18/01/2016

Check out this photo...the school children seem to be grouped according to their race

This is reportedly a school in South Africa. Photo credit: Nunu Ndlovu

Mum tweets her child's homework from school with spelling

A spelling exercise for year six pupils with obvious spelling mistakes made by the teacher has gone viral-after an irritated mum shared it on Twitter.
The homework task, supposedly designed to help the primary school children with their SATS exams, gives a list of six words they are expected to learn to spell. But two words -sincerely spelled incorrectly as "sincerley" and immediately spelled as "immediateley"- stick out as obvious errors.
There was also a typo in the last sentence where the word 'you' should read 'your.'

Tiwa Savage shares more photos of her son

Singer Tiwa Savage shared more photos of her adorable son Jamil and wrote:

Student suspended for sharing inhaler with classmate gasping for air

A Texas middle school student was suspended after sharing her inhaler with an asthmatic student who was gasping for breath on Tuesday. She now faces up to 30 days at alternative school, following a hearing on Friday.
Indiyah Rush, 12, may also face a month in an alternative school as part of her punishment, Fox4 reported.
Rush, a A/B honor roll student, was in gym class at Schrade Middle School in Garland, Texas when her classmate began wheezing and gasping for breath.
“Asthma gets worse by every second,” Rush, who has had the disease since she was 5,  told Fox4.com.

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Beggar tells court he earns more from street than working a real job

The court heard that begging was a major problem in Nottingham and a police operation was set up to combat it. Craig Atkinson, 36, was arrested and pleaded guilty to begging but said the cash went on his two children.
The beggar told a court his income would drop if he took “a regular job.”

Seven family members, village head killed as gunmen attack Fulani settlements in Niger State

      The late village head  At least 9 persons have been killed in attacks on Fulani settlements in Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger...