Monday, April 09, 2007Review: Compound Security Mosquito Teenage Deterrent SystemThis teenage repellent guarantees it will "shoo away" young people with baggy pants and bad posture by emitting a high-pitched alarm supposedly only audible to those under the age of 25. Shaped and sized like a floodlight, we visited a local middle school and set it […]
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Review: Compound Security Mosquito Teenage Deterrent System
Pranksters glue all of a school's doors shut
Forget being glued to their seats: Kids at a suburban San Diego high school couldn't even get through their classroom doors Friday.With only a day to go before spring break, vandals plugged locks on all the exterior gates and doors on campus with super-strength adhesive."A teacher who always gets there early called me on my […]
A geyser erupts in a New zealand school, no shit!
The phenomenon burst open at Rotorua Primary School, on the North Island, yesterday, according to wire reports.The Fire Service said it was lucky the geyser didn't blow on a school day.Principal John Naera was quoted as satying the explosion was in an area which was fenced off because it was most likely to be prone […]
US: Texas Teen's Imprisonment Sparks Protests
Civil rights activists are rallying around a 15-year-old black girl who has been in a high-security juvenile detention center for a year for shoving a hall monitor at her school and whose sentence was just extended for what authorities call possession of contraband: an extra pair of socks and a plastic foam cup.One of 4,562 […]
George Orwell, Big Brother is watching your house
The Big Brother nightmare of George Orwell's 1984 has become a reality - in the shadow of the author's former London home.It may have taken a little longer than he predicted, but Orwell's vision of a society where cameras and computers spy on every person's movements is now here.According to the latest studies, Britain has […]
US: Student punished for spaghetti beliefs
A student has been suspended from school in America for coming to class dressed as a pirate.But the disciplinary action has provoked controversy
First-grader suspended for showing Paris Hilton cartoon
A first-grader became increasingly aware he was in trouble for showing classmates an online game featuring a cartoon of a near-naked Paris Hilton when a girl told the teacher, the teacher sent him to the principal, and the principal called his mother."I thought I would get grounded, like I am now," said Dylan Poitrinal, 7. […]
Rat Poison Found in tainted Pet Food
Just wanted to post it, seeing as there are bound to be people with pets on here. -Toucanman------------------------------------ALBANY, N.Y. - Rat poison was found in the pet food suspected of causing kidney failure that killed at least 16 cats and dogs, but scientists still don't know how it got there, state officials said Friday.The toxin […]
Editorial: Public-school case poses troubling questions
Saw this while reading my local paper this morning, i think something about this story has already been posted but what the hell :P -lifeischeeseNo speech 4 U: Public-school case poses troubling questionsClint Talbott, for the editorial boardThursday, March 22, 2007The wit and wisdom of unfurling a banner espousing "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" is, perhaps, […]
Boy puts urine in teacher's coffee pot
MUNCIE, Ind. - An eighth-grader faces expulsion after admitting he put urine in a teacher's coffee pot, officials said. The Wilson Middle School teacher noticed that the coffee had an unusual odor Friday and reported it to the principal, Muncie Community Schools officials said. A student who overheard classmates discussing it also reported the incident […]
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