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The bus monitor was just on the Today Show. While she did not address her ability to discipline, she did say that the day it happened was something that had never before witnessed. She said that the kids were on the bus for only about 15 minutes, and she was caught off guard by the fact that they unleashed their nastiness immediately and for nearly the whole time.
She also said that "most of" the kids on the bus were kind and pleasant, and--from time to time--they would kid, but it was always in good spirit. She said that two of the four boys had come to apologize in person, and one father and one mother of the other two had come.
She said that she wants this: a face-to-face aplology from all four, and then she wants them to tell her in their own words why they behaved in such a way, and what they have learned from this whole ordeal. She said that she believes until they actually meet again and have a dialogue, they will have learned nothing.
My feelings are: Why in the world would any parents not force/drag/carry/run behind with a switch his or her child to her door and stand there while that child gave a lengthy and heart-felt apology. For any parent to "do the dirty work" for a child under those circumstances is absurd; those children need to look into her eyes and learn from their cruelty. I can also see those parents seeing to it that they did all her yard work for the summer--and that would be the only light of day they would see!
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