Don’t Use the S-Word!

to be honest i thought this was a theonion.com farce, but fucked up enough..it’s not. The line between farce and reality are getting mad blurry as of lates…:

Last month, a school in the UK banned the word “school”, because it is just too negative:

When’s a school not a school? When the local ‘school’ bans it if you to ask the residents of Sheffield, UK. [...]

Linda Kingdon, headmistress of the academy explained that they had decided at a very early stage to not use the word ‘school’ as it was to be a place of learning, also because many parents had very negative connotations of school.

“Instead we want this to be a place for family learning, where anyone can come. We were able to start from scratch and create a new type of learning experience. There are no whistles or bells or locked doors”, she said.

EPIC FAIL

Woman Shuts Daycare Down After Children Drink Windshield Fluid

Humans: 0 Environment: -35437865

Official: Australian oil spill worse than thought

This is released just 4 hour ago:

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Ten times more oil than originally thought leaked from a ship to blacken miles of white sand beaches along Australia’s northeast coast, a government official said Saturday.

Authorities declared a disaster zone along 37 miles (60 kilometers) of some of Australia’s most popular beaches in Queensland state after they were covered in a blanket of heavy fuel oil that spilled from a ship hit by rough seas on Wednesday.

Queensland state Deputy Premier Paul Lucas told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio Saturday that officials originally thought between 5,300 and 7,900 gallons (20,000 and 30,000 liters) of oil had leaked from the ship. Lucas said it is “now apparent” that the amount of oil spilled was around 60,700 gallons (230,000 liters). He did not explain how he arrived at that estimate or offer any further details.

rest of article found here.