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Most of us would love an extra day off. For me, that would almost be preferable to an equivalent amount of money as a bonus — while I’m always short of money (I do have three kids, after all), I’m even more short on time. But an extra day off may not be the best idea if it comes every week and if it means putting in extra hours each day to make up the time. That’s hard enough to do as an adult, but as a child it’s got to be near impossible. And yet, some school districts are making kids stick it out for an extra hour and a half each day in order to switch to a four day school week.
17-year-old O’Rhonde Chapman likes to wear jumbo gold hoop earrings, long flowing wigs and stiletto heels. So what’s the big deal? To the school administrators of Nimitz High School in Texas, it’s the fact that O’Rhonde was born a “he”. Unhappy with his attire, the school principal recently sent him home.
Did you know that New York City has more than 1-million schoolchildren in their system? Yeah, I didn’t know that either. And in response to having such a large community, the nation’s biggest school district announced it will offer swine flu vaccinations to each child for free this fall.
When the vaccine is available around mid to late October, the New York City schools as well as hundreds of smaller school districts will be administering the vaccine to most of their students. But don’t start worrying about needles flying here there and everywhere. The vaccine will probably mostly be given via a “mist” in the nose. Continue reading »
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