The playful, defiant bus leap of freedom was spectacular. A standard-issue school bus pulls to a stop, its lights flash, the door opens, and a backpack flies out, followed by a jubilant nine-year-old—no orderly march down the bus steps for him. After energetically launching his pack, he leaped from the top stop, did a mid-air spin, scooped up his backpack as he landed, and ran off to freedom with a huge grin on his face.

The displeased bus driver demanded that someone narc on the kid while he was making his defiant bus leap of freedom. He needed his name so he could write the kid up. He was yelling and threatening and generally blowing a fuse over a bit of silliness. Some kid finally ratted.

Defiant Bus Leap Of Freedom Wrap Up

The backpack-throwing, spin-leaping, freedom-loving kid is a hero. Cooped up all day, trying to behave, trying to follow the rules, trying to stay still, he was exhibiting a bit of agency. He engaged in a bit of power play, trying to gain a tiny nugget of control over his life. I applauded him.

As for the driver and the narc: they should sit in a corner wearing a box of shame and think about their actions.

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