Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Parents and students: if you have any candy bars at your house with a logo of a white rabbit on the packaging, throw them away! A recall has been issued on all White Rabbit candy bars, as it is believed that they may be contaminated with melamine.
These contaminated candy bars ...
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
High school is a time when most boys and girls start taking an interest in the opposite sex. Granted this may, and usually does, start at an earlier age; high school is when the dating games begin.
Parents, brace yourself for this time of growth and help your teen develop healthy ...
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
In the midst of one of the worst financial crises ever some teacher has the audacity to use it to further his or her student’s education.
Observe the comment left on this blog:
“Our AP Macroeconomics and AP Government classes on Friday afternoon were devoted to talk of the unstable ...
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
My mother always says, think twice before you speak once. Unfortunately, a 16-year-old student from Half Hollow High School East had to learn this lesson the hard way after getting arrested at a school pep rally.
Apparently, a 16-year-old student threatened to shoot “numerous people” while at his school pep rally. ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Rialto High School has lost its football and baseball fields to 6 mm invaders. Both teams have been forced to practice elsewhere and cancel games, while they called in the experts from the state Department of Agriculture.
The problem: South American fire ants.
It may not seem like a big deal, as ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Here is a story of a mother’s love gone wrong. Michele Cossey from Plymouth Township plead guilty yesterday to charges of buying her son an assault rifle to carry out a Columbine-like attack at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School.
The son, Dillon Cossey, told authorities that he had been bullied at school ...
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
A California man was arrested Friday for putting dead animals in lockers at Dublin High School. He stole the carcasses from a veterinary morgue and stuffed them into lockers for what he called a practical joke.
The 20-year-old has been charged with grand theft, tampering with high school property and improper ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
A 14-year-old boy died this afternoon from injuries he obtained yesterday when he was hit by a car while crossing U.S. 27 in Davenport, Florida.
Christopher Cepeda was with three friends Sunday night when the accident occurred. It was around 8 p.m. when Cepeda stepped into oncoming traffic, too distracted by ...
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Two Basic Models of Learning
The first model says that all learning is simply a ladder. You learn one skill then move to the next and the next and the next and so on until you learn everything of importance. This is a bit simplistic but I find that if I ...
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
The season of homecoming football games and dances is upon us. For girls, this is a time to have fun dressing up and getting fancy. Getting ready for homecoming can be a pricey event – but it doesn’t have to be.
Here are some money saving tips:
• Do you own nails – ...
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