MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (AP) -- Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables.The mock attack Thursday night was intended as a learning experience and lasted five minutes during the weeklong trip to […]
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Teachers stage fake gunman attack on sixth-graders
Yay lockdown!
BOULDER, Colo. -- Boulder High School was locked down before school started Thursday morning after two people wearing camouflage and ski masks were in the school. Classes for the day were eventually cancelled.A cafeteria cook arriving at the school reported the sighting at 6:30 a.m. in the cafeteria area, according to a school district spokesman. […]
How throwing two eggs turned into...you guessed it: A bomb threat
Well, here's my rundown of the events of the past couple of weeks that are...suspicious to say the least. I am a senior at Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. Graduation is less than a month away (6/6), and here's how the story goes:-4/7 at 7 pm my friends and I are walking past […]
US: Student arrested and suspended after alleged threat
BOULDER (KWGN) -- A CU student, arrested and suspended from the university Tuesday after allegedly making threatening comments during a class discussion of Monday's deadly shooting at Virginia Tech University, was released from Boulder County Jail Wednesday afternoon on bond.Max Karson, who has been advised not to comment publicly, remains on summary suspension from CU, […]
How'd You Do In School Today?
Online monitoring thingy shows your grades as they happen, allows no room for discussion.===At the beginning of this semester, Laura Iriarte Miguel switched anatomy classes.No big deal. Students at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg can shift courses around at the start of each term. But when Iriarte Miguel remained on the roll in the […]
US: Dad Upset Kid Banned From Wearing Pagan Symbol
The school superintendent denied Wednesday that his district was discriminating against a high school freshman for not allowing her to wear a pagan symbol on her cheek to celebrate a religious holiday.Hanover Community School Superintendent Michael Livovich Jr. said any student who wore a cross on their face to celebrate their Christianity or the Star […]
US: Teen Arrested for Counterstrike Map
In a world gone mad...a Chinese high school student in Fort Bend Texas is arrested and then forced to attend an alternative education center when parents discover he has created a Counterstrike level based off of Clements High School for he and his friends to play on.The student had his home searched for weapons, was […]
US: Student forced to urinate in bottle during class; Teacher transferred, student suspended
School officials on Monday suspended a 14-year-old boy who said he had to urinate in a bottle after his science teacher refused to let him use the restroom. The teacher was being transferred to another school."I can't believe they don't believe me," student Michael Patterson said in a telephone interview after he was given the […]
Schools are now 'exam factories'
Schools in England are "exam factories" due to ministers' obsession with league tables and targets, a National Union of Teachers conference has heard.And whenever schools fell short the government threw new policies at them, with head teachers counting 58 separate initiatives, academics said.This had made it more difficult to find head teachers, with 60 teachers […]
Teacher tricked into sex' by penis cream treatment
Teacher 'tricked into sex' by penis cream treatmentA Syrian-born airline pilot allegedly tricked a schoolteacher from Haverfordwest into having sex with him by pretending he had to administer ointment on the end of his penis, a jury heard yesterday (Tuesday).Fadi Sbano, 38, even pretended to know a gynaecologist who advised him on how often to […]
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