Rural Ramblings: School Bus

[lookashiny]

One of the things I always hated about where I grew up was the long bus ride I had to take to get to school, from kindergarten through 12th grade. It took half an hour to get to the elementary school on the bus (a five minute drive, otherwise) and nearly an hour one way to get to the high school (25 minute drive).

The wait for the bus was also hard. I was never one of the lucky people who lived in a place where they could see the bus coming from inside. I had to walk to the stop before hand or else miss the bus. At least there was a gas station across the street from my first bus stop that I could stand inside to wait when it was really cold. Starting in 7th grade, I was at different stops that didn't have places nearby where I could wait where it was warm. (Some of the kids who waited at my later stops got to wait in a car, but they never invited me to.)

At least I never got car sick, so I was able to read on the bus. I read a lot of books there, especially when I was in high school.

Comments

[corvidology]

In England, if you're riding the bus to school it's the regular bus so there's nearly always a bus shelter to at least keep the cold wind out.

[lookashiny]

I lived in a rural enough area that the school bus was the only bus that ran, so there weren't any shelters, unfortunately. It's good that you had them!

[shneyele]

I love your icon! Tea is always good.

[shneyele]

I took public transportation in hs.. twas a pain in the arse but what can you do? And, when I lived in Wasaga Beach I was snowed out a lot.

[lookashiny]

We had snow days fairly often, as well. When I was in high school, we had a couple when we didn't have a ton of snow, because another town in the district did and we had a Union school.

[shneyele]

Wasaga Beach gets a sh-t ton of snow, as does my town of Newmarket.

[lookashiny]

That's too bad! Vermont got a ton this year, but I live in NYC, so I've avoided most of it.

[shneyele]

Ah... I grew up in Wasaga Beach and Toronto.