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Teacher In Hot Water After Facebook Photo Surfaces of Students With Mouths Duct-Taped Shut

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:36:02 +0000

It’s a Facebook photo middle school math teacher Melissa Cairns wished she never posted. The snap, which has since been removed from her page, showed several of her students with duct tape over their mouth. ”Finally found a way to get them to be quiet!!!,” read the caption. It was meant to be a joke. What [...]

See the Students of 'Higher Learning' Then and Now

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:22:22 +0000

In John Singleton’s 1995 film ‘Higher Learning,’ a group of students attend the fictional Columbus University. The diverse, good-looking cast may have looked like they came straight out of a college brochure photo, but the situation on campus turns out to be a lot less idyllic than that.The movie featured quite a few young actors [...]

Brave Students Rescue Man Stuck in Mud for Three Days [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:23:02 +0000

Thanks to a group of high school students on a field trip, a homeless man stuck in thick mud for three days near the Rio Grande River in Albuquerque, New Mexico is alive and recovering at a local hospital. Last Saturday, students from La Cueva High School and their biology teacher heard a man yelling [...]

Local Students Honor Teachers Through Teacher Tribute [VIDEO]

Rudy Fernandez — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:03:50 +0000

For as long as I can remember I've been a member of the Teach Tribute Prize Patrol and on Tuesday our local the Prize Patrol visited a couple of schools in Abilene, one was Austin Elementary and the other is Wylie Jr. High. We had one goal in mind, to bring attention to the outstanding efforts and teaching abilities of two teachers that several students wrote in about. Ms. Moser teaches at Austin Elementary and Ms. Parrish at Wylie Jr. High.

Why I like the University of Wisconsin [VIDEO]

Rudy Fernandez — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:43:25 +0000

I've kept it to myself for a long time, but it's time I came out of the closet. I am a big Bucky Badgers fan and the reason comes from the schools band and the fans rather than the team itself. They are incredible, the students and fans remain standing through most of the game, they sing, they chant and generally have a great time while the game plays on. And yes even when the badgers are behind the school spirit never seems to change. As you'll see in the video, the game goes on while the fans sing and make lots of noise. The students and fans make it almost impossible for the visiting teams at Camp Randall stadium to hear themselves think let alone call their plays.

British School Bans Students from Wearing Makeup

Shauna Wright — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:36:27 +0000

If you think girls these days just grow up too darned fast, you’ll like this.

Shelley College, a secondary school in Britain, thought its female students were painting themselves a little too heavily and spending too much time primping in the bathrooms, so officials banned anyone 16 and younger from wearing cosmetics.