I am running for a school officer position and I need to prepare a speech. However, I know that humor is strongly recommended for these kind of things because it helps get attention from the audience. What kind of humor should be included? (an example a witty phrase/joke would be great)
It's back to school time, and you know what that means: back to body shaming time. For all the insecure, body-conscious teenage girls out there, Seventeen magazine comes to the rescue by telling them what's truly important this school year: being "pretty." Yep, forget about message like, love...
A legendary high school sports program at a juvenile detention center that inspired a major 2006 movie is facing its final season of operation, after the Los Angeles County Probation Department decided to halt all sports at the facility.
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, Camp...
A Louisiana charter school has this awesome policy (that is not sexist or discriminatory at all) where they can force girls they suspect are pregnant to take a pregnancy tests. Then, what's even more awesome, is the fact that they can kick those girls out of school if the test comes back...
passages and explain how they? reflect the novel or society etc
Passages which seem important thematically, that imply an understanding about society, human nature or behavior
Passages which help the reader better understand a character.
Passages which describe the setting or society of the...
A new study by the University of Chicago Crime Lab, in partnership with the Chicago Public Schools and local nonprofits Youth Guidance and World Sport Chicago, provides rigorous scientific evidence that a violence reduction program succeeded in creating a sizable decline in violent crime arrests...
So this year i'm going to be a freshman and get to start high school. In my town there are two high schools, One on each side. Each one has there own middle school so you end up with the same people for seven years. But it is kind or an everybody knows everybody thing. Last year me and my...
Foster kids who receive mentoring and training in skills such as anger management, healthy communication, and problem solving are less likely to move foster homes or to be placed in a residential treatment center, and more likely to reunify with their biological families, according to a study by...
Justin Bieber's "Baby" Replaces "God Bless the USA" for New York School's Graduation
This is taking Bieber fever to another level. Greta Hawkins, school principal at Public School No. 90 in Brooklyn, made the decision today to scrap playing Lee Greenwood's patriotic...
U.S. international Clint Dempsey is coming off the best year of his career, scoring 23 goals in all competitions for Fulham and finishing as the Premier League's joint fourth best scorer (17 goals). It's a good time for reflection on all he's accomplished in his 29 years and a Twitter user...
In the past two years, YouTube has brought the world great trick shot videos by quarterbacks from elementary school to college backup to the verge of the NFL. Yet all of those football trick shot films had one thing in common: They were showcasing quarterbacks.
Now, for the first time, an...