Strange News of the Day: School Sells Test Scores to Raise Money
Thursday, November 12th, 2009Yep, you read it right. A middle school in North Carolina is said to be selling test scores to students to try to raise money. Twenty test points will be sold to students for $20, where students can add 10 extra points to each of two tests of their choice. The principal defends that the points would not have enough impact to change the overall grades, while officials of the Department of Public Instruction says that the exchange is teaching them wrong lessons.
And to think, they did this because last year’s bake sale didn’t work. Have they thought of carwash first?

By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with varicolored yolks.
Just wondering: does anyone remember Secret Squirrel and his assistant, Morocco Mole? We were just reminiscing about the old-school cartoons, and this is one of them that I really miss. Secret’s a parody of James Bond, bearing the designation Agent 000 of the International Sneaky Service, and he takes orders from Double Q. Like James Bond, he’s got an insane amount of gadgets, practically all of which are hidden in his trench coat or purple hat. 