Dear Queenie,
I am a 16-year-old boy attending one of the secondary schools on St. Maarten. My problem is with the driver of a school bus. This woman is so rude to the children. She has a reputation of throwing people off her bus, for no reason!
I asked a few of the other bus drivers about this and they said that if a child isn’t fighting, making trouble with anybody or being rude to the bus driver the driver has no right to kick them off. But she kicks you off just because she doesn’t want you on her bus or she thinks that you don’t like her for some reason.
Queenie, do you find this is right? I think she should be reported because she is running a bus for the government, not herself, so how can she kick anyone off for no reason? A bus driver running a bus for school is supposed to take any schoolchild on her bus. She can’t pick and choose who she wants on her bus.
I think she is very wrong. I would love to report her but I know word gets around quickly where it came from and it will only make things difficult for me. I wrote this letter to you to see what you think about it and to make it known what she does.
Please tell me what you think should be done, Queenie.—Aggravated Student
Dear Aggravated Student,
If what you are saying is correct, of course the bus driver should be reported.
Talk the matter over with your parents. Perhaps they will then take it up with the school authorities. In any event, let them do the reporting. The authorities will pay more attention to an adult’s complaint.
