#school bus
Can y’all believe how far we’ve come on Magpie the Bus?! We are hitting the road in 2 weeks headed south!
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While I was prepping the cushions for this bench, I realized we haven’t showed y’all the slat bed design!
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Throughout the build we have applied #permaculture principles to our design… namely: Stacking Functions.
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Now, we can all agree that aesthetics will always count as a function (because art enhances a space so much!!), but we hope to make sure that every element of #magpiethebus is also dynamic & multifunctional.
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This design incorporated:
1) couch/bench seating for 1-4
2) instrument storage underneath
3) pull-out slat bed (about twin size but better than nothing for our guests)
4) shoe and miscellaneous storage on the end
5) end piece will also serve as an arm rest and cup holders… stay tuned to see how the end piece “stacks” even more functions…
6) oh yeah, and it doesn’t look too shabby does it? Wait till those cushions are on there
-Logan
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The current state of the bus! Electrical, ceiling, kitchen, toilet, and then (finally) the finishing touches of curtains, cushions & shelves. We are putting in as many hours as possible, despite our wild summer schedules & long days of farming. Soon enough, Magpie will be finished and we will be on the road to a simpler life!
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Sketch prompt was Homicidal School bus!
As a school bus driver and someone that was bullied by my neighborhood kids, I need to tell everyone something.
The way you get to and from school, whether it is walking, bus, or public transport, when you are on your way to and from school, that IS SCHOOL PROPERTY and bullying/ harassment can be turned into the principal and THEY WILL GET PUNISHED AS IF THEY DID IT IN SCHOOL.
Example: You are on the bus and someone hits you, tell the bus driver so they can pull the video (yes, they DO work) and write a report, then tell your principal. The bus is SCHOOL PROPERTY.
Example: your bus driver is texting while driving or making you feel unsafe or harassing you, tell the principal. The bus is SCHOOL PROPERTY. (Even on a field trip or after school events).
Example: I walk home from school and another person I walk with grabs my ass. Tell the principal. Your way home is SCHOOL PROPERTY.
Example: while waiting for the bus in the morning, someone steals your backpack, tell the principal and bus driver. Your bus stop is SCHOOL PROPERTY.
Example: you are on a public transport on the way to school, subway or trolley, and something happens, tell your principal. I have to admit, I dont know enough about this transportation too much, but it would NEVER hurt to tell the principal and driver (if there is one)
YOUR WAY TO AND FROM SCHOOL IS SCHOOL BUSINESS, SCHOOL PROPERTY, AND THE SCHOOL MUST ACT. If they dont, tell the police. School property is government property, police are public servants. If they cant do anything, they can at least help point you in the right direction.
There was a shit head that always made fun of me. I’m a bit weird, so it happened. He used to throw rocks and sticks and anything he could at me because he knew I wouldnt fight back. After I showed my excitement about a new DS game I got, almost everyone at the bus stop started making fun of me. Walking home from the last day of school before Christmas break, him and maybe two other people started throwing wet snowballs at me. If you wet a snowball and pack it, it’s basically ice. They kept pelting me and I usually walked faster than them to avoid them. I got hit on the back of the head and on the back of my thigh. I had a bump on the head and a welt on my thigh.
My mother wanted to call the cops, I convinced her not to because I knew that the guy doing it was ‘one step away from juvie’ as he put it and I didnt want to be the reason. I should have. The only way they stopped was me telling them that my mother was ready to call, and I was too if he didnt stop. He did stop, but I should have reported him. I should have spoke up. If not to the police than the school.
YOUR WAY TO AND FROM SCHOOL IS SCHOOL PROPERTY! REPORT ANY HARASSMENT OR ABUSE TO THE SCHOOL AND THEY MUST ACT.
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A comic I made for my one of my besties of our teen selves
We were on that school bus for 3 hours a day. Some grim times, but some days we’d have half the bus to ourselves & could attempt to get our walkman timing just right & sing along to our Ramones tapes with reckless abandon ✨ (Haha oh mixtapes )
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