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14 Things All 'School Bus Riders' Can Relate To, Even Years Later

Things you know if you rode the yellow bumpy bus.

Katrina Roshak

Mar 25, 2019

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14 Things All 'School Bus Riders' Can Relate To, Even Years Later

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I started riding the bus when I was in Kindergarten and stopped when I got my license. I spent a lot of time on the bus doing homework, chatting with friends, and sleeping. Sometimes the bus was my favorite part of the day and other times, I couldn't wait to get off. Here are a few things you know to be true if you rode the bus:

There was some sort of hierarchy of seating.

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The feeling of missing the bus.

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Keeping snacks from lunch to eat on your way home.

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Having bus buddies.

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Hot days with no air conditioning.

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Making playlists for the bus.

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Back seats were the bumpiest.

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Dealing with a mean substitute driver.

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Bus evacuation drills.

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Trying to do homework on the bus and not being able to write neatly because it's so bumpy.

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Hitting your head on the window when the ride gets bumpy.

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Falling asleep on the ride home.

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Trying to fit 3 people in a seat.

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School might be 15 minutes away, but riding the bus makes it 30 minutes or more.

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14 Things All 'School Bus Riders' Can Relate To, Even Years Later

Things you know if you rode the yellow bumpy bus.

There was some sort of hierarchy of seating.

The feeling of missing the bus.

Keeping snacks from lunch to eat on your way home.

Having bus buddies.

Hot days with no air conditioning.

Making playlists for the bus.

Back seats were the bumpiest.

Dealing with a mean substitute driver.

Bus evacuation drills.

Trying to do homework on the bus and not being able to write neatly because it's so bumpy.

Hitting your head on the window when the ride gets bumpy.

Falling asleep on the ride home.

Trying to fit 3 people in a seat.

School might be 15 minutes away, but riding the bus makes it 30 minutes or more.

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Are you really a college student if you don't stay up all night studying in your pajamas?

1. You get there and immediately look for a place to sit and all the tables are full.

2. You finally find a place to sit, and you look at your assignment.

3. Are you really a college student if you don't stay up all night studying in your pajamas?

4. When someone walks in wearing normal clothes and you're in your pajamas.

5. When random people come up to you and ask you to take their surveys.

6. There's always this really loud group of people in the corner who are clearly not studying.

7. I think I need a study break!

8. When your friend isn't done studying, but you want to leave.

9. When you send in your assignment one minute before it's due.

10. Then you realize you forgot an assignment that's due tomorrow.

11. When you finally leave!

12. When you find out that the friend you studied with all night passed and you failed.

Time to change up resolutions.

Keep a Journal

Go to the gym

Listen to Music

Be more patient

The truth of what it is like having a birthday around the holiday season.

Pro: PRESENTS! PRESENTS! PRESENTS!

Con: "This is your Christmas AND your birthday present."

Pro: Your entire family shows up to celebrate your birthday!

Con: You probably won't have a birthday party.

Pro: It snows on your birthday!!!

Con: It snows on your birthday.

Pro: Lots of decorations for your birthday!

Pro: You get a lot of food if family Christmas is on your birthday.

Pro: So much to celebrate and be thankful for.

Pro: I get to share my birthday with my Dad.

There is nothing quite like Christmas.

1. The Christmas decorations

2. Christmas movies

3. Spending time with family

4. Christmas cookies

5. Egg Nog

6. Christmas presents

7. Snow

We are well aware that it's not even Thanksgiving yet.

1. Decking the halls AKA decorating before Thanksgiving.

2. Playing Christmas music all day long.

3. Christmas movie marathons.

4. Getting offended when someone hates Christmas.

5. Drinking holiday themed drinks.

6. Buying ugly Christmas sweaters.

7. Using every chance to talk about Christmas.

8. Baking Christmas cookies.

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