High School Spends Thousands of Dollars of Grant Money on Locking Up Student’s Cell Phones For The Entire School Day

I went to high school in the age of smartphones. When I entered the 9th grade, I entered with a purple slide phone in my backpack. After the first three weeks of school, it became abundantly clear that I needed to get an iPhone as soon as possible; not because of the social stigma of …
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Parents Debate Whether Kids Should be Allowed to Order DoorDash to School

As time goes by, I begin to understand why certain rules were in place when I was a teenager. My high school had a rule against students with cars leaving campus to go get lunch, and at the time, it was super annoying. What’s the harm in driving three minutes to Sonic-Drive In and grabbing …
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Former ‘Gifted Kid’ Claims Back to School Season Makes Former High Achieving Students Existential, Gets Roasted For Still Identifying as a ‘Gifted Kid’

I disagree with the baby boomer generation on some things. I don’t really see the harm in giving out «participation trophies» for sports and other activities. As someone who received my fair share of participation trophies, let me drop a truth bomb on y’all: We knew they did not mean anything. Some kids actually got …
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A Nostalgic Thread Told by Salty Students Who Are Still Not Over Their Tyrannical Grade School Teachers

For those who look back on those weird, awkward years when you were still living under your parent’s roof, getting grounded, made fun of at school, and tsk-tsked by teachers, believe me when I say you are not alone. Lots of people talk about the ‘good old days’ and reminisce about their school years. I, …
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34 Back to School Memes for Teachers Who Already Need a Break From Their Class

You’ve been dreading this week for months now. Ever since the bell rang and school was out for summer, the dark cloud of the next school year has been following you around. Although it was easy to ignore in the early months of summer when you recuperating, hitting the pool, and slamming margaritas, it seems …
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30 Teacher Memes To Help Survive The First Day of School

When I was a kid, the first day of school was such an exciting time. You’d meet your new teachers, see your new classroom, and, best of all, you wouldn’t have to jump straight into lessons. You got to enjoy the sweet embrace of syllabus day. Once all of the initial jitters were out, you …
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Twitter Reacts To Mega Rich Texas High School With a Food Court Cafeteria And College-Level Football Facilities

If you are not from Houston or Dallas-Fort Worth, you do not know the depth and breadth of Texas high school football. I don’t care if you’ve watched and read Friday Night Lights, it is even more intense than you can ever imagine. Public high schools in Texas spend millions of taxpayer dollars every year …
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25 Hilarious Memes College Dropouts Destined For Greatness Will Understand

Dropping out of college doesn’t automatically mean that you won’t be successful in life. Too many people have proven that college is not an absolute necessity when it comes to financial wealth and prosperity in this modern era. In fact, plenty of billionaires alive today didn’t even graduate from high school.  One example is Amancio …
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Post Grads Discuss The Types of Students They Were

What kind of student were you in high school and college? When we talk about different types of students, we tend to only focus on two ends of the Bell Curve, both of which I wouldn’t say I liked when I was in school. The first type is the overachiever. Don’t get me wrong, I …
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Teachers Share The Funniest Ways Their Students Have Roasted Them

Kids do not treat their teachers well. That’s such a well-known fact I don’t even think it’s fair to call it a «cold take.» When I was a teen, I was very sneaky about how I would resist the tyrannous will of my teachers. Me and my friend Brooks put a stink bomb in our …
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