"Men like conventions because men made them."
- George Bernard Shaw
OOKEE.com
the geek’s linkblog

Archive for the 'School' Category

Werner Herzog Reads Children’s Stories

While not the real Werner Herzog, these interpretations of Curious George and Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel (incidentally one of my favorite stories!) are simply amazing.

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Reddit
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • digg

So…why even HAVE school?

The bill requires public schools to guarantee students the right to express their religious viewpoints in a public forum, in class, in homework and in other ways without being penalized. If a student’s religious beliefs were in conflict with scientific theory, and the student chose to express those beliefs rather than explain the theory in response to an exam question, the student’s incorrect response would be deemed satisfactory, according to this bill.”

Thanks to BC Cakes for the link.

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Reddit
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • digg

Education Reform… Sort Of

China just might have found a way of improving their education system. Or at least weeding out the idiot teachers. They are making the teachers take the same final exams as their students. Any teacher who doesn’t score at least 80% is taken out back and shot in the buttocks. Just kidding. But they don’t get any future bonuses or benefits. They should implement this here in America! I’ve known quite a few teachers who would have failed. Via Japundit.

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Reddit
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • digg

Read a Book!

Too often rap casts the image of gangsters, machismo, violence, sexism, bling, and rarely anything positive. Notarapper is quite the opposite, while still keeping it real. Thanks to Redge for the link!

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Reddit
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • digg

High School Student Tasered for Streaking

OK, so the kid was streaking in school. Definitely dumb. Did it deserve getting tasered twice? Granted the kid’s an idiot, but he’s also a High School student. They’re all idiots.

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Reddit
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • digg

Do You Deserve Your High School Diploma?

It’s long been criticized that American high school education is atrocious at actually educating youth. Many graduate failing to have learned anything at all.

Are you one of those graduates? Take the quiz and find out! Post your results in the comments, too!

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Reddit
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • digg

Changing Times

My sister, a teacher, sent me this. Interesting how accurate it actually is (my favorite is #3).

Scenario #1: Jack pulls into school parking lot his .22 in the gun rack in his pickup.
1956 – Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack’s rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.
2006 – School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

Read the rest of this entry »

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Reddit
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • digg

Oh Poop

Interested in poop? Or caca? Or little nuggets? Or dung? Or feces? Or guano? Or cling-ons? Or scat? Then this just might be the exhibit for you. Insert poop joke here.

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Reddit
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • digg

Peter’s Homework

I knew a few people in high school that would write papers like this, though a few look like college.

Walt Whitman is 90 stories tall, and his adventures are legendary. With his blue Ox, Emily Dickenson, Walt Whitman traveled across young America and helped the nation grow into the angry powerhouse it is today. He dropped his mighty axe, forming the Grand Canyon, the apple cores he would spit from his mighty mouth planted apple trees all across the country, and the stomp of his mighty boot caused the stock market to crash. Walt Whitman believed the only good Chinaman was a dead Chinaman so he went to Tiananmen Square and gave them all candy. Except instead of candy he killed them.

That is just one of many paragraphs of the legendary Peter, whose mighty homework caused a post to be made on the web.

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Reddit
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • digg

Gaijin Smash

The Japanese schoolteacher now has a blog called Gaijin Smash. It’s just as funny the second time around! Hopefully this allows him to keep up more often, at least once he reposts all his old entries…

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Reddit
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • digg