Unruly Schoolie

 
This post has been brewing in my thoughts for a while. Mainly because the situations were reoccurring and happened over the course of one week.  There's usually the complain from adults that "this new generation"  has no manners and lacks home training, while I can't disagree with that statement because I'm apart of the police squad (prefect body) at my school and dealing with those girls gives me migraines, I do disagree with  the approach that adults take when dealing with these students. Is respect earned or is it given?
  Well obviously in the eyes of these "adults", it's given. (Ntn nuh guh so). I refuse to give someone the respect they didn't give me. This is a barter system, give me 2 pounds and I'll give you 2 pounds. Don't expect more.
Now I'm sure adults have burning questions as to why this is so I'm here with the answers to the main question .


Were they taught to have manners?

• Yes, but this is 2017,and we 'new generation' children will not continue to give you a cheery Goodmorning when it takes you an arm and a leg to return the greeting.   
• While it isn't right to argue with you, it's not right for you to treat us like we're inferior just because we're younger and wear a uniform. 
• Do you have manners? Think about it.    

During that week of unfortunate events these four things happened.
1. Bus driver repeatedly drove the bus away from the stand because there was no line.
2. Bus driver refused to cash the students because they wouldn't make a line
3.Security guard said "Mi naa fi explain miself to nuh schooler (you are unworthy of my explanation because you are younger than me.)
4. Bus driver called ALL the adults from the back of the line to enter the bus first.  

What pissed me off the most was when this security guard no older than 25 said that he didn't have to explain himself to 'schoolaz'. Is it because we have no sense of understanding? We have no right to board the bus?  We're not worth your security guard time?  Hmmm I wonder.  What happened was, there are two lines to board the bus at that particular bus park, one line for students , the other for adults. Apparently the lines merge at five pm, and guess which line has to join which?   The students ofcourse. The students line which moves the slowest and is the longest has to join the adult line of adults who've probably one been there for 15 mins tops. That particular day  the security guards who man the line didn't announce this bit of information, then they take their time going up and down the line informing us in the student line that our line would not be allowed to board the bus. LOL, right?  A sixth former at the top of the line got really heated when he saw how long the other line had become and he'd already been there waiting from Woppy kill Phillip , so he began to argue with the security guard who was blocking him from boarding the bus, then everyone in the line began to grumble, then out comes this guard's rude comment. I felt offended and I'm sure everyone else was too, even the adults and they started arguing with him because he was being rude, that's when they started listening and allowed us to board the  bus. Sigh what is this life really.   Taking second place was the bus driver who refused to cash us , now the kids in Crossroads are serious about going home and apparently they have altercations with that bus driver daily. So they hopped on the bus and refused to let him close the door, then the driver started to drive the bus away, kids were tripping and screaming and he did not care. The police men had to stop him and there was a Jutc inspector out there who ate her snacks and did nothing, I don't know why she's there. Anyway Big up the blue seam police man in his helmet who made that driver know who run things.  Lol, anyway the driver got off the bus and another Jutc worker cashed us, But before the solution there was the course of action right? Yeah so this guy from this school, wearing a visor for some reason, makes me wonder if he plays tennis, jumped on the bus steps while his schoolmates cheered him on, on any other day I would've enjoyed the scene, but I'm a grown woman now 😉 I wanted to go home.
   Anyway the statement that sat well  with me was "miss I haven't disrespected you and you're trying to disrespect me and if yu disrespect me, mi ago diss yu back" His hand was out , pointing his four fingers at her and everything. His schoolmates cheered him on and he repeated himself, for clarity I guess. When the police took the driver off the bus, everyone cheered and then the onslaught of   insults ensued. Mainly the Jamaican favourites that I can't type because I'm running a clean publication here.  Anyway there was this lady there with a very annoying voice who felt the need to air her views and that she refused to board the bus. I didn't mind, one less body , one more bus seat. She expressed her surprise at how the students behaved, while they were rowdy, I saw it as standing up for their right to being treated fairly, does being a student mean that we're less of a person and as such be treated as that way, why should adults gain preference? I'm not saying that all students are perfect angels, there are quite a few bad apples, but does that that means we should be subjected to the  disdain of adults? No, we deserve fair treatment, and the whole philosophy of 'children should be seen and not heard' should be erased , especially within homes. It cannot continue, we need to express ourselves and we're going to do it. It's just unfortunate that it has to be done in an aggressive manner. But then again children learn what they're taught , and in this rough and tough society, no one opts for the passive aggressive route. We just grow rough.

Sidenote: Jamaica lacks professionalism especially the bus system and that's the matter that really needs to be addressed. No one is professional, obviously they lack the skills they claim to possess on those well written resumes.

TwistedM