Had the same bus driver through ElHi. His name was Bob, and nobody messed with him. WWII vet, 82nd Airborne. He’d pull over and shut the bus off. All of a sudden, dead silence. He had a look that could kill. He’d start walking up the aisle, we’d all breathe a sigh of relief when he passed by our row. He’d grab the perp, bring him to the front of the bus and sit on the heater for the rest of the way to school.
Damn, that was Bob Swarthout to a tee! Were you attending Cayuga Heights Elementary School in Ithaca, NY?
He and Mr. Razzman in fourth grade were two peas in a pod. I swear Mr. Razzman could have been a pitcher for the NY Yankees the way he could bean you with chalk from the front of the room. He always threw strikes.
My sister retired from 45 years of teaching math two weeks ago. She says classrooms are out of control all over the country with zero discipline anywhere and the administrations afraid to administer true justice. It’s commonplace for new teachers to not last a year now with all the abuse.