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“I went to hug her, then she just snatched me up by the arm and drug me to the other teacher and said that I needed to be written up, and that something serious had happened.”

According to school documents obtained by the station, it is against the rules for a student to hug a teacher.

Former CIA Director David Petraeus’ resignation today, following his confession of an extramarital affair.
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Petraeus was scheduled to testify before the House and Senate Intelligence committees on Thursday regarding the events surrounding September 11, as Congress gears up for a week of hearings related to the attack.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/petreaeus-resigns-benghazi-timing-2012-11...

Daily News @ http://RevolutionNews.US ~ Police arrest an Albuquerque middle school teacher after finding 20 pounds of marijuana at her house. Police say their investigation started after the teacher's own son was arrested for having pot on a middle school campus.

There were also reports that student was selling pot at school.

A concerned citizen actually tipped off police, saying that student's mother, an APS teacher, was growing pot at her home....

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1749836.shtml

A Texas mother says she’s outraged after learning that her 7-year-old son’s teacher makes students “pay” to use the bathroom. "I was absolutely appalled," Sonja Cross told NBC 5. "I could not believe it." The J.O. Davis Elementary teacher requires students to pay for trips to the toilet with “Boyd Bucks,” fake money the first-year instructor uses to reward the children for good behavior. Cross said she found out about the unusual system after her son wet his pants during school because he didn’t have enough “Boyd Bucks” for a bathroom run.

Lou Pritchett a former P & G executive, an acclaimed author, a dynamic teacher, and one of the world's most highly rated speakers.
It was he who changed the way America does business by creating an audacious concept that came to be known as "Partnering".
You may remember a previous letter he wrote in 2009 to Obama and the New York Times which went viral.

Teacher knows best? That doesn't appear to be the case for one teacher who called a future Nobel Prize winner's dreams of becoming a scientist "quite ridiculous" in a scathing report card. John Gurdon's future success was almost nipped in the bud in 1949 when a schoolmaster at elite Eton College wrote on his report card that pursuing science would be a waste of time.

Many people are under the impression that public unions are mandatory, which is simply not true.

Question: Are Teachers Required to Join Teacher Unions?
Teacher unions were created as a way to combine the voices of teachers so that they could better bargain with school districts and protect their own interests.

Answer: Many new teachers wonder if they will be required to join a union when they get their first teaching job. The short answer to this question is "no." By law, a teacher's union cannot force teachers to join

Jordan Powers, an 18-year-old high school student from Modesto, California, and her 41-year-old ex-high school business teacher James Hooker go public with their much-frowned-upon student-teacher romance and make the rounds on the talk show circuit. Jordan's mother openly objects to the relationship, alleging that Hooker pursued the youth when actually it appears to be a mutual hook-up.

Brea Persley Kicked Out Of School When Mom Complained About Teacher's Insensitive Comment -