Bus Driver Appreciation Week

Nothing can make everyone happy.

I checked my Facebook Feed after last night’s Super Bowl Halftime Show and

Found myself scrolling between posts either loving or hating the performance.

One post would love it.

One post would hate it.

One post would love it.

One post would hate it.

You get the idea.

I didn’t watch it. I have no opinion.

All I know is that

Nothing can make everyone happy.

And yet…some things should.

 

This week is Bus Driver Appreciation Week.

Have you ever thought about how difficult it is—or would be—to be a school bus driver?

Bus drivers are the only adult with sometimes 72 children on a bus.

Drivers must face forward, which means their backs are turned away from said 72 children,

Yet they are responsible for keeping order and discipline on their buses,

All while maintaining their routes in a safe, expedited manner.

They are the first school representative that children see each day.

They can make or break a kid’s mood right for the day.

They are the last school representative that children see each day.

They can make or break a kid’s desire to want to return to the school on the morrow.

Bus drivers must leave incredibly early in the mornings and

They must drive late in the afternoons.

They must drive in perfect weather conditions and perilous weather conditions,

Sometimes without heat, sometimes without air,

And they must keep their own buses clean,

Oftentimes having to provide their own cleaning supplies.

 

To be highly appreciated for one week is a drop in the bucket for the work that our bus drivers do each day.

And so…this week should make everyone happy.

And yet…I would wager that there are some people who think that Bus Driver Appreciation is unnecessary—

That bus drivers shouldn’t need special recognition

And that they should simply be thankful to have work…

Yet I disagree.

I think that bus drivers DO deserve the special recognition.

This week and beyond.

 

And so…if you are a bus driver: THANK YOU.

And I stand by this thanksgiving…

Whether it makes people happy or not 😊.