http://theweek.com/article/index/228249/the-7-dumbest-rea...
This is getting ridiculous. A middle schooler is suspended for an elaborate haircut, a Florida teen for hugging a friend, New York high schoolers for Tebowing, and more.
Tech Buzz Spotted in Best Buy over the weekend. Twenty feet away, iPod Touches were on sale for $200. There's no way this makes sense.
http://www.oddee.com/item_98128.aspx
Sometimes there is such a thing as a dumb question. School teachers can have a sense of humor too.
Politics Buzz He's right behind you, Callista…RUN!!!! These children are now forever scarred.`
Science Buzz This guy's physics professor rules with an iron fist. (via Reddit)
Culture Buzz Learn to speak the native language, and you just might get to stick around — trust me when I say it definitely beats the alternative. Or so suggests the latest ad for Brazil’s language school CCAA.
Culture Buzz We feel your pain, little Russian kids. Most adults feel this way about going to their jobs. (via viralviralvideos.com)
This squirrel must not have studied for its big calculus final. Actually, since this happened in Florida, the squirrel was probably trying to avoid a mandatory drug test.
Culture Buzz Like a boss. Teachers like this really do change lives.
Politics Buzz Looking to stay sober and celibate during your college years with the possibly of being handed a job in Washington by the GOP? These are the schools for you! (via thinkprogress.org)
Poor little guy. Schools across the country are back in session, and this kid shows us how everyone feels about the end of summer. (via reddit.com)
We'd all probably memorize this effortlessly if it weren't for the current state of things.
Music Buzz Even if you don't have a musical bone in your body, chances are you've probably played the recorder. This one is dedicated to the greatest songs that drove our parents crazy.
The Whitest Kids You Know nails it. Now, God bless the U.S.A.
Just. Stay. Perfectly. Still. These are the luckiest terrified children in the world.
http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2011/04/05...
Don't stay in school, kids.
http://www.slate.com/id/2288814/
Tis the season for unreasonable expectations and deflated self worth.
Hebrew school speeches are way more interesting than the ones I had to sit through. Now how's the speaker supposed to follow that act?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-12-13...
This will sadly be a determining factor for many students about which school to attend.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/magazine/19video-t.html...
A middle school teaches with video games. Can its approach transform education?
Designed to encourage drivers to slow the hell down - but will most likely cause a few heart attacks too!
Culture Buzz School's back in! And I’m feeling a little bit nostalgic. Remember all of those fun things you used to do during gym? Those days may be long gone, but we can still look back and reminisce.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/education/10remedial.ht...
The New York City Department of Education is acknowledging that many graduates lack basic skills and is trying to do something about it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/opinion/23engel.html?pa...
Teaching children how to get along will require much more than legislation, but a deeper rethinking of what schools should do for their students.
Everyone knows grades aren't earned. Teachers just hand them out willy-nilly.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18611_the-10-most-importan...
When Cracked finally opens its line of private schools, you're kids won't graduate without having learned these essential skills.
Bill Nye the Science guy is stuck doing Lab Maintenence and Administration? How is he not the music teacher?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/nyregion/01gifted.html?...
Though the school system overall is 51 percent male, its gifted classrooms generally have more girls.
I agree except when I was in Grad school sometimes we had white wine to go with our cookies. But then, maybe some kindergarten classes are like that too.
Apparently masturbation is only one issue contributing to serious “semen related costs” at the University of Michigan so KEEP IT IN YOUR TUBE SOCK.