Totally agree with you on that- If I had a school-age child these days, that’s what I would be doing (homeschooling).
If the rules of the bus are that you can’t do anything but sit in your seat quietly, no video games, no texting, etc., and you had a long ride home, then that’s just not right. The “enforcer” was going to teach the kid a lesson and lost it. Wrong no matter what.
On a similar thought, I went to see a friend’s 5-year daughter’s dance recital at a local elem.school. All ages from toddlers to old ladies were represented. It went on for a little over an hour. For me, it was tolerable, but for the 8-yr. old brother, likely not. He started playing quietly with his little electronic video game not bothering anybody. He got in trouble with his parents, for not paying attention to the girls dancing. Frankly, I would have left him alone. What do you all say?
Re: Forced attendance at younger sister’s dance recital.
Having to endure these for four years, I would have preferred being locked in the trunk for the two and a half hours.
I still get tremors on hearing “American Patrol” or when someone mentions “Hula Babies” (actually they were kind of fun to watch, every blessed one of them out of synch and doing something different.)