Archive for the ‘Michigan’ Category
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Yesterday, 44 students were suspended from Stevenson High School in Livonia, Michigan. The school was upset over the T-shirts the students were wearing.
The front of the shirt says "Puschin' It To The Limit"; "Puschin" being a referenced to Anheuser-Busch, an alcoholic beverage. The back of the shirt says "Class of ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
A high school senior is making national AND international news for selling a record amount of girl scout cookies. Fifteen year-old Jennifer Sharpe is a sophomore at Edsel Ford High School in Dearborn Michigan. And she has sold 17,328 boxes of cookies at $3.50 a pop. That's a total of ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Good Friday. If I was stuck on an island and had the option to get one newspaper delivered, it would be the Wall Street Journal. Not the online version. Print baby! While other newspapers continue hemorrhaging, the WSJ continues to grow. How is that possible in today's age of internet ...
Posted in Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, evolution | 1 Comment »
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
According to this article research done at Ohio State University, using real world examples of mathematics in action hurts more than it helps.
To tell the truth I can understand where this might come from. It is a very messy business extracting math concepts from the math we use in the ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Yesterday, La Vernia High School in Texas made headlines across the country about a fight club involving the high school students. Everyone is up in arms. Each story written, including this one, includes a reference to the Brad Pitt/Ed Norton movie.
Here’s the deal; this is a serious matter. So ...
Posted in California, Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Texas, school crimes | 3 Comments »
