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Lloyd Chen has cleaned up. The 17-year-old is graduating valedictorian from Laguna Creek High School in California with over three million dollars in scholarships from some of the most elite universities in the world. Â Don’t all salivate at once, Tiger Moms. More
Somewhere in the flurried memories of all that volunteering, about six months before my daughter was to begin kindergarten, I discovered she could already read. And when I say “read” I don’t just mean Dick and Jane books. I mean ANY book. I had a 4-year old who brought juvenile fiction home from the library and read it out loud to me. With expression!
And that is when I made the helicopter parent move that I regret to this day. More
Escambia Academy High School, the private school where Chelsey attended, prohibits any “extraneous items” from being worn during graduation ceremonies, according to their dress code. Now her diploma and transcripts are being held until she pays a $1000 fine – a fine Chelsey says is worth every penny. More
Either way, a class like this could teach kids what to expect from the media and paparazzi if they create a viral video or blog. It could even teach coping strategies for a negative backlash, like in the case of Rebecca Black’s notorious viral song, “Friday.” Maybe this kind of class would deter kids from making stupid choices in order to attain their own instant fame, or at least help them to stop and consider the consequences before posting questionable content on social media. More
Kiera Wilmot, the 16-year-old Florida teen who was confronted with federal charges after her science experiment exploded on campus, is being recognized for the prowess she clearly possesses. Not only have those absurd charges been dropped, but her scientific curiosity has caught some very influential eyes at NASA. Eyes with cash monies. More
When I was nine years old I was so shy I could barely give my order at McDonalds, let alone speak to a crowd of thousands of on-lookers. But that is just what Asean Johnson, a Chicago student, did earlier this week at a rally protesting the possible closing of more than 50 schools in the city.
Now, I can understand asking the teens to pay for the damage caused by their little prank. Ten thousand crickets must cause a huge mess for school officials and hiring an exterminator for a large school is probably costly. That being said, this is graduation season and $600 is a lot of money for a kid. Maybe their parents will have to cough it up, but still. More
When I was a child, I loved school. I loved high school. I loved university. I loved writing essays and taking tests. I even loved studying. My daughter however does not like anything about school. She doesn’t like homework. She doesn’t even seem to like learning in a classroom setting. She would rather read books on her own. Ask her any fact about any animal and she will be able to tell you. In short, she does not like school! More
Bullying in schools can leave a lot of parents feeling utterly helpless. It’s probably the first time in the child’s life in which mothers and fathers can’t necessarily get up in the bully’s face and be like, “you said what now?” Unless your mom is Jill Trahan-Hardy. And then that’s definitely what’s happening. More
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The young men of Issaquah High School in Washington need harder homework or something. Or maybe the difficulty of classes needs to be cranked up a couple notches? How else do you explain that these kids have been carrying on a Who’s Hotter online voting contest for the past five years? Seriously, don’t you have kids have finals? More
When Avenues: The World School in Chelsea was still being constructed, I remember rolling my eyes over parents vying for spots at the prestigious institution that didn’t even have desks yet. Later, Suri Cruise seemed to have no trouble cutting the line after her parents’ seemingly sudden divorce. But now that The World School has been up and running for a year, we see that aside from multilingual and international education, the institution also prioritizes 25-page PowerPoint presentations on school nutrition. More
Given all the data that is out there regarding young girls and STEM fields, ladies who demonstrate an interest in science should be culturally supported. A quick peruse of certain popular culture guarantees that they certainly won’t be getting that support elsewhere. Yet when 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot, who reportedly “got good grades” and had “a perfect behavior record” had a science experiment go awry, she was slapped with felony charges. Way to support our young girls in the sciences. More
With years of experience in the working world, I’m a little jaded about career paths and my realities of work-life balance in a highly competitive, male-dominated field. So it makes sense that I’ve said if I could go back and give my young self advice it would be this: ditch the career and just go get a job.
But nothing makes me feel better than a young person who embodies that “love your work” spirit and not only wants to make her passion her career, but is taking steps to actually make it happen. Â And she’s only in seventh grade. More
You know what sucks when you’re a teen girl just trying to pull it together for a school dance? Absurd dress codes. Finding a date and getting your first professional eyebrow waxing (if applicable) are a whole other can of glitter. But the last thing any 13-year-old girl needs to be told on her way to the local frilly dress store is that she can’t wear what she wants specifically because it will “distract boys.” However, a New Jersey principal has recently put an oh so sorely needed ban on strapless dresses for that exact reason. More
