http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/teens/ en-us Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:10:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039653/posts FALMOUTH – A 14-year-old boy was arrested yesterday after he pushed a senior citizen off a dock because he “thought it would be funny,” police said. The North Falmouth teen – whose name was not released because he is a juvenile – was at Megansett Beach when the 2:20 p.m. incident occurred. Police said the boy ran up behind the 71-year-old victim, who was fishing off the dock with his grandson, and pushed him off the dock and into the ocean. The man suffered lacerations to both knees and lost his prescription glasses, police said. Although the boy fled into... Cape Cod Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039653/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:10:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038435/posts CCTV:New York,June 10/08:A school prank gone wrong on Long Island is caught on tape. Police said a group of students, dismissed early from Uniondale High School during the June 10th heat wave vandalized a 7-11 store. They're seen grabbing items off shelves and throwing items on the floor. According to police, they also stole candy and beverages from the store. Three teenagers are charged with riot and petty larceny. live leak http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038435/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:52:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038061/posts NEW YORK — News of a cluster of at least 17 pregnant teenagers at a Massachusetts high school recently made headlines around the world, but it came at a time when teen pregnancies and abortions in the United States actually are at their lowest points in 30 years. Pregnancies — whether they end in birth, miscarriage or abortion — among women age 15 to 19 dropped to 72.2 per 1,000 women in 2004, down from a peak of 117 per 1,000 women in 1990, according to the latest data compiled by New York's Guttmacher Institute, which focuses on reproductive health... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038061/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:52:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037701/posts An estimated 10 percent of middle and high school students in the Delaware Valley School District are infected with a sexually transmitted disease. About two dozen teenage girls in the district have tested positive for pregnancy. And officials say there's one confirmed case of a student with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stepped in to track down students at risk for HIV, since the infected student is reported to have had multiple sex partners in the district, officials say. School officials released the alarming figures in a letter sent home... Times Herald-Record http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037701/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:36:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036011/posts June 24th, 2008 The “expert” analyses of why at least 17 teenies at Gloucester (MA) High got themselves with child begin: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/25279403/?GT1=43001 Obviously, they didn’t execute the project alone–one enlisted the assistance of a 24 year old homeless guy–but apparently it was of their own volition and speculation as to their reasons for effectively ending their childhood are pretty irrelevant. The school was certainly an enabler, a willing facilitator, by assuring them in advance that they could have their little cherubs taken care of via an onsite daycare program. What’s debatable is not teen hormones or the reasons for their... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036011/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:21:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034933/posts Seven ninth-graders at Pascack Valley High School have been suspended for the rest of the school year for distributing racy photos of middle school girls via cell phones and school-issued laptops. A student who saw the photos on a laptop tipped off a teacher, and the administration alerted Hillsdale police last week, district Superintendent Benedict Tantillo III said today. More than 20 girls who are now in ninth grade were in the photos, the superintendent said. Some pictures appeared to have been taken two or three years ago, and some of the subjects moved to private high school instead of... NorthJersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034933/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:23:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034842/posts When a 15-year-old at Gloucester HS in Massachusetts learned she was pregnant a few months ago, there were no tears. Shown her positive pregnancy test, the girl said simply, "Sweet!" And she rushed off to tell her classmates - 17 of whom are also pregnant, none of them older than 16. The baby boom is the result of what the school principal described last week as a "pregnancy pact." "Some girls seemed more upset when they weren't pregnant than when they were," principal Joseph Sullivan said. "We found out one of the fathers is a 24-year-old homeless guy." NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034842/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:44:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034109/posts Warning for teens: Teeth and jewelry don't mix Skin piercings might be the rage among teens, but researchers from Tel Aviv University have found good reasons to think twice about piercing one's tongue or lip. Dr. Liran Levin, a dentist from the Department of Oral Rehabilitation, School of Dental Medicine at Tel Aviv University has found that about 15 to 20 percent of teens with oral piercings are at high risk for both tooth fractures and gum disease. Resulting tooth fractures as well as periodontal problems, he says, can lead to anterior (front) tooth loss later in life. High rates... Physorg http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034109/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:37:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030957/posts <p>POLICE and teachers who told a group of high school students that two dozen of their classmates had been killed in road smashes had to admit it was just a hoax when the teenagers became hysterical with grief.</p> <p>The fake announcement was part of a road safety campaign meant to scare the students off drink-driving.</p> News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030957/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:39:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029361/posts Finals week is over; summer is here. And thanks to misguided politicians, your teenager is more likely to be sitting in front of the television than waiting tables or scooping ice cream. This year, it’s harder than ever for teens to find a summer job. Researchers at Northeastern University described summer 2007 as “the worst in post-World War II history” for teen summer employment, and those same researchers say that 2008 is poised to be “even worse.” According to their data, only about one-third of Americans 16 to 19 years old will have a job this summer, and vulnerable low-income... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029361/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:47:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029629/posts Melancholy Serenades by: Malcolm A. Kline, June 11, 2008 Education professionals think that they have come up with a way to get middle school students to share their life experiences in a way that is both therapeutic and instructive but the exercises they have concocted may prove to be intrusive at best. “In their writer’s notebook, students draw a horizontal line across the page,” Karen D. Wood writes in the May 2008 issue of Middle School Journal. “Above the line, they note the highlights of their lives; moments that are fond memories.” “Below the line, they note the lowlights of... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029629/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:41:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028335/posts WASHINGTON - From Jeannie Harrison's perspective, the social lives of most teenagers tend to revolve around their cell phones -- even when they are behind the wheel. "People don't want to be inaccessible for even 15 minutes driving up the street," said Harrison, 19, a sophomore at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. "They're so used to being accessible all the time." Targeting inexperienced motorists, several states have passed laws during the past five years restricting cell phone use by teenage drivers. But an insurance industry study being released Monday that looked at whether teens are ignoring such restrictions contends enforcement... