As for the school buses, I think it's a Florida-driving thing! Seriously, every day I watch a fleet of about 15 buses Most of them make a left at the intersection where there is no light and they have to cross a median to get to the other lane. Zoooooom! Maybe it just looks really bad from my vantage point. They don't even stop at the stop sign.
I've never taken a school bus. My grade school and junior high were right across the street from eachotherand only a relatively short walk away from home. I still remember those walks, past a park and the stadium (the jr high used to be a high school ; the stadium was incredible and used by the new high school)They were often the best part of the day. Especially when we went across the highway to get bagels before class!
For high school here in Fla. I rode my bike to my cousin's house, then we walked the 5 blocks to school. So I was spared any school bus trauma
Perhaps we should split into a Nostalgia Thread
For some reason I'm tearing up. I often think about going back up to NJ to recreate one of those magical walks. The bagel place is still there. I wouldn't mind checking out my old schools. But maybe I'm just remembering it all wrong, and it would be a big disappointment.