A Changhua-based high school on Saturday presented a certificate of appreciation to a bus driver who waited at the school every evening to ensure students could travel home safely.
In preparation for his college entrance exam, Fangyuan Junior High School third-year student Ou Po-cheng (歐伯承) was used to staying on campus to study until 8:30pm before catching the last bus home, the school said in a statement.
Unbeknownst to Ou, bus driver Yang Wen (陽文) would wait five minutes past the bus’ departure time every night for the past year, the school said.
Photo courtesy of the Fangyuan Junior High School
Ou lives in Erlin Township (二林) and would have been left with no means of getting home if Yang did not wait past the bus’ 8:30pm departure time each night, it said.
The evening study hall ends at the same time the bus was scheduled to leave the township office station, the nearest point to campus, the school said.
One time in April, when Ou was absent from school due to sickness, Yang delayed his departure for quite some time before worriedly calling the school to check on Ou’s safety, it said.
The following day, Ou learned of Yang’s kindness and wrote him a thank-you note, which faculty members later presented to Yang alongside a certificate expressing the school’s gratitude, the school said.
“Thank you for waiting. I will pass on your love to others after I grow up,” Ou’s card read.
Ou was cited as saying that he had taken the rides for granted, thinking he was making it just in time to get on the final bus, not realizing Yang had been running behind schedule on his behalf.
School principal Huang Tien-chu (黃天助) and Ou delivered the tokens of thanks to Yang at Yunlin Bus Co’s Erlin station.
Yang was cited as saying that he is a father of two and understood well the inconvenience of commuting home for children who attend schools in the nation’s remote regions.
The school in a Facebook post praised Yang, saying that his patience and vigilance for student safety was an inspiration to the teachers at the school.
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