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Tales Out of School

Weird News From the Classroom

By Buck Wolf, About.com

Remember those awkward moments on the school bus? Teachers who made your life miserable? Feelings of alienation on the playground and cafeteria? Times haven't change.

Forget School With a Conscience, How About a Concierge?

Students at North Carolina's High Point University have valet parking, a concierge desk, a steakhouse, and an enormous hot tub in the middle of campus. There's live music in the cafeteria, and a ice cream truck patrolling the grounds giving out free frozen treats.

Swedish School Confiscates Birthday Party Invitations

You know the old school rule: Don't hand out goodies if you don't have enough for everyone. In this school, that also applies to birthday party invitations. The father of the 8-year-old points out that one of the two kids not invited bullied his son, the other excluded the boy from his own party.

Graduation Mooning Ends in Arrest

David Turano, 18, picked up his diploma at New York's Briarcliff High School, dropped his pants, and celebrated . . . but not for long. Officials took back the sheepskin and he was promptly arrested.

Scottish Schools Ban Father's Day

To not offend orphans and kids from nontraditional families, Scottish elementary schools have banned Father's Day cards.

Cross-Dressing Teens Get Their Own Bathroom

In a Bangkok secondary school, 200 of the 2,600 students consider themselves transvestites, and this growing minority now has a restroom for people who are not quite ladies or gentlemen.

Psychic's Reading Leads to Sexual Abuse Investigation

Colleen Leduc, the mother of an autistic 11-year-old girl, was called into school to be informed that there were allegations that her daughter was the victim of sexual abuse. The investigation began when a teaching assistant saw a psychic.

Teacher Threatens to 'Rip Eyeballs' Out of Student

A high school biology teacher from Atlanta was arrested after threatening a student. His father says he was stressed out and caught "between a rock and a hard place."

Principal, Valedictorian Plagiarize Commencement Speeches

Naperville (Ill.) Central High School's class of '08 will have quite a legacy (via Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird)

Teen Sells 17,328 Boxes of Girl Scout Cookies

Jennifer Sharpe is a 15-year-old Donald Trump who's taken thin mint sales where they've never gone before.

Student Accused of High-Fiving Teacher With Tacks

A 15-year-old from a Central Florida middle school was arrested for allegedly giving his teacher a high-five with tacks hidden in his fingers.

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