Teachers spying on students at home

February 19, 2010

Suit: Pa. school used webcams to spy on students
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_laptops_spying_on_students

“A suburban Philadelphia school district used the webcams in school-issued laptops to spy on students at home, potentially catching them and their families in compromising situations…”

It is in the CLASSROOM where the cameras need to be, so parents can watch their children as they interact with teachers and students.

Update:
Federal judge orders school district to stop spying on students
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/83383-federal-judge-orders-school-to-stop-spying-on-students

Medical Aid to Haiti Delayed Because of Condoms

February 19, 2010

Exclusive: Shipments of Medical Aid to Haiti Delayed by Massive Condom Overload
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/feb/10021812.html

“The flow of medical supplies waiting to be distributed to tens of thousands of earthquake victims in Haiti was delayed for weeks by a massive supply of condoms dominating the space of the main storage facility there… The condoms were estimated to take up about 70% of the space in the 17,000 sq. ft. warehouse…”

“For cultures which value life, and family, the condom push into their cultures is highly offensive.  Carol Ugochukwu, President of United Families of Africa in Enugu, Nigeria, commented in a 2000 interview noting that Western delegations at the United Nations were trying to “exterminate the whole race” with their promotion of condoms.”

Ugochukwu expressed exasperation that Canada, the US and Europe wasted most of the time at UN conferences trying to gain approval for homosexuality while the needs of African women such as food, shelter, and clean drinking water were largely ignored.  “ they are not interested. You have to say you are dealing with reproductive rights before you are given support.”

Ugochukwu concluded, “ now come in with condoms – condoms are everywhere! They spend so much money on condoms and they make our children promiscuous. They say it will stop AIDS – but it is getting worse! It makes no sense to me.”

No rights for you, parents in Hamilton, Ontario.

February 17, 2010

Leaked Document: No Opt-Out for Children from Pro-Gay Classes in Ontario Schools
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/feb/10021508.html

“Public school children in Hamilton, Ontario will not be permitted to withdraw from classes that promote homosexuality, according to the Hamilton Mountain News. At the same time, according to a leaked document obtained by a local journalist, teachers are being instructed to tell parents who object to the curriculum that ‘this is not about parent rights.’”

Sex Education in the News

February 2, 2010

Children taught sex education are more likely to have intercourse younger, says study
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1247954/Children-taught-sex-education-likely-intercourse-younger-says-study.html

Abstinence-Only Education Linked to Decreased Promiscuity in High-Risk Teens: Study
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/feb/10020108.html

Sarah and Bristol Palin: “We’re glad we chose life.”

January 14, 2010

In Touch Exclusive Interview & Photos:
Sarah & Bristol Palin, “We’re glad we chose life”
http://www.intouchweekly.com/2010/01/in_touch_exclusive_interview_p.php

“Bristol Palin didn’t know what she was in for when she made the life-changing and controversial choice to have a baby at the young age of 18. But after she gave birth to her son, Tripp, in December 2008 — and broke up with her boyfriend, Levi Johnston — the reality of single motherhood quickly set in. ‘I remember sitting on a black recliner, just bawling my eyes out,’ Bristol tells In Touch. ‘I was just rocking Tripp to sleep because he had been screaming for so long. I was just like, ‘What am I going to do? This is as bad as it gets.’”

“Though raising an infant has been challenging, Bristol has the unconditional love and support of her family — especially her mother, Sarah Palin. After all, no one can better understand the complicated decision to have a baby under difficult circumstances. Just a year earlier, at the age of 44, Sarah carried her son Trig to term, even though she was told during a sonogram that he would be born with Down syndrome. Now, the mother and daughter are sharing a unique experience— raising baby boys together under the same roof. In an exclusive interview at the family’s home in Alaska on January 10, Sarah and Bristol plopped down on the teenager’s bed and opened up about the joys and challenges of raising Tripp and Trig. With Trig’s birth, Sarah’s vice presidential run and Bristol’s very public pregnancy during the campaign, ‘The last few years have been unreal and surreal,’ Sarah tells In Touch.”

School Bullies

December 23, 2009

7 Arrested In Savage Attack On N.J. 8th Grader
http://wcbstv.com/local/gang.attack.honor.2.1386340.html

“Police said as many as 11 students beat up the eighth-grader leaving him severely injured, and he may even lose his sight… Police have arrested seven students from both the middle school and high school, charging them with aggravated assault. The youngest one is just 12 years old… Investigators said the teenagers jumped Muneton on Friday as he walked home from school to get back at him for an earlier incident during which the eighth-grader accidentally hit a girl with a basketball.”