u/Bluetriton5500

I'm a new driver and I take quite a few field trips. Losing a key during a trip is one of my worst fears. I leave the key in the glove box because I feel it's safer there than taking it with me. It's not attached to anything besides a tag with the bus number, so it's small.

We haven't went over what we do in that situation, but it's common sense to call dispatch. That'll suck when it's late at night and one of them has to leave home to deal with it. If it happened to you, what happened after ? And how far were you from base ?

I'm just gonna say it since idc really, but I work for Durham, A subsidiary of Summit School Services, a big contractor with locations all over the country for those who don't know. I got my license 3 weeks ago, and our school year started last week.

New drivers are typically substitutes, and don't have their own route. This one driver, according to his bus monitor, actually found a new job, but instead of telling them, he's been calling in every day as a way to get back at them for supposedly not treating him well. I've been doing his route since school started. But most of my fellow substitutes are on standby most of the time. They get paid to sit at the base, and just chill until they are called to take over a route. And we get paid $29/hr once licensed.

Sometimes I envy the other substitutes getting paid to sit on their asses, but at the same time, I'm getting good experience and this job is also a cakewalk, so far (once you get past the tedious training). At least compared to other jobs I've had. I've done mostly non-stop, physically demanding jobs (retail, tire shop) for less than $20/hr. I was on the clock for 13 hours today. Normally we work 6, but I did 2 field trips. I was probably driving for about 1/4 of that. I think that at the right company, this is one of the most bang for your buck jobs.

I heard a barrage of gunfire from my neighborhood on Nixon. Wasn't sure what it was until I heard sirens. I heard from the scanner that a woman has been shot but is fortunately conscious. 3 suspects tried to flee by car and only the driver was apprehended so far. The other two are being sought by police. It seems to be happening at or very close to GreenBrier Apartments.

Larry Jr. of Wisconsin was 14 years old when he and an accomplice, Antonio Johnston, confronted another teen over a mocking comment he made about a gold chain Larry was wearing. A shootout broke out between the 3, and a 20 year old woman named Tatyanna Zech was killed. Zech was an innocent bystander who was simply taking out the trash when a bullet from Larry Jr. or Johnston's weapon struck and killed her. 3 other people were injured in the shooting, including the intended target. From what I gathered, Johnston shot first, and Larry Jr. followed suit. I wasn't able to find out who fired the fatal shot. Larry Jr. claims that the individual they confronted brandished his firearm first, prompting both of them to open fire to defend themselves, but he was unable to convince the jury as he and his accomplice was convicted of first degree murder amongst other charges. Both were sentenced to life without parole last December. They both gave a long apology before they were condemned.

Given the fact that he was only 14 at the time, do they think he deserved the sentence he received ?

High school football players who claim a very fast 40 are often exposed by their track times.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/s/P0FVcP9zeM

I consider the conversions in the above post to be a pretty good guide for combine-style 40 times converted to 100m. I've compared it to the combine 40 times of players who ran college track and found it to be pretty close in the vast majority of cases. I wouldn't use high school times since players typically get faster in college, nothing crazy but significant enough. Of course, every sprinter is different and some have better acceleration than others but there shouldn't be a drastic difference in 40 times between sprinters with same or very similar 100m.

But I've heard many high school football players claim to run a very fast 40, like a 4.5 or 4.6, yet they can't even break 12 seconds in 100m. Some examples just for fun :

A player with a PR of 12.3 in the 100m claims a 4.67 40.

Another player with the same 40 claim ran a 12.7 100m, although that is their only time recorded in the database. But it's still highly unlikely they run anywhere near a 4.6.

Another kid claimed a 4.47 40, and even claimed it was laser timed, yet has a 100m PR of 12.2

Not all these kids are liars, these 40 times are almost always hand timed, which is found to be on average a quarter of a second faster than electronic 40s. But if you can't run at least a low 11s 100m, you almost certainly don't run a 4.4 40. If you can't break 12 seconds in the 100m, you don't run a 4.6. Get your 40s timed electronically. You don't have to be a 4.4/4.5 guy. You're in high school, not the NFL. If you can run a legit sub 4.8, you're pretty damn fast in my book.