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Florida Teacher Got Fired For Giving Zeroes To Students, And It Escalated Quickly
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Florida Teacher Got Fired For Giving Zeroes To Students, And It Escalated Quickly

A Florida teacher recently said that she was fired for refusing to give her students credit for homework they never turned in, and it managed to reignite the heated debate about the education system in the U.S. Diane Tirado, 52, is a social studies teacher, and she says that the situation disregarded the “No Zero” policy. West Gate K-8 School in Port St. Lucie, her former employer, had a different story. Tirado says that she was not allowed to give anything lower than a 50. She asked her students to keep a journal in the same way a 15th-century explorer would for the first assignment of the semester, and they were required to take down notes about historical events and draw maps for two weeks. The teacher referred to it as an “explorer’s notebook”. “I got called down to the principal’...
Students Are Learning Life-saving Techniques In Case Of Massive Trauma
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Students Are Learning Life-saving Techniques In Case Of Massive Trauma

These techniques could be helpful if you ever find yourself in a dangerous situation. It’s a nightmare scenario that’s increasingly being viewed as a possibility, especially for students across the United States: emergency medical treatment for massive trauma.“Let’s say you’ve found someone who’s bleeding. You’ve assessed the situation. You’ve decided that it’s safe for you to enter. You’ve called for help or assigned somebody to do that. What do you do?” Dr. Habeeba Park, assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, asks while training high school students in skills that she hopes they never have to use. “You’re trying to save this person’s life.” Park’s lessons are part of a campaign called Stop the Bleed, which holds special significance in ...
Sexist Dress Code Violation Video By Texas High School Only Features Female Students
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Sexist Dress Code Violation Video By Texas High School Only Features Female Students

Sexist dress code violation video has been created by a high school in Texas, and it only featured female students violating the dress code, while the song “Bad Girls” from M.I.A. plays in the background. Some of the students at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas decided to share the problematic video on the social media to raise awareness, and it went viral since. It even prompted parents to make formal complaints. Catherine Moring, a student in the school shared the video with the caption: “Today my school was shown this video. So sad how ONLY girls are shown as the violators. I understand why my school has a dress code, but what about the boys who wear shorts, or show their shoulders? It’s 2018…Why are we still over-sexualizing teen girls?” Today my school was shown thi...
How To Get 10% Off Textbook Orders Of $100 Or More At Amazon
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How To Get 10% Off Textbook Orders Of $100 Or More At Amazon

It’s time for all students to head back to school. If you have kids in college now, you know the cost of textbooks can really add up — sometimes more than you’d expected. If you or someone you know is currently looking for textbooks, you’ll want to check out a deal Amazon has going on through Sept. 29. For a limited time, you can get 10-percent off textbook orders of $100 or more. All you have to do is use code “Text10” at checkout. It’s important to note that the deal only applies to new textbooks, so if you can find what you need used, you could save even more money. The maximum benefit you may receive from this offer is $50, which would mean spending $500 on new textbooks. That may sound like an insane amount to spend on books but, as any parent of a college student will tell y...