Sure enough, a bus and a rather puzzled, nervous driver waited for instructions near the front door of the school. He was about fifteen years old and looked faintly perturbed about being pulled out of class for a project so ephemeral and disorganized. One noteworthy thing about South Carolina is the quality of school-bus drivers in the state. To qualify for a bus license one must have reached puberty and be able to recite the alphabet without stuttering.
