Student (or Former Student) Prank?
Well that’s what Taiwan News says. It’s been fixed now. Google says spoofed Taiwan school names being fixed | Taiwan News | Sep. 23, 2024 13:48 I guess we’ll never know. Was it funny? Not particularly.
Gun Ownership Takes Away Our Rights
Owning a gun may be a right, but so is the right to not be killed. Don’t Americans deserve that? At what point does my right to own a gun outweigh your right (or mine) to not be killed by gun? At some point, the right to liberty and freedom is curtailed by the risk…
Glenrothes High School
My school before opening day. You can even see the wall I tripped over on my last day! Note the Celtic designs: no one explained those to me at the time! LOL!
A Good Year for the Roses: George Jones vs. Elvis Costello
I remember the Elvis Costello version from my high school days. I hadn’t heard the original Country & Western version before. I like it! Which do you prefer?
High School Student Suspended After Recording Teacher Using a Racial Slur
How is it that the students in the class show more understanding, empathy, and compassion than their teachers? Why are bigots their teachers? Don’t the students deserve better?
Lazy Theologies Create Lazy School Teachers
Having found my old high school on FB, the subject of physical punishment came up. I found out that my biology teacher, Mr. Summers, who I was belted by for doing something that could have been sorted out with a few sharp words. Of course, the belt was the answer to all problems caused by…
Decorating the School – Winter Holiday 2010
Decorating the School, originally uploaded by obblogatory. Yes, we spent two long and hard days redecorating the school. We had to paint four rooms, and one long hallway. So take a look at others in this set. It was quite a transformation!
Renovating the school: It’s nearly time!
We opened our little language school nearly 10 years ago, and about every 4~5 years we seem to have an overhaul. With the 10th year nearly upon us, it’s looking like we won’t be moving again, so the overhaul will mainly apply to our decoration and our choice of classroom furniture. We’re likely looking at…