>The bus driver didn't even get a thank you I really regret that one. It'll be one of those flashbacks I have when I'm on my deathbed and I'm looking around th

>The bus driver didn't even get a thank you I really regret that one. It'll be one of those flashbacks I have when I'm on my deathbed and I'm looking around the room reflecting on my life. >Nothing is wrong with that of course. It's a smart move. Well for what it's worth, I think your right. You make very valid points and I'm not going to try and refute them. However: A story that ends with a starving artist making his career and an imaginative kid getting a college fund doesn't produce any knots in my stomach. EDIT: Though at the same time, what I said doesn't really have anything to do with how kind the Bus Driver was. (And make no mistake, he was a very kind man.) The moral could be more aptly written as "The random people you meet during your days have an effect on your life, up to and including making or breaking your career. Weather you think that's fair or not." (And in many cases, it's not.) A more positive way of thinking about it is that a bunch of Internet strangers gave a piece of their wealth in the interest of a young boy's dreams. It's better for it to happen to one than none.