http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/students/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:24:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418398/posts Behind the drama unfolding in the streets of Iran, the regime is quietly clamping down on some of the nation's best students by derailing their academic and professional careers. On Wednesday, progovernment militia attacked and beat students at a school in northeastern Iran. Since last Sunday's massive protests nationwide, dozens of university students have been arrested as part of an aggressive policy against what are known as Iran's "star students." In most places, being a star means ranking top of the class, but in Iran it means your name appears on a list of students considered a threat by the... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418398/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:24:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416773/posts Reporting from Denver - After a gun-wielding student killed 32 at Virginia Tech, faculty at Colorado State University in Fort Collins found, to their alarm, that theirs was one of the few public schools in the country with no policy banning firearms. Anyone with a concealed weapons permit could legally carry on campus. Students, however, were alarmed when the faculty moved to change that. Among other arguments, students contended that permitting people to carry concealed weapons was the campus' best defense against another tragedy. "Let's say you have another Columbine or Virginia Tech," said Dan Gearhart, the student government president.... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416773/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:17:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415981/posts COPS fear that 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb Western airliners. The fanatics, in five groups, are now training at secret terror camps in Yemen. It was there London-educated Umar Abdulmutallab, 23, prepared for his Christmas Day bid to blow up a US jet. The British extremists in Yemen are in their early 20s and from Bradford, Luton and Leytonstone, East London. They are due to return to the UK early in 2010 and will then await internet instructions from al-Qaeda on when to strike. A Scotland Yard source said: "The great fear is Abdulmutallab is the first of... The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415981/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:26:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404051/posts Breaking News: Pakistan Reportedly Detains Five D.C.-Area Muslims on Suspicion of Terror IPT News December 8, 2009 **Updated December 9, 9:00 a.m. EST A Pakistani newspaper reports the arrest of five foreign nationals after a raid in a town called Sargodha. The raid took place at the home of a member of the Jaish-e-Muhammad, a Pakistani movement designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2001. According to the report, "The DPO told that these people had been living in Sargodha since Nov 30 and it was quite a possibility that they were engaged in acts of... INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404051/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:22:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407108/posts The other morning a police car was parked beside the bus. A benign interloper, I watched intently as two unsmiling officers spoke to attentive, fear-frozen little faces inside the bus. Curious, I waited before walking to my campus office to ask the policemen what had happened. They shook their heads in quiet frustration before one responded to my question. “Several parents have reported incidents of bullying on this bus and at the elementary school. We were asked to speak to the students, to give them a lecture. I guess that’s our job.” In light of that episode and some other... TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407108/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:48:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404383/posts MANILA, Philippines - Bandits have seized about 75 hostages, including elementary school students and teachers, from a village in the southern Philippines, an official said. Vice Gov. Santiago Cane Jr. of Agusan del Sur province said 19 gunmen entered the isolated hamlet of San Martin on Thursday, a day after authorities chased them away from a nearby village. He said police were pursuing the gunmen, who appeared to be using the hostages as human shields to escape. MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404383/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:45:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402695/posts Local Colleges Give Poor Grades to Proposal by Mayor Ravenstahl That Aims to Raise Money to Alleviate City's Pension Woes. BY KRIS MAHER PITTSBURGH -- Facing big unfunded pension liabilities for city workers, Pittsburgh is proposing what appears to be a one-of-a-kind 1% tuition tax on local university and college students, who claim the tax is illegal and unfair. More than 100 students filled Pittsburgh City Council chambers Monday morning, many bearing signs like "No Taxation Without Representation" to protest the tax, which, if passed this week, could become effective next year. "This is going to be a double taxation... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402695/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:35:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398040/posts SOUTHWEST ASIA, Dec. 1, 2009 – Air Force Master Sgt. Linda Adams has been an elementary school teacher for the past four years. Air Force Master Sgt. Linda Adams, 746th Aircraft Maintenance Unit support section noncommissioned officer in charge, as well as an elementary school teacher, uses a blog to communicate with students in Mississippi during her deployment in Southwest Asia, Nov. 24, 2009. In addition to being an Air Force reservist, Adams is a teacher at Kate Shepard Elementary in Mobile, Ala. She is deployed from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason... Face of Defence http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398040/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 01:00:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387782/posts President Obama at a Shanghai town hall with students, as provided by the White House PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon. It is a great honor for me to be here in Shanghai, and to have this opportunity to speak with all of you. I'd like to thank Fudan University's President Yang for his hospitality and his gracious welcome. I'd also like to thank our outstanding Ambassador, Jon Huntsman, who exemplifies the deep ties and respect between our nations. I don't know what he said, but I hope it was good. (Laughter.) What I'd like to do is to make some opening... Hawaii Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387782/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:28:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384037/posts WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (KMOX Radio) -- Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a demonstration at Washington University against socialism was making some students uncomfortable. Students cutting across the campus on a warm fall day heard the Soviet National Anthem in the breeze, coming from loud speakers inside a makeshift prison camp complete with a high-wire fence, blood-stained inmates and goose-stepping guards in Soviet-era uniforms. Organizer Dirk Doebler of the conservative group Young Americans for Liberty says the goal was to show a "liberal-leaning" campus the ugly history of socialism. KMOX radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384037/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:37:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2375263/posts Many of you are really good with visual presentations. Wade Rathke is giving a speech at Springfield College on the ninth. We will be protesting outside the hall. We want to pass out a flier depicting a professor re-distributing grades from hard working students to slackers; this as a clear example how socialism and "social justice" works. I am not good with art or drawing! If anyone out there has a cartoon or diagram similar to this, I would appreciate your sharing it with us as we are trying to change minds and influence the thoughts of the future generation. vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2375263/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:31:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370094/posts Students at Howenstine High Magnet School will be collecting donations for troops serving in Afghanistan as part of Make a Difference Day. But the students' efforts are not a one-day deal. Instead, Corrine Blum's service learning class decided to adopt a Marine unit as a yearlong project. They sent a box of letters and personal items to the troops last month and are now planning to adopt an Army unit. The project began when Blum told her students she was planning to send a package to a family friend serving in Afghanistan. She asked her students if they wanted to... Arizona Daily Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370094/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:34:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368874/posts So my son was slouching at his desk in his reading class. The teacher comes up and says " If Obama walked in this class right no, what do you think he'd think about you?". My son answered..."That I'm slouching?" Teacher.."But what do you think he'd think ABOUT you?" Son.." That I'm being lazy?" Teacher.." and don't you want to make Pres. Obama proud? Don't you want to please him?" I was stunned..I bust out laughing because it sounds so silly! I told my son I'm glad he didn't smart off about Obama because she is grading him, but that... