ridden on a school bus? Most people have. But, did the bus you were on have seatbelts? For most people, the bus didn’t. Some may think that this is not dangerous, or that it is not worth the money, but based footage I have seen, I think otherwise. In the united states, only 6 out of 50 states require seat belts. If that number were increased, the average amount of 11 kids who die due to bus related accidents each year could be brought even lower. When busses get into accidents, it…