School Survival


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Arkansas private school sued for expelling pregnant student

TEXARKANA, Ark. - The mother of a pregnant teen is claiming the girl's civil rights were violated when she was expelled from a private Christian school. A lawsuit was filed May 19 in the Texarkana Division of the Western District of Arkansas against Trinity Baptist Church doing business as Trinity Christian School, Principal Larry Berry, […]

Policeman hits New Mexican girl in head with Taser

NEW MEXICO (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A girl from New Mexico is recovering after being hit in the head with a Taser by police. It all started when the 14 year old got in a fight with her mother. Her mom drove her to the police station looking for help. When they got there the girl […]

Why I Feel Sick When I Walk Into Math Class

By: Darthmat The following is a true story. I once walked into my 3rd period math class, and felt a little queezy. It was only for a second, and then passed. I get that way when I do something I really don't want to. So what's so bad about math class? I happen to like […]

Unschooling vs public schooling

Education From the Free Eye Written by Kevin Snavley All my life I have unschooled. The only thing that could be remotely considered school that I attended was pre-school, and of course, that was all fun and games. That was just life, how things were. I always wondered in the back of my head what […]

Brainwashing

I wasn't actually set out to call this brainwashing, but now that I think about it that pretty much is a basis for all of it. Why is the oppressive school system allowed to continue to begin with? Is it because we're stupid? No, we're not stupid. Is it because it's really, REALLY enforced? Partially, […]

Bill banning forced identity-chip implants clears House

HARRISBURG - Invasion of privacy is an issue that really gets under State Rep. Babette Josephs' skin. That's why the Philadelphia Democrat introduced a bill, passed unanimously last week by the House, that would ban the forced implantation of computer chips in humans. Conjuring Orwellian images, Josephs worries the identification devices - the size of […]

Why I wish I never did well in school

I have always kicked butt in school. Without even trying. I kicked butt because on the first day of kindergarten someone told me that if I could do well here, if I could slay this dragon we call “formal education”, my reward would be success and happiness for all the days of my life.

Clichés in School

by Hanhan Schools vary from place to place. Country to country. Community to community. But there’s always one thing that stays the same, and that is the idea of clichés. A cliché is when a name can be given to a way a school-goer presents themselves. For instance, on the wonderful island of Britain, many […]

Schools told not to teach ‘i before e except after c’

Generations of children have learnt how to spell by chanting “i before e except after c”, but new guidance from the Government says that schools should stop teaching the rule because it is irrelevant and confusing. The National Strategies document Support for Spelling, which is being sent to primary schools, says: “The i before e […]

Article by Dr. Robert Epstein

It's called Let's abolish high school, and it's in the articles section. Go check it out. Also, all site updates will be posted on the blog from now on. :) Robert Epstein is a former editor in chief of Psychology Today, a contributing editor for Scientific American Mind, a visiting scholar at the University of […]

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