This week was my oldest first week at Kindergarten. It’s also his first time taking a bus, which was formative for me. I have a lot of memories of the bus. All of my friends, up until high school, were kids I was on the bus with. I had one kid chase me off the bus to beat me up on my front lawn. But most of the time, it was pretty cool. You spend a lot of time there.
I was wondering at one point the rules of the bus start to become a thing. At some point, who gets to sit where becomes an unwritten rule. Usually, older kids in the back. More leeway for bad shit the further you get back. My son’s on a bus with kindergarteners, first graders, and second graders. I figured for the most part, the rules don’t apply.
Well, I was wrong.
His third day back he said that his friend told him that older kids sit in the back. The second graders, I guess. One second grader apparently refuses to. He sits in the front. According to my son, he’s breaking the rules. I’m not sure how his friend got the rules, but they’re already spreading.
Fortunately, he likes sitting in the front. He really likes following the rules too. Just one more way he’s exactly like my wife.
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