Archive for the ‘Texas’ Category
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Harrold Independent School District, in Texas, will allow teachers and staff to carry guns in school. Trustees approved the measure to deter against school shootings. School officials indicated the small communities distance from sheriff's office (30 minute drive).
Superintendent David Thweatt said, "When the federal government started making schools gun-free zones, ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Gonzales High School is taking extreme measures to enforce the dress code. Any student found to be in violation of the dress code will be forced to wear blue "prison" jumpsuits for a whole day. The Texas school district's leaders say this ridiculous experiment is "worth a try" to maintain ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
I'm not a Scientist per se, though I did a good impression when teaching 4th grade. As a pretend scientist I do know that the Theory of Evolution will always be a theory. It's a theory mainly because if we knew everything life would be pretty boring. I also know ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Good Wednesday. A school in Santa Fe Texas had to confiscate all student cell phones after nudes images of two female students were being passed around, from cell to cell. Almost like the adult version of broken telephone. Here's what occurred; two girls, in 7th 8th grade, snapped up nude ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Remember Marche Taylor? She's the 17 year old girl who was ousted from her high school prom because she was wearing an ultra revealing dress to her prom. Taylor had to be whisked away in cuffs by the cops.
Guess what? With all the attention garnered by this story, Marche Taylor got the ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
In Dallas, Bryan Adams High School was given a grant of $26,000 for a nine week test of GPS tracking for truant children. It will cost another $365,000 to expand the program to the entire county.
The GPS system is a device the student wears or carries that can inform a ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
The news websites that carried the story did not have any code to embed. Their loss. I turn to YouTube.
Here's a clip of the Marche Taylor story. If you recall, she is the girl who wore a skimpy gown to her prom.
Btw, this might be Marche Taylor's MySpace page. The ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Have you heard the one about a skimpy prom dress and a pair of handcuffs? Nope. This isn't some erotic fantasy of mine. And even it was, do you reckon I'd share that with you? Oh, really now! Marche Taylor is a senior at Madison High School in Houston Texas. ...
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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 ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Forget the Chess Club or Math Club. Students at La Vernia High School in Texas have been caught filming an amateur version of Fight Club. Only this isn’t acting. The students are actually pummeling one another in a school bathroom. And recording them on cell phones. And then uploading them ...
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