Proactive teenager.School bus drivers have a responsibility to ensure the safety of their younger passengers. But a driver in Aurora, Missouri Aurora is a city in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States. The population was 7,014 at the 2000 census. Geography Aurora is located at (36.969956, -93.720574)GR1. , recently failed miserably mis·er·a·ble adj. 1. Very uncomfortable or unhappy; wretched. 2. Causing or accompanied by great discomfort or distress: a miserable climate. 3. in his duty. Fortunately, one of his teenaged passengers demonstrated "the right stuff." The unnamed student, a 17-year-old girl, was alarmed by the reckless reckless adj. in both negligence and criminal cases, careless to the point of being heedless of the consequences ("grossly" negligent). Most commonly this refers to the traffic misdemeanor "reckless driving. manner in which the substitute driver was operating the bus, speeding down back roads. The driver, 55-year-old Daniel Adams, reportedly also smelled of alcohol. The teenager decided that it was time for her to assume the responsibility her elder was woefully woe·ful also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: lacking. When her stop came, she ordered all of the six students remaining on the bus to get off with her. Her parents took the children home. The girl's parents also called police, who waited for Adams to return to the bus company and then arrested him. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an AP report, Adams failed a sobriety test and was charged with 10 counts of child endangerment. The driver may have failed his test, but we think the proactive teenager who led her fellow students to safety deserves straight As! |
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