Egyptian teacher jailed for killing 11 year old student

An Egyptian teacher has been jailed for beating an 11 year old student to death, for not doing his homework. Math teacher Haitham Nabeel Abdelhamid, 23, took Islam Amr Badr outside the classroom and hit him violently in the stomach. The boy fainted and later died in hospital of heart failure in the city of [...]

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Obesity set before age of five

If you have, or know someone who has, an overweight child under the age of five, it might be wise to share this article with them. The result of this study shows that obese teenagers actually gain their increase in body fat before the age of five, not during their school years as previously thought. [...]

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Teacher’s Confession 2: “Bilingual Classes” Are A Mess

This post was originally in Indonesian. Sorry for any mistakes in translation.
(This email was received from an Indonesian Teacher)
In a meeting with all of the parents of student candidates for a bilingual class in one Junior High School, I tried to compare their expectations with our version of reality in the school. To be more [...]

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Teacher’s Confession 1: SBI Schools Are A Mess

This post was originally in Indonesian. Sorry for any mistakes in translation.
SBI = International Standard Schools, a new program launched by the Indonesia government to give public money to selected schools in the hope they will provide an international standard of education for the kids lucky enough to get in to those select public schools. [...]

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Parents can put their own children in danger

It’s amazing how stupid some parents can be. I can’t imagine ever giving a submachine gun to a primary school child. I have a nephew aged 8, and I won’t even give him kitchen knives because I think they are too sharp for him. I couldn’t imagine seeing him with a gun, or worse, a [...]

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Josephson Institute’s 2008 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth

Josephson Institute’s 2008 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth is based on a survey of nearly 30,000 students in high schools across the U.S. The results paint a troubling picture of our future politicians and parents, cops and corporate executives, and journalists and generals.
LOS ANGELES, IN – Josephson Institute’s 2008 Report Card on [...]

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Earlier morning classes

(Letter to Jakarta Post. Published on 11 December, 2008)
Page four of The Jakarta Post’s Nov. 28 edition was very interesting reading, especially for anyone who likes to connect dots. At the top of the page was an article titled, “City proceeds with plan to change school time”.
This article explained that the city was planning to [...]

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