Lord help her if we have some

frozen precip instead of just damp and rainy. And, yes, Miss Fitzpatrick,

you will have to drive in it and there will be others on the road with

you, probably spatting the same obscenities you "spat" at them.

Maybe the parents are a little

worried about having their "precious" middle-schoolers or freshman

stand at the bus stop in the rain, or any day for that matter, not knowing

if that senior is watching the road or what station their radio is tuned

to.

If ALL the students rode the

bus instead of driving their mommy-and-daddy-bought BMWs and Hondas, there

would be less traffic on the road. After all, isn't that why buses

were even created?

I rode the bus through my senior

year, as did many others in my class, and I must admit, I'm much better

because of it, thanks to my parents.

Grow up, Miss Fitzpatrick;

all the whining seems to be coming from you. It's attitudes like yours

that has people rushing to raise the age for a license. It's a cruel world

out there, Miss Fitpatrick, one without snow days.

Jimmy Coker

Fayetteville