Overreaction?

An eighth grader was suspended from his school for 55 days because he played a prank on one of his classmates. The class had just got done with a lecture about marijuana when the kid brought a bag of oregano and posed it as marijuana. The schools policy states that a student can get a 10 day suspension for "possessing illegal or counterfeit drugs and "misuse of chemical/material that causes or is claimed to cause a mind altering effect."A longer suspension can be imposed if officials determine a student's conduct "demonstrates a willful violation" of school policies. The mother states that it was a joke and the school needs to lighten up on the kids penalty. The incident happened February 1st and the school gave him a 10 day suspension and once his time was up the school called his family and said he had another 45 day suspension and is due to return March 29th. Do you think the school went too far?

 

 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/21/north-carolina-student-13-suspended-55-days-for-giving-oregano-to-classmate/#ixzz1n2QkKaWF

The Worlds Tallest Building

The Burj Khalifa has become the worlds tallest building standing at 2,716 feet tall and 160 stories. It holds many world records like the elevator with the longest travel distance, the Highest observation deck, and the highest occupied floor in the world. It is now the tallest free standing building standing over the KVLY-TV building. The unique design of this building is what sets it apart form all others; with its unique center core and tipple- lobed footprint. The building went through over 40 wind test to make sure it could withstand the force, they also tested the change in pressure over the height.



http://www.burjkhalifa.ae/language/en-us/the-tower/design.aspx

Super Bowl Commercials

For some people the super bowl is as popular as the ads it brings in. Which is why companies were willing to pay a whopping 3.5 million dollars for just 30 seconds of fame. This years commercials were filled with celebrities like Clint Eastwood staring in the crysler commercial and Elton John in the pepsi ad along with the winner of X Factor Melanie Amaro. Companies even went as far as selling sex, like in the Go Daddy commercial where she was seemingly posing nude. 

So which is your favorite super bowl 46 commercial? 

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57371832-10391698/super-bowl-ads-which-were-your-favorites/