School Survival

So, you want to be educated? Then why aren't you educating yourselves? Why do I need to threaten you with a grade in order to get you to want to know about these things, to be able to do what I'm trying to teach you to do? Where is your interest in getting good at […]

If you're playing cricket in a field, don't talk to security guys and then run away - they might just shoot you and all your friends.---Four youth were allegedly killed by security forces in north Kashmir this afternoon, official sources said.However, a defence ministry spokesman said details about the incident were awaited.The sources said some […]

When the principal of Blair Elementary School needed someone to instruct teachers in the use of PlayStations, she turned to the experts -- the students.The school purchased 23 PlayStations last month to use with educational games for third- through fifth-graders.But not all the teachers took to the video games -- one became so flustered that […]

By Theophilus S GbendaFeb 20, 2006, 12:35The issue of student misconduct is one that is poised to reach an alarming stage if frantic efforts are not immediately made by the ministry responsible to put a decisive stop to it.It is no longer a secret that in this post conflict situation of ours, one of the […]

PEWAUKEE - One Pewaukee High School student is questioning whether district officials have the right to discipline students for actions they commit off school grounds.Pewaukee High School Principal Martin VanHulle told students over the loud speaker Tuesday that students can be punished for inappropriate postings toward staff, students or the school on Web sites like […]

YORK COUNTY, Pa. -- A group of students found a teacher's body at West York High School this morning.About 10 students and a substitute teacher were entering their first-period class this morning around 8:30 when they found the teacher's body lying in the back of the classroom, officials said.Officials have not released the identity of […]

Beliefs are now confirmed that Myspace.com will soon start charging a monthly fee.Fox News Corporation Spokeswoman Shiela Turner confirmed today that Myspace will soon start charging a monthly fee of $5.Recently acquired by Fox News Corporation (News Corp) for over half a billion US Dollars, the media giant has been quite thus far about the […]

PATNA, Feb. 16. - A youth armed with a toy pistol intruded into the bungalow of a senior Bihar minister claiming that he broke in to tell him that the poor should not be ignored.The 22-year-old masked youth, who identified himself as Balbir, entered the residence of Building Construction and Housing minister Monazir Hasan by […]

Florida kids paid $1 a day to skip gymSchool officials seek former teacher who allegedly took bribes Updated: 1:19 p.m. ET Feb. 16, 2006PENSACOLA, Fla. - A middle school gym teacher let children sit out his class if they paid him $1 a day, collecting perhaps thousands of dollars, officials said Thursday.Terence Braxton, 28, took […]

A mother has been electronically tagged after allowing her 15-year-old daughter to repeatedly skip school.Carol Horne, of Crowthorne, Berks, was placed under a two-month curfew after her daughter missed more than half of lessons in the summer term of 2005.It is the sixth time the 42-year-old from Pinefields Close has been before magistrates since 1996 […]