50 Fun Things for Professors to Do on the First Day of Class

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Caution: I got to laughing so hard reading this I just about split my gut.

http://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/2007/04/09/uncomfortable-self-recognition/

% cutelildrowChildren praised for the effort they put into their work, especially schoolwork, do better on tests and everything else than those praised for ( Read more... )

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/14/eugene-francis-plampin-se_n_876634.html

Since it's the taxpayer dollar that's been paying this bastard's salary, I say we turn him over to local taxpayers and let them have at him.

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(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kxc6kzH-uI)

A supporter of the teachers unions is questioned about her belief that the unions need more money and power ( Read more... )

"Hot," hell -- if I had my kids in that school, I'd have been at @!$%^&##!!?! Defcon 1 over this! Whatever the hell happened to civilization, anyway -- did it get lost along with everything else during the '60s?http://www. ( Read more... )

Why am I not surprised? {sour}http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014421357_texting07m.htmlRead more... )

Two-Thirds of Wisconsin Public-School 8th Graders Can’t Read Proficiently-Despite Highest Per Pupil Spending in Midwest | CNS.Two-thirds of the eighth graders in Wisconsin public schools cannot read proficiently according to the U.S. Department of Education, despite the fact that Wisconsin spends more per pupil in its public schools than any other ( Read more... )

Maryland teacher Susan Burke 'punched and choked' first-grade pupils | Mail Online

Teen Arrested For Having Permanent Marker at School

I would love to see that teacher arrested for violating one or another stupid law on the books in that city, and fined for it right down to her underwear.

http://www.parentdish.com/2010/06/08/does-a-teacher-really-need-to-remind-kids-hydrate/?icid=main ( Read more... )