middle school
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Missouri Middle Schooler Sends Racist Meme to Classmates
Every week I keep hoping that maybe this will be the one where I don’t have to talk about kids being trash. It’s only Monday and this already ain’t the week. According to KMOV, students at Hixson Middle School in Webster Groves, Missouri, sent a racist meme to two classmates. The meme showed an image…
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School Says It Will Discipline Middle School Student Who Spat on Black Visitor at African American History Museum
A Connecticut school district is urging parents to talk to their children about their conduct after one of its students spat on a black patron during a field trip to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture last Friday. According to Shelton Intermediate School principal Dina Marks, a male student spat off…
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Bronx, NY, Principal Wins Nod From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Backers in Long-Shot Bid to Oust Long-Term Congressman
In a political case of what was good for the goose may be good for the gander, a Bronx, N.Y., middle school principal is hoping the same political action committee that helped propel Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Washington, D.C., will do the same for him. Jamaal Bowman has won the endorsement of Justice Democrats, CNN reports,…
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Middle School Teachers Are Saints
When I was younger, say 7 or 8 years old, I wanted to be an astronaut/pediatric neurosurgeon/inventor/NBA player. Though my life has been successful, it’s safe to say I’ve stopped just short of being the most awesome multi-hyphenate careerist of all time. By the time I hit my teen years, I wanted to be some…
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Florida Middle School Teacher’s Aide Arrested in Solicitation of Nude Photos, Sex Acts From 2 Students
A teacher’s aide at a Tampa, Fla., middle school was taken into police custody Monday after being accused of soliciting nude photos and requesting sexual encounters from two underage girls at the school. According to the Bradenton Herald, 24-year-old Quinton Bradford is facing charges of obscene communication using computer/devices to solicit and lure children, and…
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Calif. Middle School Students Get Yearbooks With N-Word on Cover
One California middle school will seriously have to consider how it edits yearbooks after the n-word made it onto the cover of the school’s yearbooks. According to CNN, the racial slur appeared on a historical map of San Diego County that was chosen by book editors and staff at Black Mountain Middle School. However, the…
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Ga. Teacher Gives Students a ‘Bad and Boujee’ Civil War Lesson
Getting students to pay attention in class isn’t always an easy task. So nowadays, you’ll find teachers trying to reach kids by incorporating things they can relate to, like Migos. David Yancey, a history teacher at a Georgia middle school, used Migos’ popular “Bad and Boujee” song to help his students learn about the Civil…
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12-Year-Old NJ Boy Crochets Every Day, Donates Items to Homeless Shelters, NICUs
A 12-year-old Jersey City, N.J., middle schooler is using his hobby to create amazing items that he then donates as a way to give back to his community. According to NBC New York, Jaheir Moore loves to crochet, and once he finishes his creations, he gives them away to area homeless shelters and neonatal intensive…
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Football Player Travis Rudolph Has Another Surprise for His New Little Friend
Travis Rudolph, the Florida State University football player who befriended Bo Paske, an 11-year-old boy with autism, gifted the young man with an honorary jersey and free game tickets, according to a report by Time magazine. Last week their friendship went viral when Rudolph joined Bo for lunch at his middle school after Rudolph saw that…
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What About Bob?: My White Friend Who REALLY Wanted To Be Black
When I was in middle school in Frankfurt, Germany, I had a friend named Bob Dobalina. Obviously this isn’t his real name, but a name I’ve made up to protect the identity of said friend….who is not named Bob Dobalina. But we shall call him that. Mr. Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina. Bob would be 36…