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368874/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:53:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363708/posts Two 15-year-old boys at a £28,000-a-year public school have been accused of serious sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl. They allegedly attacked the fellow pupil at Wellington College in view of classmates during a school disco. Mail Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363708/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:15:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352931/posts WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2009 – Defense Department schools are stressing studies in science, technology, engineering and math in keeping with 21st century needs, the head of the Department of Defense Education Activity’s science program said yesterday. “There’s a huge shortage of people choosing to go in those fields, so at DoDEA, we really are working to promote more students to have an interest in choosing those opportunities as a career,” Kim Day said in an interview on the weekly “Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military” podcast. Some 90,000 students attend 191 DoDEA schools around the world.... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352931/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 23:57:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348495/posts Watch a live student town hall with Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Rep. Ron Paul from the University of Minnesota, hosted by Young Americans for Liberty and sponsored by the Minnesota Campaign for Liberty, Republican Party of Minnesota, Minneapolis City Republican Committee, College Republicans, CFACT, and Students for a Conservative Voice. [Click Here to Watch] (Windows Media Player required) From 8pm EST . *takes seat* :) Young Americans for Liberty http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348495/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:35:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2346484/posts A university leader has caused controversy by saying curvy female students are a "perk of the job". Terence Kealey, of the University of Buckingham, said lecturers were aware of females who "flaunted their curves". In a tongue-in-cheek article for Times Higher Education Magazine on the seven deadly sins of academia, he advised academics to "look but not touch". The National Union of Students condemned the comments as insulting and disrespectful to women. Dr Kealey, a clinical bio-chemist and vice-chancellor of Buckingham University, likened the classroom to a lap dancing club and said admiring the curves of attractive students could help... bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2346484/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:56:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342614/posts Students have no opinion on health careReporter's questions about major debate fall on deaf ears Molly Carpenter Issue date: 9/17/09 On Sunday night, I went to the Dean B. Ellis library in search of students who would be willing to give me a quote, or their personal opinion, on the ongoing health care reform debate that has taken hold of Washington D.C. In the wake of this national debate, there are people throughout this country who are outraged and those who are passionate about the possibilities of a government controlled health care system. In fact, it was only a few... ASU Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342614/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:26:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342086/posts OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students can name the first President of the United States, according to a survey released today. The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday. Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school students know. news9.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342086/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:02:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2339237/posts Dropouts Seek a Boost From Equivalency Exams Numbers Seeking a Degree Swell -- But Gains May Be Limited A growing number of Americans are taking high school equivalency tests in their hunt for any leg up in a bleak labor market. Adult-education centers across the country report backlogs and waiting lists for prep courses cramming dozens of topics and years of lessons into weeks or months. But the potential for a better job and pay that drives many to seek a General Educational Development diploma comes with a caveat: The certificate generally is of limited value unless students use it... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2339237/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:18:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335622/posts Second-graders at French Run Elementary in Reynoldsburg (Ohio) eat lunch as President Obama's speech is projected onto a large screen (not visible in this photo) from a live C-SPAN feed. The Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335622/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 18:24:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335079/posts REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN DISCUSSION WITH 9TH GRADERS Wakefield High School Arlington, Virginia White House website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335079/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 01:44:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334062/posts President Reagan marked the beginning of American Education Week and spoke to school students in the East Room of the White House. He talked about the foundations of American government, the values of democracy, and the regard for the United States held by other countries. He also answered questions from the students. The event was telecast in several classrooms throughout the country. C-SPAN Video Library http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334062/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:13:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333450/posts Superintendent Says He's Ordered Students To Watch Address NEW ORLEANS -- Orleans Parish School Board Superintendent Darryl Kilbert said Friday he's ordering teachers, staff and students to watch President Obama's address designated for schools on Sep. 8. The directive impacts students and staff at four Orleans parish schools. And the Superintendent said he's encouraging charter schools within the district to allow students to watch President's address. “Not only will the President’s speech address civic engagement and personal responsibility, both pillars of Louisiana education goals, it will also allow our students to participate in interdisciplinary lessons and discussions,” Kilbert said. The... wdsu.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333450/posts#comment Sun, 6 Sep 2009 18:18:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332812/posts "I think we've reached a little bit of the silly season when the president of the United States can't tell kids in school to study hard and stay in school," Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said. "I think both political parties agree that the dropout rate is something that threatens our long-term economic success." But critics objected to the language of one of the lesson plans, for students in pre-kindergarten through grade 6, that suggested that students "write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president." Another assignment for students after hearing the speech was to discuss... FOXNEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332812/posts#comment Sat, 5 Sep 2009 13:31:04 GMT