And Really Good Cookie Makers
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Buttinskis, Zero-Zero-Tolerance
To borrow a word from someone I don’t necessarily like or agree with, the Pussification of American kids continues, with a Texas state official proposing the elimination of extra credit in high school classes to promote “fairness.” High school students across Texas would no longer get extra credit in their grade point averages for some [...]
Tags: death of common sense, high-school
Plastic Bubbles For Everyone!
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Over The Seas, Zero-Zero-Tolerance
Ye gods this is nauseating. Belgian Gardens State School in Townsville, Queensland, recently banned all unsupervised gymnastic activities outdoors in what it called an effort to protect students from injury. ARGH. Kids get hurt, dammit, it’s part of being a kid. Wrapping them in cotton wool might save them but it also creates a nation [...]
Tags: use your head
Mission Accomplished!
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Buttinskis, Zero-Zero-Tolerance
It is always such a delight to read yet another story describing the complete disassociation from reality that is our public school system: Authorities say seven people attending high school graduations in Rock Hill are facing charges after police say they cheered while students’ names were being called. … A police spokesman says school officials [...]
Tags: high-school, point and laugh
Excellence in Education
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Zero-Zero-Tolerance
O rly? A Cleveland-area principal says he’s embarrassed his students got proof of their “educaiton” on their high school diplomas. Westlake High School officials misspelled “education” on the diplomas distributed last weekend. It’s been the subject of mockery on local radio. That’s nothing…last week, our 8 year old daughter received a trophy for making the [...]
Tags: high-school, non-education
It’s a Wonderful Night for Eyebrows
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Zero-Zero-Tolerance
Oh look, another case of “we phear change” in our public school system… A Portland high school is raising eyebrows with its brow grooming policy: shave ‘em or go home. Some students at Centennial High School have shaved vertical lines into their eyebrows in a trend recently made popular by hip-hop star Soulja Boy. School [...]
Tags: death of common sense, high-school
Education Via Bureaucracy
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Zero-Zero-Tolerance
Oh look, another post on the moronitude of those in charge of our school systems. A call from a parent stationed in a war zone has landed a Texas high school student in hot water, and his mother is asking the school to ease up on the punishment. The Copperas Cove High School sophomore received an [...]
Tags: high-school, use your head
