Over two dozen students complain of nausea and other symptoms after assembly for topic that definitely could have waited for a cooler day.
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Secular summer festival’s wishing tree gets taken down, clever complaints from students go up instead.
There are no wrong answers, as long as you’ve got the right question.
School asserts that it will accept female-identifying students even if they are listed as male on their legal family registry.
Even in a country that values following the rules, many say cutting off lines of communication following disaster is going too far.
30-something educator should really be old enough to know his love confession was immature and inappropriate.
Exasperated mom says cute animal characters are showing young students exactly what not to do in life.
Attempt at discipline feels especially misguided when you learn the type of school he worked at.
High school educator might sound like a pantie thief, but it turns out he was actually a wannabe pantie merchant.
Brand-new middle school to let students of any gender wear whatever uniform components they feel comfortable in out of consideration to LGBT youths.
Exasperated educator takes workplace survey and is depressed by rationale for forcing students to join after-school programs.
Principal emphasizes that skirt is no longer to be considered the “main” or “standard” uniform.
Coach retains job, school says it does not think attacks by other students constituted bullying.
Warnings about “the dangers of social media” have critics saying his statement appallingly misses the point.
Come for the retro architecture, stay for the bath and swimming pool filled with onsen hot spring water!

















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We eat 13 of the most highly recommended sushi items at Sushiro and pick the best of the best
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