Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Things only a master would know...

So Monday I defended my thesis, and by the grace of God I passed. Until it gets old, I will definitely be calling myself master! I meet with my professors again Friday to discuss the 7 content corrections of the document, and then will turn it in to the Thesis office once the profs have verified they're complete. The Thesis office will give it back to me hopefully soon, and tell me the formatting errors to correct, and then I'll submit that sucker and be cleared for graduation on August 13.

Boomshakalacka...

Today I thought I'd bring you some thoughts I've been pondering while working. First of all, have you noticed how it's generally older people who are school crossing guards? There's one crossing guard I pass who's a grandma with a bum leg...has it ever crossed anyone's mind that we're sending the elderly to jump out in front of cars to protect the kids!??! This just baffles me.

This morning when someone ran my stop sign/reds (which if you aren't smart enough to know kids could potentially be jumping out in front of the bus when those are up and you should stop since it's a STOP sign, let this be your free warning) I had a perfect invention idea. This might be because I was playing with transformers with Jonathan & Jacob yesterday, BUT tell me this would not be the best idea ever: some sort of engine powered scooter that is connected to the bus door. Where if the doors are opened and someone runs the stop sign, I can just press a button and jump off the bus onto a scooter, chase them down and tell them how dangerous they are. The ability to write a ticket would also be a plus.

This Friday we're having police officers ride some of the buses - YES! So hopefully we'll catch some of these dangerous people.

But you have to admit, a scooter chaser connected to the bus...genius.

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Posted by Danielle at 8:42 AM

3 comments:

  1. What if while you're gone on your scooter, all the kids get off the bus and run into the middle of the road?...gotta think about these things... :)

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  2. Oh sorry my thought is incomplete: part of the invention is a kill switch kind of like a jet-ski (mostly so that the kids don't try to drive away or someone try to steal them).

    Part of the kill switch's appeal is the force field that it creates right behind the driver, keeping students from exiting or approaching the driver's seat.

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  3. Perhaps you should think of joining the police department and then YOU could catch all those bums that run the bus stop lights....and every other idiot behind the wheel of a car. I can see you in one of the new Dodge cruisers with lights in the grill before on a scooter :)

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