Each August since 1998, Beloit College has released the Beloit College Mindset List. It provides a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college this fall. It was originally created as a reminder to faculty to be aware of dated references, and quickly became a catalog of the rapidly changing [...]
Benedict Garrett, 30, is a sex education teacher in England who knows more about the Birds and the Bees than most. Until recently he was moonlighting as a hardcore porn star. Garrett owned up to his secret life after students discovered he was already a stripper called Johnny Anglais who plugs his steamy routine on [...]
I know this story has been out for a few weeks but, in light of Catholic Church abuse scandal this new revelation in the Lower Merion School School District Webcam-spying case is just creepy. Here’s the short version, Lower Merion School District, based in Ardmore, PA issued laptops to its students last fall. Seeing as [...]
This is what nationwide cuts in grade school education budgets get us… laid off teachers, disbanding of athletic programs, and Brian De Palma’s Scarface as the subject of a school play?! Whatever happened to Shakespeare? Neil Simon? Mamet anyone? Scarface School Play – Watch more Funny Videos
Before teenagers looked to TV, Facebook, and Twitter they had to rely on educational film strips to tell them what to do and how to behave. This one from 1947 entitled “Are You Popular” tackled the thorny question of teenage popularity. Some of the pearls of wisdom in this ten minute short: “No, girls who [...]
I’m glad there’s video for this one, because I wouldn’t have believed it. I was surprised because things like this usually occur in Florida. Well that’s unfair. The Florida teachers are usually schtupping their students (Debra Lafave, Stephanie Ragusa, Lisa Robyn Marinelli, etc). This was just a lap dance. Winnipeg high-school teacher Chrystie Fitchner seem [...]
The NY Post found this one. Trina Thompson gave it the old college try, but couldn’t find work. So she’s suing her alma mater for her money back. The Monroe College grad wants the $70,000 she spent on tuition because she hasn’t found gainful employment since earning her bachelor’s degree in April, according to a [...]
BBC News is reporting that schools in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are being instructed not to stage events with “risky” stunts. What is a “risky” stunt? Try one in which a martial arts trainer drives a motorcycle over the hands of elementary school students. Another stunt involved the bike being ridden over [...]
So last week, Holly opined on a public service announcement from the town of Leister. They had a rather dramatic way of letting teens know that teen pregnancy isn’t all that its cracked up to be. Come to find out that dramatizing health issues is their stock and trade in Leister as evidenced by this [...]
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