bullying: reactions on bullying, that i thougt was great!... thanks. :) Robert said:"Ignore them. This is one of the hardest things to do, but it works. Ignoring the people who bully you will be hard, since they tend to come after you, but what worked for me was to start lifting weights. School is a […]
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US: Mother beat 5-year-old to death because he couldn't count to 20
A 30-year-old woman convicted of beating her 5-year-old son to death because he could not count to 20 will serve a life sentence for capital murder.The jury deadlocked 11-1 Thursday on the death penalty for Towander Broadhead. It took less than hour to convict her of killing Kenderick Broadhead.Broadhead's daughter, 13-year-old Royteshia Perkins, testified Wednesday […]
US: Charges Filed in Boot Camp Death
Seven former juvenile boot camp guards and a nurse were charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of a 14-year-old boy, who was roughed up by the guards during a videotaped altercation.The announcement comes almost 11 months after Martin Lee Anderson collapsed on the exercise yard at the Bay County sheriff's boot camp in Panama […]
US: Student suspected of pinching a PS3 shot dead by cops
ARMED COPPERS shot dead a student they suspected of pinching a Playstation 3.The 18 year-old, Peyton Strickland, was killed last Friday as he went to answer a knock at the door. Outside was a band of heavily armed police who, it is suggested, blasted him to kingdom come because the games controller he had in […]
Homeschoolers content to take Child's lead
CHICAGO, Nov. 23 - On weekdays, during what are normal school hours for most students, the Billings children do what they want. One recent afternoon, time passed loudly, and without order or lessons, in their home in a North Side neighborhood here.Hayden Billings, 4, put a box over his head and had fun marching into […]
UK: Now cops want to record you on the street
YESTERDAY'S Sunday Times said British cops are testing distance microphones to detect aggressive conversations on the street.They could easily be linked to the network of CCTV cameras which already snap subjects in Blighty over 300 times a day.According to the report, the mikes will pick up "aggressive tones" using 12 factors including sound level, pitch […]
US: No grades, no homework, no tests
One recent day at the Brooklyn Free School, the "schedule" included the following: filming horror movies, chess, debate and making caves for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.Not that the students had to go to any of these sessions. At this school, students don't get grades, don't have homework, don't take tests, and don't even have to […]
US: Students prove themselves more mature than school officials
Older News, but still good: Looking back at El Camino Real High School's embarrassing bout with censorship last week, it's hard not to conclude that the Woodland Hills campus would be better off if the students -- and not the administrators -- were in charge.Because while the students have demonstrated humor, common sense and self-restraint, […]
US: Homeschool 'Inspection' Scheduled at Police Station
On October 9, 2006, the North Carolina Division of Non-Public Education (DNPE) sent a letter to some homeschooling families in the Raleigh/Johnston County area requesting that they meet with a representative of DNPE on November 2 to review their school records. Parents agreeing to meet with the state official were required to bring their children […]
US: District Seeks Homeschooling Curriculum Review
After a Home School Legal Defense Association member family filed a notice of intent to conduct home instruction with East Lyme Public Schools, they received a letter from the school district instructing them to make an appointment "in order to review the curriculum [the family would] be providing." Apparently this proposed curriculum review was an […]
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