I find it hard to believe that skipping school to protest is all that much fun when you have the permission of the grown-ups to do so. The professional protesters go to a lot of trouble to round up high school students, but - teenagers being teenagers - those who show up look bored and apathetic. Perhaps the real way to rebel these days is to ignore the moonbats and stay in school?
A Canadian high school cafeteria sees sales drop when healthy fare is on the menu. I'm wondering why they sell food at all if they let even the middle-schoolers leave campus at lunchtime.
Carlisle High School (PA) has discovered a magic wand that sniffs BAC from the air and transports students on a magic carpet straight from the dance floor to drug and alcohol counseling. Allegedly there are no "false positives" from this type of gadget, which would make it very different from every other alcohol test on the market.
Fort Lewis College (CO) students are living in the 70's. How long until 8-track tapes and vans with shag carpeting come back?
In the US, students who are caught cheating are often punished. Over in Russia, they get to brag that their innovative implements are now museum pieces. Women's panties with logarithms on them? That sounds less like a cheating tool and more like fetish gear for a lovesick mathematician.
Finally, do NOT miss the chance to see the photo of Victoria University students who reacted in ass-inine ways when university officials raised tuition fees (I love newspapers Down Under). Note to Victoria University council secretary Christine Turner: Hold the meetings in rooms above the first floor from now on. That won't completely stop the mooners, but it'll make it a bit tougher for them to plant their behinds so close to you. As for the students, it's hard to understand what they're getting for all that money if this was the most effective way they could think of to protest.
Posted by kswygert at November 7, 2005 09:53 AM