May 4th, 2008
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At least 60 students had their grades changed by four high school students at Hightower High School near Houston, Texas. Officials are estimating the losses at more than $190,000, although no one’s quite sure how they arrived at that figure. But if the figure […]
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April 24th, 2008
Eleven seniors at a Zion, Ill. high school were suspended for a prank. A student in a gorilla suit chased banana-clad students around the hallways at the Zion-Benton Township High School.
The suspensions will last seven days. Seven days, people! For a prank where people were amused. No one was hurt, maligned, abused, or even embarrassed. […]
By Becky -- 2 comments
April 21st, 2008
An eighth-grader could face felony charges for putting crumbled peanut butter cookies in someone else’s lunch box. That other someone has a severe allergy to peanuts.
Fortunately, the student with allergies didn’t eat the cookies nor suffer a reaction. For many with peanut allergies, even trace amounts of peanuts or peanut oil can cause a bad […]
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February 27th, 2008
Kids sure are getting rebellious early these days. At least that’s what Principal Linda Geyer of Parma Community School in Ohio seemed to believe when she suspended one of her kindergarten students for coming to school with an “unacceptable haircut.”
6-year-old Bryan Ruda has a mowhawk and according to administrators, that violates the school’s dress […]
By Ariel -- 6 comments
January 14th, 2008
The city of Fort Worth, Texas has begun it’s own crusade to discourage teenagers from wearing baggy pants. Following the example of Atlanta, Georgia and various municipalities in Louisiana, the city council will vote tomorrow whether or not to officially support the "Pull ‘Em Up" educational campaign begun late last year in Dallas.
Not nearly […]
By Ariel -- 5 comments
January 14th, 2008
Having lived in Vancouver, British Columbia for four years, I always said that Vancouver was one of the world’s most tolerant cities. For the most part, no one cares who you are, where you’re from, or what you do so long as you don’t invade their space.
A native once told me that if […]
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January 9th, 2008
Kids have been coming up with new and exciting ways to get out of attending school ever since there has been school to attend. From the thermometer on the lamp trick to the more elaborate Ferris Bueller’s Day Off tips and scheming, the lengths to which kids will go to skip school never cease to […]
By Ariel -- 3 comments
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