Soooo, people should just go to the back of the bus when they’re told to and sit quietly?
Didn’t say that. But they could go to the bus lines and discuss the problem rather than ignoring the bus company and then other people start complaining when the people are not allowed to use the bus when they were told it would happen. You’ll notice one of the kids said he didn’t care if he was punished. So he got kicked off the bus without any possibility of playing while under suspension. The article didn’t say indefinitely or permanently.
I said first trying to settle on ways to accomplish goals. When our patriots lost their lives in the War for Independence they had talked a long time with the Brits. But for more than a decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, tensions had been building between colonists and the British authorities. But they were talking.
Do I think either of the opposing sides is right here...no. But until the one in charge has their mind changed, the call is theirs and they take the responsibility for it. The same as the kids take responsibility for their call.
What they need to discuss is not the bus driver, the athletic director, but the policies of the school district that he doesn’t write and has agreed to follow when it is not life or safety threatening at the time. He only represents the district, not run it. And the kids broke the rules, intentionally, and should be punished in a way consistent with the district policies.
The kids wouldn’t be suspended for taking the opportunity to discuss it at length with the people in charge of the district and decisions made based upon facts and not just ignoring district policies. What makes us different is that we have the ability to reason. Hopefully, that would have come into focus. Both sides may be guilty here, but only one side broke the rules.
rwood