As a bus driver there are things I can do, and things I can't. How can I influence children, and not cross that line?
I love a good story, and a true one even better. We have a friend that lived in California. One morning she had errands too run, and was really having a hectic day. After the work was done she decided to stop and see her husband, and tell him all she had accomplished. He was very pleased with his new bride, and asked, "Have you looked in the mirror today?" She thought to herself he even thinks I'm beautiful after I worked so hard. She arrived at home, and decided to look in the mirror to see the beauty her husband saw. Going into the bathroom she left the light of, and closed her eyes. Then she turned the light on, and opened her eyes. Oh no she realized that the chap-stick she so generously applied around her lips, was her bright red lipstick.
As children grow they look into the mirrors that are around them, and time has created it's own worst nightmare.
When I was a child the mirrors were still somewhat pure, as I grew older things started to change. When I went to school there was a certain length of hair, and dress was a concern of every parent. Today just about anything goes. There isn't much I can do about that. But I can still make a difference.
If I woke up in the morning with my bus sermon, and took the microphone, and preached the sermon of the day, my driving career would be over. But if I apply Biblical principles that are practical safety, they work, and teach at the same time. I've always seen myself as a educator, not just a bus driver. Sometimes the students don't like what I make them do for safety, but appreciate it when it keeps them safe. I always make this announcement in the beginning of the year. "My bus is a safe place to ride, if someone is doing something that is inappropriate to you let me know, and I'll get it changed. If you do something that makes our ride unsafe for us, I'll change that also. Lets have a good safe year." These precious little souls that are in my care, from the beginning of the school day, and at the end of the school day, are the future of America. I didn't realize how big my responsibility was until I met one of these precious little souls as a adult.
One day working at Wal-Mart a young man came walking up to me; "Remember me?" he asked. I was a little hesitant to acknowledge him, he was much bigger now, and a student that gave me a hard time as a child. I sort of wondered if the day for getting even had come! I said, "Yes, you're Jimmy, aren't you?" "Yes I am" "Well how's it going?"
I love a good story, and a true one even better. We have a friend that lived in California. One morning she had errands too run, and was really having a hectic day. After the work was done she decided to stop and see her husband, and tell him all she had accomplished. He was very pleased with his new bride, and asked, "Have you looked in the mirror today?" She thought to herself he even thinks I'm beautiful after I worked so hard. She arrived at home, and decided to look in the mirror to see the beauty her husband saw. Going into the bathroom she left the light of, and closed her eyes. Then she turned the light on, and opened her eyes. Oh no she realized that the chap-stick she so generously applied around her lips, was her bright red lipstick.
As children grow they look into the mirrors that are around them, and time has created it's own worst nightmare.
When I was a child the mirrors were still somewhat pure, as I grew older things started to change. When I went to school there was a certain length of hair, and dress was a concern of every parent. Today just about anything goes. There isn't much I can do about that. But I can still make a difference.
If I woke up in the morning with my bus sermon, and took the microphone, and preached the sermon of the day, my driving career would be over. But if I apply Biblical principles that are practical safety, they work, and teach at the same time. I've always seen myself as a educator, not just a bus driver. Sometimes the students don't like what I make them do for safety, but appreciate it when it keeps them safe. I always make this announcement in the beginning of the year. "My bus is a safe place to ride, if someone is doing something that is inappropriate to you let me know, and I'll get it changed. If you do something that makes our ride unsafe for us, I'll change that also. Lets have a good safe year." These precious little souls that are in my care, from the beginning of the school day, and at the end of the school day, are the future of America. I didn't realize how big my responsibility was until I met one of these precious little souls as a adult.
One day working at Wal-Mart a young man came walking up to me; "Remember me?" he asked. I was a little hesitant to acknowledge him, he was much bigger now, and a student that gave me a hard time as a child. I sort of wondered if the day for getting even had come! I said, "Yes, you're Jimmy, aren't you?" "Yes I am" "Well how's it going?"
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