SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Court authorities here will be able to track students with a history of skipping school under a new program requiring them to wear ankle bracelets with Global Positioning System monitoring.But at least one group is worried the ankle bracelets will infringe on students' privacy.Linda Penn, a Bexar County justice of the […]
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Texas truant students to be tracked by GPS anklets
Some back ex-principal's treatment of lesbian
When a high school senior told her principal that students were taunting her for being a lesbian, he told her homosexuality is wrong, outed her to her parents and ordered her to stay away from children.He suspended some of her friends who expressed their outrage by wearing gay pride T-shirts and buttons at Ponce de […]
GED vs High School Diploma
A GED is basically the equivalent to a high school diploma, but for some reason, 3-5% of colleges and employers still don't accept it as good enough for them. Why is this? Let's take a look at the differences, and possible reasons why some people have a GED instead of a normal diploma. Reasons to […]
How To Access Blocked Websites At School
Since people force you to attend school against your will, you'd think the least they could do was try to make it interesting while you're stuck there, right? But no, they insist on blocking websites so that you can't access them at school. They try to block everything they can find that might possibly be […]
South African student kills 1; injures 3 with ninja swords
Johannesburg - In an apparent Satanic ritual, a Krugersdorp matriculant "with mad eyes" arrived at school on Monday with several Ninja swords and allegedly killed one boy before seriously injuring three more people.The victim was a 16-year-old boy at the Nic Diederichs Technical High School. Another pupil sustained serious head wounds while two gardeners were […]
Colleges Want to Talk About Drinking Age
On the face of it, the notion seems counterintuitive, but to the presidents of some of the nation's most prestigious colleges, it makes a lot of sense: Lowering the legal drinking age might get students to drink less.But any chance for the academic leaders to begin a public discussion of their theory -- that allowing […]
Student Killed in Shooting at Tenn. School
A student fatally shot a 15-year-old classmate Thursday at a high school, police said, as other teenagers watched in horror as the victim clutched his chest and fell to the floor.Police identified the victim as Ryan McDonald, a sophomore who lived with his grandmother and had alopecia, a condition that left him bald since he […]
City Council meeting blabbers about saggy pants for five hours
Charleston City Councilman Wendell Gilliard leaves with a mannequin he brought to the council meeting Tuesday night. He used the mannequin to illustrate the sagging pants style that he wants the council to outlaw.Charleston moved closer to loaning $734,500 to the American College of the Building Arts on Tuesday, while a controversial ordinance that would […]
Police use taser on 14 year old at Indiana school
Police use taser on 14-year-old at Indiana school David Edwards / Raw Story | August 20, 2008"Police say they were forced to use a Taser to control a student during a fight at school.""Police say they had a hard time getting the 14-year-old student under control Friday, especially because of his size - he's almost […]
Can kids get a digital high?
Internet censorship justification plan #48527: call it a drug.==================================We all know that music can alter your mood. Sad songs can make you cry. Upbeat songs may give you an energy boost. But can music create the same effects as illegal drugs? This seems like a ridiculous question. But Web sites are targeting your children with […]
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