Posts Tagged ‘Education’
Canadian Teacher Lap Dances for School Pep Rally
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 [...]
Jobless Bronx Grad Sues College for Refund
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 suit filed in Bronx Supreme Court [...]
Evel Knievel Stunts Banned in Indian Schools
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 a plank laid on top of a [...]
Knowledge is Power, Just Ask the Kids in Leister
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 video about chlamydia. What is wrong [...]
Kids, Don’t Try This At School
The City Council of Leister (that's in the U.K. for the geographically challenged), in an effort to curb teen pregnancy has produced and posted a viral video. The spot ends with,"Not what you expected?... Being a teenage parent might not be either." I think this would have a bit more credibility if it didn't take place on a school yard [...]
Whither the Educational Value of Gremlins
So I watched the movie Gremlins for the first time in about 20 years. Largely because nothing else was on and I had forgotten that Phoebe Cates was in it. Phoebe Cates makes my heart go pitter patter. I don't really remember enjoying the film the first time I saw it, and its still disappointing. Director Joe Dante's best work is in The [...]
E/I Programming – One to Grow On
You wouldn’t know it from scanning your TV Guide, but the FCC mandates that local televisions stations air three hours a week of what is called E/I programming. The E/I stands for Educational and Informational programming. The E/I mandate stems from the Children’s Television Act of 1990. Congress figured that if broadcasters were using [...]
