School Bus Epidemic

A crowded city bus I was riding on the other day drew to a stop at a red light. Also at the light, the next lane over, was a school bus filled with students from Plymouth on some sort of field trip to the Big City.

All down the length of the bus curious faces stared out little square windows at tall glass buildings, traffic and the men dodging rush hour traffic to sell single roses to commuters. One child focused instead on our bus and slowly made a goofy face out the window at us. Someone on my bus noticed this and laughed which made the young student laugh in turn.. His laughter caused the pair of girls sitting in the next seat forward on the school bus to notice the face he was making and focused their attention on our bus also. They started making faces. In a matter of seconds the entire school bus was making faces at the passengers of our bus, most of whom were studiously ignoring the display but grinning despite themselves.

Only one student did not participate... immune to the epidemic. Instead he simply flipped us all the bird as the light turned green and the buses separated, leaving one to wonder what the next 'epidemic' might have been if the light had been longer.

I love that the science I'm learning in the classroom can be demonstrated by such a simple situation as students making faces on a bus.