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YouTube, Kid Fights & Overreaching Schools

At this point, we’ve all seen random kids fist-fighting on YouTube, and sometimes it’s pretty awful…  like the case of a group of girls ganging up and beating down a classmate that was in the news last year. But mostly, … Continue reading

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Feminism & Teaching

An interesting blog entry, wherein the author ponders the unavoidable side-effects that crop up when social inequity rapidly decreases. Basically, prior to the ’60s, most of our best and brightest women were teachers… but within a couple decades, most of … Continue reading

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That Very Fine Line

At first blush, I’m actually siding with the Christian kid on this one. If he wants to work religious iconography into his art, then so be it… grade it and move on. I fully support (and actually demand) the restriction … Continue reading

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Texas: Teachers Are Lifeless Drones

Way to go, Austin High School! Make it clear to any good-hearted person coming out of college with a desire to help (and no sense of financial self-preservation) that teaching is a spit-upon, worthless exercise in catering to the lowest … Continue reading

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Bullies

A lotta stuff in the news lately about bullying in school, as several planned attacks were thwarted. I was picked on extensively early in grade school, when I was only medium-sized and four-eyed… and there was a really bad period … Continue reading

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“Rape” Is Not Something You Ask For 28 Times

Oh, for god’s sake. I generally get annoyed at these kinds of cases anyway, but this one is just over the top. Unless the kid says otherwise, he wasn’t raped. He had the time of his life. The only trauma … Continue reading

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