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028335/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:53:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027823/posts Like a plague, murder by knife has taken London by storm. Gang members have said that killing someone is like a status symbol. It's in fashion. Taking little to no provocation this so called fashion of knife murders gives no warning. Associated Content http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027823/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 07:50:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027516/posts Should the high school prom be renamed the high school porno? They call it "grinding" or "freak dancing" when students grind their pelvises into each other to the beat of sexually explicit music, sometimes in chains of three or four or more. This kind of dancing is so commonplace with high-school students that some parents and cultural writers are suggesting all attempts at school dancing decorum should be abandoned. In The Washington Post, reporter Laura Sessions Stepp recently tried to talk herself and her readership into finding a different war to fight, since dancing regulations only spur a debate with... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027516/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 11:07:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026617/posts BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (WCCO) ― Flying the Confederate flag has long been controversial in Southern states but now it's causing a heated debate at Kennedy High School in Bloomington, Minn. Three seniors who displayed the flag will not be allowed to attend their graduation ceremony Wednesday evening. "It was sitting like that in the parking lot," said Justin Thompson, as he held a Confederate flag that was hanging from a pole inside a pick-up truck bed. On Tuesday, three seniors, each with a rebel flag on the back of their pick-ups, parked at Kennedy High School. "I'm just a country type... Breitbart/WCCO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026617/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 19:09:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026418/posts WASHINGTON, — Sexual activity is on the rise among U.S. teens while their use of contraceptives is sliding in the other direction, according to a study released on Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Click here to view the study.Approximately 48 percent of 14,041 high school students said they have had sex, representing a 2 percent hike since 2005; however, teens still are having less sex today than their counterparts did in the 1990s. The 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System study showed a 2 percent drop-off in the percentage of teens who said they used condoms... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026418/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:29:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025283/posts Parents for Truth aims to recruit 1 million parents over three years to fight groups like Planned Parenthood. The National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA) has launched a national campaign to educate parents about the harmful information their children are often exposed to in so-called “comprehensive” sex-education classes at school. Parents for Truth will equip parents to fight "comprehensive" sex ed in their children’s schools and promote abstinence-focused sex education.  NAEA Executive Director Valerie Huber said most parents would be shocked to learn what is being taught in "comprehensive" sex-education classes. “ 'Comprehensive' sex education is often very graphic and explicit,”... Citizen Link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025283/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:24:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025206/posts If you want to understand the negative impact of feminism on women (and men) and, by extension, the destructive effects of liberal teachers, Democratic politics and liberal news media on African-Americans, here is Katie Couric last week on the CBS Evening News: "A new study on teens and sexual harassment should give every parent pause. "Most teenage girls report they've been sexually harassed. ... In a study that appeared in the journal Child Development, 90 percent of teen girls say they've been harassed at least once." Millions of American parents and their daughters were told on one of the most... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025206/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:41:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024964/posts FRESNO, Calif. — The valedictorian at Fresno's Bullard High School won't be attending college in the United States this fall because he's scheduled to be deported. Arthur Mkoyan's 4.0 grade-point average qualified him to enter one of the state's top universities. But the 17-year-old and his mother have been ordered back to Armenia after their last appeal for asylum failed. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024964/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 20:43:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023222/posts click the link to see video of these two specimens who stole from a girl scout selling cookies. There's a commercial first, then the video. WPEC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023222/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 22:32:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020066/posts A new study reveals that for teens, it's not whether you're really popular. It's whether you think you are. Perhaps no period of life is more fraught with obsessive worries about popularity, social hierarchies and reputations than that treacherous, three-year period known as middle school. The social anxieties of adolescence have driven plotlines from "The Wonder Years" to "Hannah Montana" where teens and pre-teens spend entire hours and episodes agonizing over what their peers think. Figuring out whether you'll end up being a cool prom king or queen bee--or the kid who eats alone in the cafeteria--is an integral part... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020066/posts#comment Fri, 23 May 2008 03:12:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2017766/posts WARNING: this audio broadcast will contain offensive material. Old Glory Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2017766/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 20:40:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017057/posts BLOOMER, Wis. - A new Marine who's graduating from Bloomer High School this month won't be able to wear his military uniform during the commencement ceremony. Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017057/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 21:32:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014031/posts Three Minnesota Junior High Students Suspended for Not Standing During Pledge Saturday , May 10, 2008 AP DILWORTH, Minn. — Fourteen-year-old Bishop Edens was suspended from school Friday because he wouldn't stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, but he was quickly invited back once his principal learned that rule might be unconstitutional. The back-and-forth came on the second day of controversy at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Junior High over the school's policy of requiring students to stand — but not necessarily recite — during the pledge. Edens saw three of his classmates get disciplined by Principal Colleen Houglum on Thursday, so he decided... FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014031/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 14:30:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013585/posts They invested 24 days and an estimated 98,000 words to complete Tony Dungy's memoir, "Quiet Strength." Jefferson High School teachers read the book to their students from January to March as part of the One Book, One School project. Today, the 1,800 students heard from the Super Bowl-winning coach himself. A goal of Dungy's 2007 book is to motivate people to live productive lives even when facing adversity. Based on the reaction at Jefferson High, it achieved its mission. The Tampa Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013585/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 15:05:40 GMT