If you went to a school bus station in the United States, I'm pretty sure you would see a big map on the wall with the different bus routes highlighted to cover the different areas of the city. I don't know why I have this image in my mind - maybe I saw it when I was younger and my aunt and uncle were driving a school bus, maybe I recreated the image from the many city transportation maps I've seen that outline city routes. I don't know, but it is a logical method of organizing a route . . . and it is very very un-Turkish.
Our school has hired a bus company that carries students and teachers separately to their homes. The busses are mini-vans that seat about 15 people. The beginning of the year consists of drivers going in general areas, and it takes about a month for the drivers, riders, and routes to be all sorted out. There is a bus manager who I suppose keeps a map in his head, so when there are new additions to the bus, he sends the person to the appropriate bus.
My bus has changed five or six times. Not because I've moved, but because they have been sorting out miscellaneous route problems that I am completely unaware of. Now, I ride three different services during the week - depending on the day. One of the services, they have switched me to a student bus. I don't know why, and it hasn't really mattered to me - but the switch was made because of route problems.
But eventually, I get home, one way of the other.
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