Michelle Swan, a 33-year-old mother, says she was ordered off a bus into the cold and rain by the driver because one of her twin toddlers(学步的小孩)was crying.

Michelle Swan says the driver stopped the bus angrily, walked up to her and shouted at her to shut up her son and get off the bus. Afterwards, she had a 30-minute walk in to a nearby town Tonbridge in the cold and rain.

Ms. Swan said: “I was shaking and fighting back tears. I just froze. I felt awful. I’d been to hospital with one of the boys because he can’t walk properly. I had been to a hospital appointment. About every two weeks he goes to see the doctor. We go about three or four times a month. I had tried everything to stop Rocco crying, but it was useless,”

After she was forced to get off the bus, she had to walk in to Tonbridge town centre to get her prescription(处方) when it was so cold in the rain and then on home.

She telephoned the company and said she wanted an apology from the driver.

The manager from the company spoke to Miss Swan for around 15 minutes on the phone and listened carefully to everything she had to say. Then he apologised several times to her. Meanwhile, he took down the code(密码) on her bus ticket to find out who the driver was. As a result, the driver was spoken to and left work for one day.

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Born on August 6, 1809 in Lincolnshire, England, Alfred Lord Tennyson was an outstanding Victorian poet. He wrote poetry that was quite personal but he was also a strong supporter of social reform and covered some big social problem in his poetry. By the time of his death on October 6, 1892, Tennyson had become the most popular poet in Britain.

Teenyson studied philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge and in 1828 he won a university prize for poetry. The next year he was invited to become a member of society known as The Apostles. He experienced difficulty in reading and writing, because he was extremely short-sighted, so he worked on his poetry in his head. At Cambridge he was urged by members of The Apostles to put his poems into writing after they heard him recite them from memory at their meetings.

A book of poems by Tennyson, published in 1832, received some bad reviews and this put the poet off publishing anything for the next nine years. He wrote some of his most personal poems after 1833, following the sudden death of his dearest friend Hallam. As a way of dealing with his sadness, Tennyson wrote quite a lot of poems over the next decade. These were collected together and published in 1850 as In Memoriam, which established his name as a serious poet.

In the 1850s Tennyson continued to enjoy success as a poet. He frequently used classical references in his poetry, which was influenced by his great interest in the works of Dante, Virgil and Homer. Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, was an admirer of his works. He was invited to the royal court several times and in 1884 he gained the title of Lord Tennyson.

The bell rang. Jada sighed, slowly moved from the lockers where she had been leaning, and headed down the hall to her chemistry class. Honors Chemistry! Jada couldn’t believe that her mom was making her take the class because Jada’s counselor had said that she had real talent in science.

Jada had to admit that she liked science and that last year’s class was a breeze, but come on Honors Chemistry? She wouldn’t know anyone in the class, and they probably wouldn’t know anyone like her.

The good thing about being late is that it shortened the period a bit. The bad thing is that it made her seem like she was making a grand entrance. To make matters worse, the only two seats left in class were at the lab table at the very front of the room.

Jada held her breath and walked in. Everyones eyes were on her. She just knew it. They were staring at her coal black hair (freshly dyed) , her black lipstick, her black fingernail polish, and her thrift-store black leather jacket. All she saw were polo shirts and khaki pants.

This can’t get any worse, Jada thought. But at least she didn’t get shouted at by the teacher. He was too busy talking to a new kid. A HUGE new kid, maybe 6'4". He had to weigh at least 250 pounds. A football player, probably. She hated football players. They thought they were so great. That group of jocks that hung out by the cafeteria always made fun of her.

The new kid made his way over to her table with his head down. He had to squeeze into the seat, and his legs wouldn’t fit under the lab table. He shot Jada a glance and turned red.

Mr. Martin, the teacher, began class with this announcement: Okay, everyone. I know most of you know each other from last year’s Honors Physical Science class. Jada sighed loudly. “But just take a minute and introduce yourself to the person sitting at your table. You’ll be partners. You’ll be working closely together all year.”

Jada rolled her eyes and stared straight ahead. Then she heard a surprisingly soft voice from next to her. “Hi. I’m Robert. I’m new here.”