School bus driver cleared over depot drop-off.

School bus driver cleared over depot drop-off. :

"There will be no disciplinary action against a Sydney bus driver who refused to take a group of school children home after being verbally abused by some of them."

I should jolly well think so. No driver should have to put up with rude children. Kids get into high spirits, they get carried away as a group and they might well let off steam after sitting in classrooms all day, but that is no reason to be rude and nasty to each other or anyone else. The news the night it happened was very interesting. The reporters were actually trying to stay impartial but the parents interviewed on the news were quite clear in their message: No bus driver should have to put up with rude behaviour from their children if it had occurred. I liked those parents! I wanted to hug them. They thought like me!! You try and teach kids things but they don't always get it and sometimes you have to rexplain it for them to get it. It is fantastic all the parties concerned are clearing the air by having a meeting. It makes for open communication and an easier path to follow should anything go wrong. Kids get role models at home but they are subjected to a lot of diverse models through the media and adults just have to reset the boundaries. I though the bus driver showed sense. He didn't abandon them. He didn't put them off the bus ...and I have seen that happen on the train here and we have all heaved a sigh of relief...sorry, but we have. He could have taken them back to school, but I guess he might have been nearer to the depot. He was saying..I can't take any more of this , but he wasn't being irresponsible or negligent. The depot was a safe place for the students. Far better to get things straightened out. What's the alternative? That some students can make it so unpleasant for others? That bus and train drivers have to put up with interminable noise, racket and harassment? Kids will be kids, that's okay, but they also need to understand this thing called consideration and most of them do most of the time.