Posted in Shut the eff up, Why Timmy can't read on Mar 17th, 2008 No Comments »
A voucher school did this?
Of course not. It was a government school.
A 13-year-old boy was forced to pee in a lunch box during class as his peers and teacher watched. The two heart-warming conclusions to this absurd tale: 1. the child is still forced to continue going to this school. [...]
Posted in This is bullshit!, Why Timmy can't read on Mar 17th, 2008 No Comments »
The government again succeeds at being the asshole in this story. Virginia government won’t allow U.S. born kids, whose parents are undocumented qualify for in-state tuition.
The Story:
Luz Jamilla Penarete started school at George Mason University after graduating from Annandale High School in 2006, but when she registered for classes, she was shocked to find that [...]
Posted in This is bullshit!, Why Timmy can't read on Mar 12th, 2008 2 Comments »
Here’s a not-so-heartwarming story from Connecticut:
Michael Sheridan was stripped of his title as class vice president, barred from attending an honors student dinner and suspended for a day…
Guess what the Michael did? Punch a teacher in the face? Lewd comments to a girl? Pull A Fire Alarm? Spread libertarian ideas? [...]
Posted in Sweet, Why Timmy can't read on Mar 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
Imagine living in a rural town of Arkansas and taking a hour long bus ride to school. You and I would mostly sleep during that hour.
However, a Vanderbilt professor is revolutionizing is home town school bus ride by providing kids with laptop computers and ipods to learn math and science on the way to [...]
Posted in Why Timmy can't read on Mar 5th, 2008 6 Comments »
An interesting question is posed on the front page of today’s New York Times: Can students be paid to excel?
I am curious what Liberty Girl and her readers have to say.
Would it make kids appreciate learning less — or does it create the type of incentive that would lead to a noticeable improvement in [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, Why Timmy can't read on Mar 3rd, 2008 3 Comments »
So, in Texas bigger is obviously better, well not in this case. Less would be preferred.
The San Antonio Express reports that Texans have paid $2.4 million dollars for shitty bureaucrats, Superintendents, to leave the school system.
Why should taxpayer money be used to compensate the departure of a shitty bureaucrat? Why not have their fancy [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, This is bullshit!, Why Timmy can't read on Feb 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Never, try to travel with a sick baby and think your baby will come out alive of an INS and Homeland security check point.
This is another reason to have open borders and get rid of government minions.
Posted in This is bullshit!, Why Timmy can't read on Feb 11th, 2008 No Comments »
By nature, I dislike unions for their coercive behavior and abusive power that inhibits average day people from prospering and creating positive change.
Anyways get this…
“In Ohio a parent was fined $10,000 after the Cleveland Bar Association filed a complaint that he didn’t hire a lawyer and instead represented his autistic son when he sued the [...]
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