For once, a shameful, anti-teen law has gone down in flames rather than living on to oppress teens for years to come. The infamous, yet laughable ban on low riding pants in Virgina has met a well deserved end: RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia lawmakers dropped their droopy-pants bill Thursday after the whole thing became just […]
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Taliban Rule One Inch Further Away
Kid suspended for 10 days for talking to mother.
A high school boy was suspended for ten days for talking on a cell phone to his mother in Iraq and then failing to obey teachers by ending the call. Teachers called his actions "defiant." Posted by: jamesSource Article
Zero-Tolerance Burrito
A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito.Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carrying something long and wrapped into Marshall Junior High.The drama ended two hours later when the suspicious […]
British Teacher Jailed
A 47 year old teacher is going to jail for half a year in jail because she decided to fight back against "yobs" by firing at them with an air pellet gun. (illegal to take out of your house within the UK)Posted by: EthanJPSource Article
Target anti-school subcultures
Some or other mind-map type of "guide" for teachers to break up anything that goes against the school... could be interesting.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Debate forum
There is now a new forum for all your debating needs. Debates about just about any issues go in there. There is also a flames forum called "Frag Arena" for whenever you feel the need to say mean things about someone. Enjoy![link]
EEEEK
There was a really unnecessary problem with the posting in the 'current issues' opinions section... I fixed it now... that explains why nobody had posted there in like a year :( *sigh*... thanks to MikEms for reminding me to finally fix it :P[link]
"England" was invented in 1951 by Walt Disney
Oliver Cromwell never existed, William Shakespeare was a Maine ferrier who lived from 1857 to 1892 and never left the county in which he was born. Churchill was a concatenation of manipulated photos of WC Fields-- news reels were montages of WC Fields out-takes, a French-Canadian voice actor & a Burbank janitor in chin-putty. Benjamin […]
RATS
RATS is now officially in full working order... if you're wondering what it's about, click the title of this post. You will find a post in the RATS forum asking for site nominations... so if you know any good, useful sites that deserve some extra recognition, post a link to them as a reply to […]
Happy birthday!
On this day, in 1999, this site was started. So, happy 6th birthday to School Survival :)
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