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Teacher Gives New Meaning to "Five Second Rule"

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 24th 2009 1:00PM

If you are a parent, then you are probably familiar with the "five second rule." This rule applies to edible items dropped on the floor: If the food has been on the ground for less than five seconds, the rule says it may be picked up and eaten as if ...
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Student Sues After Forced Haircut

by Sandy Maple, Posted Dec 1st 2008 11:00AM

From the Angry Teachers Drunk With Power files, we bring you the story of a boy, his rather long bangs and a pair of scissors. According to 11-year-old Alexander Allen Brown, his teacher at Hidden Valley Middle School in Roanoke, Virginia had a ...
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Missing money leads to seventh grade strip-search

by Sandy Maple, Posted Oct 7th 2008 4:00PM

Last week, when a student at Trinity Lutheran School in Monroe, Michigan found she was missing $42, the principal of the school assumed the money must have been stolen. Determined to find the thief, principal John Hilken ordered teachers to ...
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PD*Poll: Students vote autistic 5-year-old out of class

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 27th 2008 5:05PM

It sounds like somebody has been watching too many reality shows. Namely, Wendy Portillo, a teacher at Morningside Elementary in Port St. Lucie, Florida. She turned her kindergarten classroom into a cruel version of Survivor by allowing her students ...
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