Secret Cameras Discovered In High School
Student Journalists Discover Secret Cameras In High School
Smells Like: k12 , Massachusetts , privacy , rights , student press
District Prohibits Christmas Colors
Smells Like: christians , holiday , policy , religion , santa , Texas
District Prohibits Christmas Colors
I wasn't sure how far this Christmas thing was going to be taken. You'll find plenty of schools that have already banned Christmas cards, Christmas songs, and Christmas plays. I'm not even sure there is a school district left that doesn't refer to Christmas Break as "Winter Break." But prohibiting Christmas colors?
Green and Red have somehow arbitrarily been chosen to represent the holidays. They have absolutely no religious meaning. They in no way promote Jesus or Christian beliefs. They are colors for crying out loud! This school district not only promoted 'white' napkins and plates, but reminded the students not to wear green or red to their parties. Did they go into their desks and pull out all the green and red Crayola's?
We can't possibly ask all of our schools to not even acknowledge one of the most celebrated holiday's of the year. We're dumbing these kids down so much they won't even realize why they can't say Merry Christmas to a classmate.
Student Caught Using Firefox gets Detention
Smells Like: computers , internet , Pennsylvania , technology
Student Caught Using Firefox gets Detention
And why not? Teenagers know more about the internet now that probably 90% of school faculty. To a teacher this most likely just looked like the kid was up to something wrong, so he handed out the detention slip. What's more interesting is how the administration attempted to change the story into a more plausible excuse for the punishment. This probably doesn't sound too familiar: Teachers over-reacting then trying to cover their tracks by shifting the blame. The school should thank him for using Firefox. It probably freed up some bandwidth that day so some math teacher could look up kiddie porn.
McDonalds Advertises on School Report Cards
Smells Like: budget , diet , Florida , grades , health
McDonalds Advertises on School Report Cards
And we thought Channel One was a money-making scam?
Basically, McDonald's is paying for the printing costs, and in exchange they put pictures of the Golden Arches all over the report cards. And the school went for the idea. They said they needed the money. Apparently there is a lack of healthy options for a business partner in the state of Florida. But no, it's a great incentive for getting good grades. Fast food!
Is Hershey's going to take over Houghton-Mifflin and start publishing school books? Maybe Cheeto's is thinking of running Rand McNally out of the map business. If school is going to become one big commercial, they need to start assessing what long-term message they are putting out there. Is McDonald's really the best answer for cutting into a budget problem? Was recycled paper not mentioned at this meeting? Or how about this, it's 2007, email the freakin report cards!
And we thought Channel One was a money-making scam?
Basically, McDonald's is paying for the printing costs, and in exchange they put pictures of the Golden Arches all over the report cards. And the school went for the idea. They said they needed the money. Apparently there is a lack of healthy options for a business partner in the state of Florida. But no, it's a great incentive for getting good grades. Fast food!
Is Hershey's going to take over Houghton-Mifflin and start publishing school books? Maybe Cheeto's is thinking of running Rand McNally out of the map business. If school is going to become one big commercial, they need to start assessing what long-term message they are putting out there. Is McDonald's really the best answer for cutting into a budget problem? Was recycled paper not mentioned at this meeting? Or how about this, it's 2007, email the freakin report cards!
Dallas High School Bans "Hoodies"
Smells Like: dress code , policy , Texas , violence
Dallas High School Bans "Hoodies"
In a related story out of Dallas, student absentee rates have risen this winter due to large outbreaks of sore throats and pneumonia.
The justifying cause for this was to make students more identifiable when fights break out. Here's an idea: Let's re-evaluate our discipline policies rather than make irrational dress code decisions. If you want to figure out which kids are fighting, trying seeing who is coming to school with black eyes and scratched up knuckles.
There's a large majority of the student body suffering because they can't wear a hood anymore. This uses NO logic. Hoods are completely indirectly related to fights, but they've become the victim. What group of idiots decided this is the best way to resolve an issue with school fights? Why not just give every student an inmate number? That should make it easy to spot the bad eggs. It's a shame on a daily basis more and more innocent items have become forbidden at public schools.
In a related story out of Dallas, student absentee rates have risen this winter due to large outbreaks of sore throats and pneumonia.
The justifying cause for this was to make students more identifiable when fights break out. Here's an idea: Let's re-evaluate our discipline policies rather than make irrational dress code decisions. If you want to figure out which kids are fighting, trying seeing who is coming to school with black eyes and scratched up knuckles.
There's a large majority of the student body suffering because they can't wear a hood anymore. This uses NO logic. Hoods are completely indirectly related to fights, but they've become the victim. What group of idiots decided this is the best way to resolve an issue with school fights? Why not just give every student an inmate number? That should make it easy to spot the bad eggs. It's a shame on a daily basis more and more innocent items have become forbidden at public schools.
Student suspended for prank done at home
Smells Like: cell phone , pranks , technology , Texas
Student suspended for prank done at home
Two girls and three boys were each given 3-day suspensions for looking at a picture on a cell phone. Does this mean I should have served punishment every time me and my friends would sneak one of our dad's porno mags to look at?
This is getting ridiculous. All of a sudden the jurisdiction of school's power can go wherever it wants to hand out sentences to kids. If we keep allowing administration to tighten the vice grip they have, we're only going to encourage negative reactions. Teens are already for the most part angry at adults and looking for a reason to rebel. Let's not make it so easy by giving them reasons such as this.
Two girls and three boys were each given 3-day suspensions for looking at a picture on a cell phone. Does this mean I should have served punishment every time me and my friends would sneak one of our dad's porno mags to look at?
This is getting ridiculous. All of a sudden the jurisdiction of school's power can go wherever it wants to hand out sentences to kids. If we keep allowing administration to tighten the vice grip they have, we're only going to encourage negative reactions. Teens are already for the most part angry at adults and looking for a reason to rebel. Let's not make it so easy by giving them reasons such as this.
Assistant Principal Arrested in Marijuana Sting
Smells Like: drugs , law , principal , Virginia
Assistant Principal Arrested in Marijuana Sting
I guess this guy was absent the day D.A.R.E came to school.
How can someone consciously punish a student for throwing paper airplanes in class, while harvesting weed in his backyard at home? Hypocrisy is a funny thing. We set up these walls and guidelines that children must closely abide by for 12 years, but the one's enforcing the rules live in a dream world where drugs are legal.
What are we teaching students when we constantly see teachers in trouble with the law? I am gonna have a hard time following the dress code the day after I learn my Asst. Principal is a pothead. It's no wonder most people aren't prepared for life after high school because they are so confused when they get out and the real world hits them like a steam engine. They are literally blind-sided by the fact that all these so-called rules in the Student Handbook have absolutely no practical application beyond the hallways.
But seriously, if I found out my principal was growing weed I would question the integrity of every teacher I had. Then again, we were taught not to question things.
Substitute teacher accused of being drunk in class
Smells Like: alcohol , drunk , Pennsylvania , teachers
Substitute teacher accused of being drunk in class
Now I'm not saying that appropriate actions weren't taken...but maybe this is the answer to why standardized test scores are so low across the country. School districts are giving these people jobs? I guess Responsibility isn't one of the characteristics screened for.Autistic Student May Get Expelled from School
Smells Like: ESE , Indiana , policy
Autistic Student May Get Expelled from School
There's really only so much you can say about this one. The school has problems with him blurting out inappropriate comments he supposedly hears on TV. Case closed. Let's put this kid on the fast-track to a lifetime of parental dependence and inability to adapt in a society by depriving him of an education. I'm convinced it's the best option.
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