Elisabeth Health-Charles is conductor of the Butler County Symphony Orchestra.When I was in high school, I drove a school bus. In North Carolina, teenagers drove the school buses. We were handpicked and we went through rigorous training. And at the time that we were driving, North Carolina had some of the very best safety records, the fewest school bus accidents.I made $2.18 an hour. It was great for 1973, ’74. I drove morning and afternoon; I had two loads: K through 7.If (the students became disruptive), we pulled the buses over. … The bus did not move if somebody was standing up. … There were just certain rules and responsibilities that the kids knew, and if you misbehaved the parents got called. We took our jobs very seriously.I had all my weekends free. I had transportation to and from school, responsibility, plus a little paycheck.I learned about being in charge, responsibility. Sometimes its harder to deal with an unruly brass section than it is to deal with 55 children on a school bus.