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3 more languages (No Comments)Posted in: Site Updates by SoulRiser @ 12:00 AM

The intro is available in 3 more languages: Romanian, Czech and German. Thanks to Escapist for the Romanian, Puchiko for the Czech, and Selene_Ger for the German translations. :) If you can translate into any other languages we don't have yet, head over to this forum thread to see what needs translating.

March 28, 2008:

Tibetan children in Nepal protest (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

A group of more than 20 Tibetan schoolchildren has staged a protest in the main United Nations compound in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.A UN spokesman said the children, aged between 15 and 18, and dressed in school uniform scaled the wall.This is the boldest Tibetan protest in nearly three weeks in Kathmandu.Tibetan exiles say police have [...]

March 27, 2008:

Girl Dies After Parents Pray for Healing Instead of Seeking Medical Help (8 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

An 11-year-old girl died after her parents prayed for healing rather than seek medical help for a treatable form of diabetes, police said Tuesday. Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin said Madeline Neumann died Sunday. "She got sicker and sicker until she was dead," he said. Vergin said [...]

Crocodile crossing for SA pupils (4 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

A South African village is demanding that a bridge be built across a crocodile-infested river to stop children swimming it to get to school.Students as young as seven have been making the crossing for two months since the community's boat was stolen."There are about 70 households on that side of the river but there are [...]

March 26, 2008:

Parents stabbed: boy charged with murder (5 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after his father was stabbed to death at the family's north-west Sydney home, police say.The boy, whose mother was also injured in the early morning attack, has also been charged with attempted murder, police said.The badly wounded mother, aged 50, is thought to have phoned triple-0 for [...]

March 23, 2008:

US: Homeschooling in Jeopardy in Washington (2 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

Tragedies can bring unintended consequences. Regrettably, this is happening here in our nation's capital, and homeschoolers are in the line of fire.It all started when District resident Banita Jacks was accused of murdering her four children, who had been dead for months when their bodies were found in January.It was reported that she was a [...]

March 17, 2008:

Student Stops Out-of-Control School Bus; Gets Detention for Skipping Class (7 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

A 15-year-old girl who stopped an out-of-control school bus she was riding on was handed a Saturday detention instead because she was skipping school.Marina High School student Amanda Rouse was on a bus with 40 elementary school students Wednesday morning when the driver fell out of her seat after a turn and hit her head.Rouse [...]

March 10, 2008:

Truancy and more stuff (No Comments)Posted in: Site Updates by SoulRiser @ 12:00 AM

Added a whole bunch of things. There's a new fiction book out, called Truancy, which is actually about repressive school officials and a bunch of students fighting back. I added an article by Truancy's author as well. Added some more advice to this page, as well as some information about starting college early on this [...]

March 8, 2008:

Bishop bans Safer Sex Education (2 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

"Parents must insist on continence outside marriage and fidelity in marriage as the only true and secure education for the prevention of AIDS. Parents, schools, and colleges must also reject the promotion of so-called "safe sex" or "safer sex", a dangerous and immoral policy based on the deluded theory that the condom can provide adequate [...]

March 4, 2008:

Sunbury students walk out of class over merger proposal (1 Comment)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

UP TO 1000 students from Sunbury College walked out on strike yesterday afternoon - protesting over a proposed merger with Sunbury Downs Secondary College that could take place as early as next year.The two secondary schools, which are a few kilometres apart, could become one, with Sunbury College to become the junior campus for year [...]

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