School Survival

Schools in England are to get new powers to punish pupils who behave badly on the way to and from school.Pupils misbehaving on buses and trains or in the street will be targeted under the moves, which form part of the prime minister's "respect" agenda plans.Teachers will also be given the right to confiscate pupils' […]

No bumping, grinding, ankle-grabbing or simulated lovemaking will be allowed when Carmel High School students hit the dance floor at the school's next party sometime in March or April.With a new policy banning ``freak dancing,'' the school has the authority to kick out unruly teenagers from future dances. In addition, students who fail random breath […]

An 18-year-old girl was arrested Thursday for a fake bomb threat at Victor High School, officials said.Betsy Rodriguez, a senior, was charged with first-degree falsely reporting an incident and was sent to Ontario County Jail on $2,500 bail.The high school's 1,700 students were evacuated after a threatening note was found around 8 a.m. in a […]

Fixed the silly titles issue and the other weird errors of news and ramblings not displaying. Other issues should also be fixed now. All because of one simple little PHP setting that got changed... mwahahahaha! If you want the complete story of what horrible luck I had today, check my blog. In other news, I […]

Wrote a new article, "How to Survive School", which is basically a collection of everything I've ever written, just condensed into nice sentences that all fit on one page, along with a few tips and things. You're still welcome to suggest any changes to it if you want to ;)Also, the server was down for […]

Lessons on how to use the internet safely should become compulsory in schools, university researchers say.The Cyberspace Research Unit at the University of Central Lancashire (UCL) says learning about internet safety should be on the National Curriculum.Pupils should be taught about the potential dangers posed, such as paedophiles using internet chatrooms to make contact with […]

There's a controversy brewing over the latest issue of Roosevelt High School's newspaper. A story in the paper takes aim at religious, racial, ethnic and other groups. The author said it's meant to be funny. Some are not laughing.The front page gives a hint of what's inside the Roosevelt Round-Up. The story talks of using […]

Head teachers are sceptical that extended powers to restrain unruly pupils will make much difference, a survey suggests.The government's White Paper proposes a more clearly-defined set of rights for teachers in disciplining pupils.The Association of School and College Leaders asked 100 members about the new powers, which would allow teachers to restrain pupils using reasonable […]

A US teenager who saved the life of a woman choking on her food in a restaurant was amazed to find out he was only repaying the favour.After Kevin Stephan had successfully performed the Heimlich manoeuvre on Penny Brown, his mother recognised her as the nurse who had carried out a cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him […]

A high school principal ordered all copies of a student newspaper recalled because of material she deemed inappropriate, including a photo of a student with his fly unzipped and an illustration of a tampon.Peninsula High School Principal Patricia Scott said she had no problem with the subject matter of the Peninsula Outlook's special edition last […]