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Teacher confiscates student’s birthday invitations after not inviting the whole class

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments

A Lund, Sweden second-grader was utterly disappointed when his teacher decided to take away his birthday invitations from the whole class. The student handed out invitations before class began to all but two students, causing a bit of a stir. Apparently the school has an actual rule regarding the matter and the teacher felt it [...]

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Ninja sighting leads to school lock down

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve heard of lock downs for criminals with guns, stranger people on campus, and the like. But a ninja? Public schools in Barnegat, New Jersey were locked down temporarily after someone reported a seeing a ninja running through the woods behind an elementary school. Worried, school officials wanted to make sure the ninja wasn’t an [...]

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Indian business school names monkey god chairman

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Looking for a little bit of “divine intervention” to help bolster their educational strengths, the recently opened Sardar Bhagat Singh College of Technology and Management recently named Hanuman their official chairman. Hanuman is a revered Hindu monkey god, and will receive their own office with a desk and laptop computer. Four chairs will be placed [...]

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Video: Teacher bodyslams student, sort of

May 24th, 2008 · No Comments

We love how one educational spokesperson says this is “not the regular thing that would happen in school.” We don’t know what school they went too, but spontaneous wrestling matches broke out on a daily basis at my school. We really feel that the teacher shouldn’t have been pressured to resign, considering the fact that [...]

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Governor of Montana speaks at commencement for class of one

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Opheim High School had one graduating student this year, but it drew a big name for their commencement address: state Governor Brian Schweitzer. Jeff Greenwood was the lone graduating student, who had the privilege of being the student body president and senior class president… by default. He has a sense of humor about it though, [...]

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Man jailed because his daughter can’t pass the GED

May 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments

We’ve heard about some pretty asinine things in our day, but a man being jailed because his 18-year-old daughter failed to pass the GED is exceptionally asinine. Brian Gegner of Fairfield, OH was recently sentenced to 180 days in jail when his daughter Brittany Gegner failed to pass the General Equivalency Diploma test, or GED. [...]

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Not just a fire drill: School stages fake school shooting

April 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Police and students at Stoughton H.S. participated in a “practice school shooting” Tuesday
We don’t know what kind of neighborhood Stoughton High School in Massachusetts is in, but we worry about it now. On Tuesday the school staged a “practice school shooting” with a fake shooter but real police. The fake shooter began the drill on [...]

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When trying to make a drug deal, make sure you know who you’re texting

April 18th, 2008 · No Comments

When Principal Jean Barker from Bishop Brady High School in New Hampshire confiscated a cell phone from a student, she never expected to be involved in a drug bust set up by herself. The bust involved a 17-year-old student from a neighboring high school and took place on school grounds. This teen is screwed.

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