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Is this Person Really Trying to Sue His High School

Friday, June 27th, 2008

It has been a busy week for me. I have been hired full time at GlobalScholar, before this I was a consultant. The day before my actual hire date I flew to HQ in Seattle to fill out paperwork and start learning about the GlobalScholar systems that I am not ...

Georgia Association of Educators Voices Support for Belle Carter

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Finally! The GAE is publicly backing former Teacher of the Year, Belle Carter. Thanks to the NAACP, public opinion, at least some of it, has been critical of Carter. And the school. For a slew of baloney reasons. Welcome to the USA; where students try to harm the teacher and ...

Waycross Journal Herald Lambastes NAACP

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

The Waycross Journal-Herald tells it like it is in an editorial today. The editorial is critical of the NAACP's shenanigans and raises strong questions that we've asked on our blog. For example, if the students intended on throwing pies, how come the school never found any pies? Duh. It also references ...

NAACP in Waycross Goes Off Deep End

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Do you know what the “C” in NAACP stands for? Chutzpah! It’s a sad state of affairs. This story keeps getting more ridiculous by the day. Children brought a steak knife, crystal paperweight, handcuffs and other items to school. Their intention was to exact get revenge on their teacher, Ms. Belle ...

NAACP & Preacher Fault Waycross School with Racism

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Good Tuesday. Sipping my morning coffee. Yesterday I mentioned that the local NAACP was getting involved with the Waycross School incident. But wait; there’s more! Today, the Waycross Journal-Herald reports that a local pastor is saying that the children who plotted the attack have been treated unfairly by the school and ...

Waycross Third Grader on Good Morning America

Monday, April 7th, 2008

This morning, Good Morning America had a young guest on the show. Third Grade Student Tmanni Adams from the Center Elementary School is Waycross Georgia. That’s the school that’s been getting lots of attention recently. Tmanni Adams did not participate in the alleged plot. However, she’s been suspended for 30-days ...

Ware County School Board Issues a Statement

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Good Monday. Btw, I discovered that on the Ware County School System site, there’s a profile page for the Center Elementary School. One of the mission/beliefs of the school reads as follows: “It is our responsibility to provide an environment of physical comfort and safety.” Suffice it to say that the ...

Waycross Georgia Schools also had Bomb threats

Friday, April 4th, 2008

On April First, the world was shocked to hear the news about third graders in a Waycross Georgia Elementary school who plotted to harm their teacher. Later this week, another report stunned us with the news that fifth graders in Dawson Georgia have been charged with aggravated assault for trying ...

CSI Third Grade

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

I promised yesterday to revert back to positive school stories. With inspirational messages. And highlighting of extraordinary educators. Please render this blog post as a ephemeral commercial break. Good news to come. Today! More news on the Center Elementary School in Waycross Georgia. FYI, I’ve decided to refer to this incident ...

Fifth Grade Girls Charged with Tea Tampering

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Hate to be a Debbie Downer. Or a Depressing Dave. Or a Sad Sally. Or a Miserable Maxine. Or a Shocking Shmuly. But every time I turn around, there's another story about school children acting naughty. Dangerously naughty. While people are still trying to recover from the third grade assassins episode, ...