At least four students were injured in a shooting Monday morning at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio, according to Cleveland television station WKYC.

Authorities say the alleged gunman is in custody. A spokesperson for the sheriff's office would not confirm whether the shooter is male or a student.

Some students told Fox 8 News they saw two gunmen.

FBI agent…

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By Amy Robach, Kevin Monahan and Christina Caron

NBC News

LeROY, N.Y. -- The mystery illness now producing Tourette’s-like symptoms in a more than a dozen girls from upstate New York is also affecting a 36-year-old who is experiencing the same tics as the teens.

Nurse practitioner Marge…

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Scott Stump

MSNBC.com

January 17, 2012

High school cheerleader and art student Thera Sanchez took a quick nap one day last October, and when she woke up, the life she had known was gone.

In its place, she was plagued by uncontrollable body movements, tics and verbal outbursts, similar to Tourette’s syndrome. It…

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I found this on a comment page today and liked it enough to share with all 12160ers. It hits home with me, I work in the public school system and can only shake my head in disgust at how far it has fallen even since I graduated back in 1996.

 

 

 

Subject: 1957 versus 2007

Scenario:

Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls…

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"Had I have to choose one single measure to estimulate equality, and at the same time, the economy´s efficiency, the capacity,production and long and short term wealth,  that would be that all kids could be schoolarized just inmediately after birth."

 

The minister, after reviewing some of the measures undertaken by the government in equality matters, highlighted that " to extend permanently" schooling from 0 to 3 years old is "the big remaining subject" and…

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The ACLU of Tennessee says it ended up on a map of potential terrorist

threats after it sent a letter to school superintendents asking them to

be "inclusive" in their holiday celebrations.



The civil rights group says it found itself on the Tennessee Fusion Center's map

identified under the category “terrorism events and other suspicious

activity," with the explanation "ACLU cautions Tennessee schools about

observing 'one religious holiday.'"



"It is… Continue

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National Association for Gun Rights

http://nationalgunrights.org/blog/?p=380

Six year old suspended for hand gesture … no, not that hand gesture, one much more benign. A six-year-old Michigan boy was suspended for making a gun gesture with his hand.

That’s right, hoplophobia and Big Brother Nanny-ism has reached a new low in Michigan. From Fox News: Erin Jammer, said her son, Mason, was just…

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http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/03/its-2010-do-you-know-where-you-children-are-ofa-does.html



I know a lot of you are younger than me. I have grandchildren. They go to public school. Based on this, it is absolutely unacceptable for our children to be indoctrinated like this. Please talk to your teachers, your principals, and listen to your… Continue

February 19, 2010

Wow, can this be true? Truly a situation in which “Big Brother” comparisons are no exaggeration. It’s being reported that the Lower Merion School

District, in a wealthy suburb of Philadelphia, is being sued for spying

on its students at home, after issuing the students laptops with

webcams that could be covertly activated by school administrators for

surveillance, writes…

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I just came back with the fam's from a trip to the Upper Peninsula of MI and even though it rained everyday, a good time was had by all! It was nice to hide out in the woods for awhile and be in the comfort of family and friends. Unfortunately, the trip had a few question marks lingering and things that make you go hmmmm along the way!



One thing that was a little askew about this particular trip to the U.P. was all the school closings going on over fear of the spread of the Swine… Continue

What an over reaction. So I guess the children can't play football, basketball, baseball or any other sport that may expose them to touching others. If this nonsense continues we might as well just sit home and do nothing. The world is to dangerous for us to go outside. We must be protected from ourselves. Children will be afraid to touch each other. Learning what is and is not appropriate is a part of growing up. Now all touching, good and bad are off-limits. This country is creating a society… Continue