Krista

What you expect isn't necessarily what is good for the situation. She obviously was being bullied by a group of teenage boys - it would be easy for her to feel completely overwhelmed. I believe if she reacted any differently, it would have made the situation worse for her, it is difficult to be brave when people are in a crowd mentality. It is obvious she wasn't trained or given orders to be the authoritarian everyone seems to have 'expected' out of her or she probably would have been a bit more of one.

Firstly, bus monitors are there to Monitor the children, seeing if they are violating safety precautions and also the driver's driving habits. They have no authority over the children on the bus. They are there to keep the smaller children out of trouble or may not know when to get off the bus, or special needs that doesn't require a special needs alternative transportation. She isn't paid to be an authoritative figure, that is left to the Driver and the School's administration, she is low woman on the ladder as far as that is concerned. So those of you that say she needed to become that authoritative figure have it wrong - she had no authority to begin with. Secondly, there is a group mentality going on, all of them may have not even been friends, but wanted to fit in or try to form a connection. It wouldn't have mattered if she did say anything, as you saw - she tried and they laughed and completely overlooked it. They had no respect for an adult. Bus Monitors aren't specifically trained, they are placed there because there is a need for bus monitors. It would take training to deal with that sort of harassment and I feel she did all she could do. The stance you're taking is that she should have stood up for herself. She is also an old woman probably too old and overlooked for most jobs. Pretty much what got her the job is that no one else wanted it or that she seemed to have the patience of a saint. So I don't get why we are here talking about her as a weak human being. She is stepping out of her comfort zone and working a job that she probably doesn't want, but has to have. It is easy for all of us to sit here and say that she was weak, but we don't know what sort of life she lived before this. The teens were cruel, there was nothing she could have done... and if she did, she would have been the one who got into trouble or lost a job she probably needed. None of us can say we could have handled it, so to say she should have handled it BETTER is a bit narcissistic and shows that our judgments can be just as cold as the teenagers on the bus.

When you know someone is doing something... and it looks wrong, you should at least make an attempt. It is their own fault if they don't listen and they end up doing more work than what is necessary. If they act snotty and unappreciative, then you know their reaction for the next time they are about to mess something up.. and then you can laugh hysterically.

Good games have artistic intentions within them.. scenery, story/plot, character designs, and the like. Is that the foremost intentions of video games? I don't think so, I mean a very artistic, visually appealing game can become very boring very fast with out the gaming aspect in there too.. The artistic intentions may not even be what you notice at first, but it should be something you DO notice if the intention is there. There are a lot of genres that don't have artistic intentions, sport-based video games are more for the reality aspect.. trying the make the game and the functions of the game as realistic as possible. Games like Dragonage and Halo and the like rely on art to add flavor... or they would all be the same.

I'm definitely not a momma's girl and I have good fashion sense... good thing I'm not a gay man.. I'd be in a world of hurt.. (Capricorn, btw).. entertaining to read.. lol.

Happy Birthday Old Bob! Have a great one!

Eh.. people want different things out of life. I wouldn't have minded being married 19 - 20. A lot of my friends were married right out of high school and they are all still happy and still together. If they were in love and committed to one another, then how is that not living? Liam Hemsworth would be hot enough for me to look at for the rest of my life as well... just like my husband is. People who cheat are 'always' looking for what they don't have or what they think they need, never satisfied no matter what they have standing next to them. It is a mindset that has nothing to do with youth.

Men, right? Want us to have curves.. and complain when they can pinch a little more than they could awhile ago.. lol.

It is called becoming a woman, not fattening up..

Very nice! Congratulations and good job molding the story.

Jack from Will and Grace and I liked the gay pairing in Brothers and Sisters.. although the show got boring fast.

Sigh... https://www.gayauthors.org/forums/topic/34203-vanishing-story/ - - Please look around in Site Announcement areas, usually these questions are already answered.

Lol.. YEAH poor Trouble! I kind of kept forgetting about her.. and then was like.. 'damn' the pup.

SIS 15 I made up my mind to go visit Jenny when Dad started fussing about the grass dying in the yard. He and Mom had worked over the paperwork at the kitchen table for a few hours while Trouble slept in my lap. When she woke up is when I decided that I had enough eavesdropping on their conversation and decided to get away from the house. It was bad enough knowing that the store and the house would be no longer ours in the coming days, them talking about it and Mom crying even more only m

Whiskey and the like do me wrong.. lol. Vodka is a girl's best friend.

About time you resurfaced.. you wouldn't want me going lifeguard on your ass.

Happy Birthday Fearless yeti Leader! Have a great one! Don't work too hard.

There were a lot of unknowns within the story, I thought. Like, how one ended up in the Hospital in the first place. How one character was outed and how bad the life really was for the outed character. Then I wondered when he went to stand in the shadows, that he did take the ammo out of the gun and lied to the hospitalized guy... It was a suspenseful story. Felt bad for both characters really. Paralyzed from the neck down is terrible. Being hurt emotionally, bullies, taunted, and becoming an outcast too, is bad.

Congratulations 2012 Graduates!

I like my Werewolves in fiction to be wolves - or at least can turn all the way into what would look like the animal equivalent. Although, I am currently reading a series and her werewolves can transition into a complete wolf and the bipedal version.

Happy Birthday Andy!

I do miss the boy bands of the 90s, nice blended sounds and easy/cheesy lyrics to like and sing to. I may be a bit too old to like them now though, although I do listen to some of the older stuff.. lol. I'm more of a country girl these days.

Happy Birthday!! Have a great one!

Happy Birthday Patrick. Have a good one!

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