It was a Friday afternoon in late May, just a few weeks before the school year would end and students would be huddled on curbsides waiting for ice cream trucks to make their hourly rounds.
But for one teacher, six weeks was too long. That afternoon, she turned in her keys and her grade book. “I won’t be in on Monday and I’m quitting teaching — and that’s that.”
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“America’s not a country, it’s a business.” This grim, final proclamation by Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) defines the overwhelming sentiment of Killing Them Softly. In…
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Questions have been circulating since the announcement that funding to NASA would be cut significantly in the coming years. According to a source, NASA has spent countless taxpayer dollars searching for life on the once popular social networking website, MySpace.
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The Divest For Our Future Campaign is a partnership between Better Future Project, Students for a Just and Stable Future and 350.org. According to Divest For Our Future, their main goal is to “have all college and university presidents and boards immediately freeze any new investment in fossil fuel companies and divest from direct or indirect ownership of fossil fuel stocks and bonds within 5 years.”
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A field trip at Walkerville Elementary School went awry last Monday when fourth grade teacher Ms.Valerie Frizzle led her class on a suicide/homicide mission. -
The true story of a robot left to die on the big red rock -
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Spreading Mr. Park’s philanthropic message in a different way.