On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:17:27 +0000, Dave Arquati
wrote:



Don't tarnish all youths with the same brush. How often do you read in
the paper "a group of under-18s took the bus normally with no
commotion"? Just because one bunch of idiots caused chaos doesn't mean
that all teenagers are automatically guilty. I'll think you'll find that
most teenagers today still actually know that mugging pensioners is wrong!

Mate of mine drives a school bus regularly.
His philosophy is that teenagers are naturally loud and
boisterous and sometimes a little daft but on the whole most of them
get on his bus without any malicious intent.
Has built up a such rapport with them that it is not unknown for a
couple of youngsters to ask for the broom and dust pan he carries so
that the evidence of a bunfight ( with real buns) can removed before
anything has to be said.

Admittedly the same chap is on the same run day after day so it is
probably easier to achieve such a situation than a driver of a stage
bus that happens to collect a large influx of pupils at school
chuckout time.

G.harman