Kungenzeka ukuthi ulibonile leli bhasi elisendaweni eseduze kwaseHays, noma ngabe lisemidlalo yebhola lezinyawo ye-FHSU noma lipakwe emgwaqweni ongenela endlini eku-7th street eduze nekhempasi. Ike yabonakala nakumabonakude kazwelonke ngesikhathi ilandelana emsileni emdlalweni weK-State. I-Skewl Bus iphethwe nguJesy Strnad, owaziwa kangcono ngaseHays njengoHeadband Jesy, osemncane e-FHSU. U-Jesy uthenge ibhasi esifundeni sesikole seRepublic County, esisendaweni yangakubo. Selokhu yathengwa, useyilungisile futhi wayiletha emicimbini eminingi yezemidlalo, okuyenza ibe intandokazi edolobheni lonke.
U-Jesy ubekade efuna ibhasi lesikole
Isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka ku-inthanethi ngaphambi kokukhubeka phakathi kwaleli lasesikoleni sakhe samabanga aphezulu esidala. Yayihlezi Uhlu lwamaselula oMfowethu ngaphandle kwendawo yamabhasi esifunda futhi inophawu oludayiswayo kuyo. Unqume ukwenza ibhidi kuyo imizuzu eyi-10 ngaphambi kokuthi indali ivalwe ngo-$501. Ngemva kwesonto, induna yeza kuye imazisa ukuthi uphumelele endalini.
“(U) wangitshela ukuthi ngingazithokozisi kakhulu ngayo, kodwa angizange ngikulalele lokho,” kusho uJesy.
UJesy kudingeke ukuthi akhiphe izihlalo
Ezicishe zibe ngu-30 isifunda ebesinqwabelene lapho phakathi neminyaka ukuze aqale ukulungisa ukuthenga kwakhe okusha. Wakhetha ezingcono kakhulu wazibeka eceleni ebhasini ukuze kube nendawo eyengeziwe yokwenza izinto. Wabe esengeza izigaxa zamapali ngaphandle kwebhasi, ukuze aphephezelise amafulegi akhe awathandayo Ifeksi database ngezinsuku zegeyimu. Wabe esecela uthisha wezobuciko asike izinhlamvu ze-vinyl ukuze apelete “Skewl” ukuze akwazi ukuhlanganisa amagama okuqala. Eceleni kwebhasi wengeze ama-hashtag afana ne-#HookEmHerd, #EMAW, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu okuthi #RollTiges. Sekukonke, kumthathe cishe amahora angama-8-10 ukuze athole ngendlela abefuna ngayo.
U-Jesy uthathe i-Skewl
Bus kuso sonke isifunda, waya emidlalweni, amakhonsathi, kanye nama-prom. Enye yezinkumbulo zakhe azithandayo, wathi, kwakungesikhathi Umholi wasetaiwan u-Logan Mize, umdwebi wokuqopha waseKansas Nashville, esayina ibhasi lakhe kulandela ikhonsathi eFox Pavilion eDowntown Hays.
“Ngibhale ku-Logan ku-Twitter isikhathi noma ezintathu, ngagcina nosuku lwekhonsathi wathi uzoyenza,” kusho uJesy. “Ngakho-ke, ngalinda ihora ngemva kombukiso ngemva kokuba bonke abantu bethathe izithombe zabo base bekhuphuka bathi ‘sawubona, yimina umfana ohamba neBhasi.’ futhi ngathi ‘Imnandi ikuphi?!’ Ngakho-ke, saphuma wasayina futhi saxoxa kancane.”
Ibhasi lisayinwe abantu abaningi
Nokho-ke iningi labo limane lingabafundi noma amaphathi.
“Enye into engiyikhumbulayo engiyintandokazi yami bekuzodingeka kube lapho umngane wami u-Abbey Anderson egibela Ibhasi futhi ethi udinga ukusayina igama lakhe ophahleni futhi, njengoba ashada. Manje sekuno-Abbey Anderson kanye no-Abbey Allen futhi lokho kujabulisa kakhulu. Ngakho manje lapho bonke abangane bami besifazane bengena ebhasini ngiyacabanga ngokuthi bazothini isiginesha yabo elandelayo.”
UJesy uthe ufuna ukugcina i-Skewl Bus okungenani eminye iminyaka emihlanu ukuze alisebenzisele imishado yabangane bakhe.
“Angazi ukuthi izothatha malini
Kodwa kungaba kuhle uma ngelinye ilanga izingane zami nabangane bazo beyisebenzisa futhi bahlole ukuthi abazali bazo basayine kuphi,” kusho uJesy.
Ngokuqondene nohambo olukhulu olulandelayo ibhasi elizohamba ngalo, cishe lizophinde libuyele edolobheni lakubo uma nje isizini yebhola isiphelile.
“Sahlekisa ukuthi kufanele sikuyise ku-KC uma uHays enza iNatty, kodwa ngithole ukuthi ukulungele kangcono ukuchitha imizuzu engama-30 noma engama-45 ngesikhathi emigwaqweni engemuva enemizila emibili yaseNorth Central Kansas enza u-60 mph kunokuba amahora amathathu enza u-70 noma u-80 mph ku-I-70.”