Elementary School Kids Try to Hijack Bus

Sigh. Kids grow up so fast these days.

Three 11-year-old boys and a 10-year-old girl tried to hijack their school bus near Punxsutawney this morning. State police said the four hatched the plot yesterday. Just after 8 a.m. today, one of the boys pulled a knife from a book bag and held it near another student. He demanded driver Janet McQuown, 52, stop and get off the bus. A police new release says she pulled over along Pine Tree Church Road in Oliver Township and "the knife was removed from the juvenile's possession."

I joke about "these days," but I could have actually seen this happening on my school bus when I was little. I was on a bus full of idiots whom the bus driver refused to control. And my class was known for boneheaded stunts like this with little to no point. I am just glad it never did happen in my days. But then, my generation did not have OBL around as an example.