“First let me say I grew up in a middle-class family and rode a yellow bus to school.” Everyone knows that riding a yellow bus to get to school, builds character, character only found in middle class yellow bus riders. Building this middle class character over the years until I got my drivers license, built appreciation for yellow school buses. The education received from yellow school bus riding, has kept me middle class until this very day. Headed out to a friends ranch the other day, I was stuck behind a yellow school bus. I noticed middle class kids texting on their cells as they got on the bus. I was a bit saddened that kids now get their yellow bus education from bus texting and such. I have heard that the middle class yellow bus drivers, don't have discipline problems as they once did on these long rides from country to school. Lived and worked on ranches and also worked construction to supplement my middle class income before retirement. Nothing noteworthy about my life, starting as a middle class yellow school bus rider.
Welcome, Tex! My elementary school had the yellow buses but also an old city transit bus, complete with the ticking coin box and the back side door. Guess who got to ride that one for two years?
Welcome to the forum, @Tex DeLeon ! I am a former north Idaho cowgirl-type person, now living in sunny Alabama with no horses anymore, but i do still watch horse videos on youtube, if that counts for anything. I lived just outside of Ellensburg, at the little town of Thorp for about a year (rode horseback by the Black Angus ranch), and also lived at Easton, near CleElum, for a while; as well as in Spokane and on the west Coast near Mossyrock, so I am almost a Washington native, too. I love and miss both Washington and Idaho, and think you live in a wonderful part of the United States. I am looking forward to reading more of your stories of farm life there, as well as in Texas, growing up, and riding on the yellow school bus. (In Idaho, we had to walk to school every day, no school busses for town kids. Even worse……girls had to wear dresses to school back then…..cold legs in the winters !)
I agree! It was the only time rural kids got away from work. I thought getting my Texas drivers license at 14 was freedom until I was expected home 30 minutes earlier to do more chores.
Yes, girls wore dresses except on Friday when loose jeans or slacks were allowed. Were you allowed to wear tights under a dress?
@Tex DeLeon from Ohio. School buses were not around for me. I walked until I was in high school and then rode the city transit. I feel I still can relate.
Tex, Welcome to SOC. My 3 grandkids living with me and my Wife are hurried to catch the yellow school bus every school day. Tony from Long Island NY
@Tex DeLeon - Welcome from the Lost land of Kansas for last two years- Born and raised in Texas At one time I interviewed potential school bus drivers before being hired. Filled in riding the handi capped bus with 5 very rowdy boys. Enjoy the Forum
Tell us a little more about your work on ranches. Our interests lay in professional rodeo, farming and ranching. I use to own a quarter horse, was a member of AQHA as well as a PRCA as a Team Roper/"header". Being that I'm now 75, those days of roping and rodeo are all over. However, we are very serious fans of PRCA rodeo.
Howdy Tex from Pennsylvania. No school busses for me. I walked to school and it was uphill both ways.