These kids probably reacted better than adults would and worked together admirably. 1 grabbed the wheel, 1 hit the breaks, 1 gave the bus driver her nebulizer while another held her head, and 1 called 911. Great job all around and these kids all deserve medals for heroism.
It's nice to see a positive news story for a change.
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nicostein12 hr ago
+141
Clever of them not to include an image, but I know it was the power rangers.
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Fallouttgrrl11 hr ago
+29
I figured the Hey Arnold crew but you might be right
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colinisthereason10 hr ago
+10
The Peanuts Gang waved their arms around her, wished everyone a Merry Christmas and sang Hark the Herald Angels Sing
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Fallouttgrrl12 hr ago
+42
Honestly that sounds like the last five minutes of your typical afternoon Nickelodeon episode
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CellistMundane93728 hr ago
+6
Only if the bus driver was sharp and incredibly sassy, and all the kids' clothes had bright colors.
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kittyonkeyboards5 hr ago
+5
Adults have too much cultural norm baggage. Conditioned not to make a scene even when reality is about to crash you into a wall.
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Solleil3 hr ago
+1
having a nebulizer was her saving grace holy shit what luck. thank goodness.
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Dwayla14 hr ago
+260
It was an asthma attack.
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themainsadgurl11 hr ago
+58
Um… idk if you know this, but you can have a medical emergency at any time, unexpectedly.
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themainsadgurl11 hr ago
+23
With this logic you can eliminate majority of truck drivers, delivery drivers, and uber and Lyft drivers lololol
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Nottabird_Nottaplane11 hr ago
+27
People who have asthma shouldn’t drive???? That’s your takeaway?? Are you thinking at all?
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gkanai10 hr ago
-14
There is a difference between driving yourself and driving a school bus full of children. People with a condition that would make them incapable of driving should not be driving school buses.
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MommyLovesPot8toes8 hr ago
+9
Are you allergic to bees? Probably shouldn't drive a bus in case a bee flies in and stings you.
Do you have a heart? Probably shouldn't drive a bus, just in case you have a heart attack. Do you have allergies? Because it's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open, and driving with your eyes closed is dangerous.
Do you think there are hundreds of thousands of people lining up to take jobs as school bus drivers? If we eliminated anyone with any potential medical complication, there would be zero drivers.
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Elgato0111 hr ago
+28
You know there’s always a chance you have an aneurysm while driving right? Does that mean by your logic that you should never be in a position of driving anybody either
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ButNotInAWeirdWay8 hr ago
+14
I wanna see the “folk with health disabilities shouldn’t get jobs, since they’ll put anyone at risk” people battling it out against the “I shouldn’t have to pay for the disabled to live, they need to get their own jobs” people. It would be pretty neat to watch.
Maybe throw in the “folk with disabilities are selfish for having kids” people, if the argument starts to get stale.
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eeveemancer7 hr ago
+10
the venn diagram of those three demographics, despite being fundamentally contradictory, is a circle
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gkanai10 hr ago
-15
If you're diagnosed as having a condition that would cause you to lose consciousness, then you absolutely should not be responsible for driving other people or flying, etc.
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canadian_xpress10 hr ago
+11
Even people with epilepsy can drive after an extended seizure free period. Diagnoses aren't disqualifications for employment.
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gkanai10 hr ago
-13
I am not saying that they shouldn't drive. I am saying that they shouldn't be driving a school bus.
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AudibleNod14 hr ago
+179
>Mississippi
Aww, no
>middle school students
**Sigh* come on Mississippi you can do better
>stop bus from crashing after driver blacks out
Alright, something good coming out Mississippi for once. Way to go kids.
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MLB-LeakyLeak13 hr ago
+178
Mississippi students are actually above average now. It took **billions and billions** of dollars from blue donor states, but they did it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Miracle
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Clunas12 hr ago
+49
This Mississippi parent is grateful for all the work and funding that's gone into it. Hopefully the next generation will be educated enough to start making some more changes in other areas too
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Consistent-Throat13010 hr ago
+4
Just a shame Mississippi needed the *hand up* to do it.
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L_Cranston_Shadow5 hr ago
+1
Kind of depends how many of these kids take that education and move out of the state. I don't know how to say this and not sound incredibly judgemental, but given how broken and depressed the rest of your state is, including the lack of major well paying employers, I would be willing to bet that the ones that can get out, will.
Those will be the most educated and qualified to improve things over time. The Midwest has had the same issue since WWII and the GI Bill gave people better options.
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bros40213 hr ago
+28
Now they rank [34th](https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education/prek-12) in the nation.
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IANALbutIAMAcat11 hr ago
+6
Thank god for Mississippi
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AudibleNod13 hr ago
+36
The real TIL is always in the comments
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IANALbutIAMAcat11 hr ago
+8
I only learned about this a couple weeks ago as someone who grew up about 20 minutes outside of Mississippi. I’m so glad for them.
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Midnighter889 hr ago
+3
Clearly not on the Alabama side. "At least we're not Mississippi" was the state motto when I was growing up.
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rabidstoat11 hr ago
+7
We shouldn't stop until all our states are above average! /s
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AwakePlatypus10 hr ago
+3
No State Left Behind!
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123ludwig13 hr ago
+8
is this a case of federal funding or states actually donating to improve another state
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MLB-LeakyLeak13 hr ago
+18
Federal welfare
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StuffonBookshelfs13 hr ago
-4
They started retaining 3rd graders so they would be better at the 4th grade reading test.
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Sanity_in_Moderation5 hr ago
+1
>"This embrace of phonics education and the near-complete rejection of whole language theory was a key component of the program's success."
The damage that whole language theory has done to millions of children is staggering. It's so bad that long term analysis of children's grades found that the more exposure they got to that garbage theory, the worse they did.
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BrilliantThought172813 hr ago
-10
What are you talking about?
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kittleherder10 hr ago
+22
Good chance these Mississippi kids already have some experience driving and were able to apply that here. Farm equipment, four wheelers, cars for their drunk parents, golf carts etc.
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avboden10 hr ago
+7
Yeah I'd say most 6th graders at least understand how a car works, even if they don't drive. Still pretty cool to jump to action and actually get it done though
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No-Manufacturer-24259 hr ago
+3
I live on an arterial alleyway, and you'd be surprised how many 12 year olds they can fit on a golf cart and stop just shy of daddies little girl speeding down the road in her brand new F250.
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_Random_Username_11 hr ago
-6
Can the student also summon mysterious balls of light?
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