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  • School tells Nebraska family to change deaf son’s name because hand gesture looks like a gun

    This cute little gaffer pictures is Hunter Spanjer, a 3-year-old from Nebraska who happens to be deaf.  Great thing though is that Hunter can sign his name using a type  of sign language known as Signing Exact English (S.E.E.).  Using this form of signing, Hunter “speaks” his name by...
  • Five year old brings heroin to show and tell

    A man in Bridgewater, Connecticut was arrested after his stepson brought ten bags of heroin into class. The five year old pulled out the heroin when it was his turn to give a presentation to the class. His teacher immediately confiscated the drugs and contacted the police. The boy’s...
  • 11 year old boy arrested for drawing inappropriate stick figures in class.

    Police in Arvada have arrested a boy for being a potential threat over some inappropriate stick figures he drew in class, following the advise from his own therapist. The boy, authorities have chosen to call “Tim” to protect his identity, suffers from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and was instructed...
  • High school students tricked into working for NASA

    When it comes to inventive teachers, one could argue that don’t come much craftier than Brookline, Massachusetts high school science teacher Ron Dantowitz. He prepared a mock scenario for his three best students, James Breitmeyer, Brigitte Berman, and Yiannis Karavas in which they had to capture a spacecraft as...
  • German schoolgirl faces court for drawing rabbit on blackboard

    Just when you thought you had heard everything, news out of Germany is that a teacher is suing a 16-year-old-student for teasing her about an alleged phobia of rabbits. The teasing included, according to the teacher, drawing one on the class blackboard. De Spiegel reported that the teacher fled in tears when she saw...
  • Ferrari accepts 11-year-old in drivers’ academy

    Lance Stroll from Montreal is eleven. In his short life he has twice won the Canadian national championship in the Rotax Mini Max category and in 2009 he finished sixth in the World finals at Lonato in the Mini Roc category and second in the Rotax Micro Max Florida...
  • French father forced son to eat bad school report

    In what can only sound alarms for a lot of school children out there, a father of a 12 year old boy has been given a two month suspended sentence for assaulting his son. Apparently the young child returned a school report that was not to the fathers liking, so his...
  • Ferrets Down Your Pants for Charity? Ferrets Down Your Pants for Charity

    Just because an event is held in the name of charity doesn’t always make it a good idea.  I think that putting ferrets down your pants is one of those times. Yes, ferrets.  I can understand doing this recreationally, because I’m sure there’s people out there who enjoy putting...
  • Cheerleaders’ Pee Prank Determined To Be In Bad Taste

    Fort Worth, Texas: A group of high school cheerleaders is reported to have been disciplined for giving teammates drinks laced with urine. Administrators reportedly told UPI that at least two girls Saginaw High School received in-school suspensions and that other cheerleaders received lesser punishments for distributing sodas that had...