I looked at the other teacher sitting with me on the bus, my eyes sending her a telepathic message, Did she just say that?
It was our annual bus evacuation drill and we were on the bus with a driver who had just told our 6th graders that if they didn’t listen and follow the rules they would die.
The driver certainly had our attention.
She had presence, a well-projected voice and a flair for the dramatic.
I learned about the double hull construction of a school bus . Who knew?
I learned that a bus will fill with smoke in two minutes.
And I learned that this driver would drag the “lifeless body” of a child who choked on a piece of gum off the bus and begin first aid as soon as she could.
As we exited the bus, reeling a little, one of my students simply said, “She talked a lot about dying.”
Definitely the most dramatic bus evacuation drill I have ever experienced.
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