The Real Story of Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has got to be one of the biggest holidays of the year, a time for parades, travel, family, and of course, tons and tons of food. But, as is the case with many major holidays, it seems that the true history of the holiday has been lost over the years. Today’s Thanksgiving celebrations are...
High School Engineering Class Creates a Prosthetic Arm So Middle Schooler Can Play Cello
A high school in Irving, Texas put its engineering class to good use by fulfilling a middle school girl’s dreams of playing in the orchestra. Kayla Arqueta was born without her left hand and part of her forearm. As a student at Austin Middle School, she wanted to join the orchestra, so she auditioned for...
Twitter Users Caught up with Their Old Grade School Teachers and It Is Nice and Wholesome
Have you ever reconnected with an old teacher that you really looked up to when you were in school? Sounds like a cool idea, doesn’t it? Well, these Twitter users thought it would be a great idea to find and reconnect with old grade school teachers, and I think you’ll like these tweets. 1. Reunited...
A School Is Facing Big Backlash After Trashing Hot Meals of Students with Lunch Debt
I can almost guarantee that this story is going to aggravate you in a major way. And if this video would not have gone viral, would the public have even known about it? Kids need food for energy (and, you know, surviving) and they need energy to learn on a daily basis (duh). It seems...
Italy Will Require That Children Learn About Climate Change in School Starting in 2020
This seems like common sense, doesn’t it? But as they say, common sense isn’t very common. It looks like Italy is taking a big step in the fight against global warming and climate change, and for that, we should be thankful…and we should hope that this kind of curriculum spreads across the globe. Lorenzo Fioramonti...
7th Graders Make Tampon Cookies for Their Principal After He Refuses to Put Tampons in the Bathrooms
Leave it to a male to do something this ridiculous regarding women’s health. At a middle school recently, some kids got pretty peeved when the (male) principal argued against putting a tampon machine in the restroom because the students would “abuse the privilege”…whatever that means. So what did these obviously bright and crafty seventh graders...
15 Funny Tweets That Will Probably Please All the English Majors out There
These posts are lit. English lit, that is! Those English majors sure are a punny bunch, aren’t they? If you one of these folks or maybe you just merely identify with them, you will enjoy these tweets. You may proceed! 1. That’s very true. English majors only want one thing and it’s discussing — internet...