In 2008 and at the age of 45, Flea, bass player of the multiplatinum rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, enrolled as a freshman at University of Southern California’s music program to learn the academic side of music.
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A Wal-Mart heiress gave…
A Wal-Mart heiress gave back her USC degree when she was exposed to have used another student to complete her school work for years.
An autistic man, who was called…
An autistic man, who was called “stupid” by a gym instructor, taught himself law and won a discrimination lawsuit against the gym.
PhD students display twice…
PhD students display twice as many symptoms of psychiatric disorders such as depression than other people.
Couples who are more educated…
Couples who are more educated, have higher incomes, are less religious, and not subscribe to traditional gender roles or conventional roles are less likely to have children.
Homework was considered hugely…
Homework was considered hugely controversial in the 1800s and early 1900s, when physicians crusaded against it, in 1901, California even banned homework for anyone under the age of 15.
When a millionaire Harris…
When a millionaire Harris Rosen gave everyone in his Orlando neighborhood – Tangelo Park, free college education and free daycare, the crime rate was cut in half and high school graduation rate increased from 25% to 100%.
A school suspended 9-year-old…
A school suspended 9-year-old boy for pretending to be Bilbo Baggins. He brought a toy ring and told a classmate that he would make him disappear. They considered the child’s action to be a threat, under the premise that no threat would be tolerated, whether real or imagined.
Devin Gaines earned 5 bachelor degrees…
Devin Gaines earned 5 bachelor degrees with honors simultaneously at the University of Connecticut, averaging 24 credits a semester and 3 hours of sleep a night. He drowned in 2007 because he didn’t know how to swim.
Oklahoma’s 2016 Teacher…
Oklahoma’s 2016 Teacher of the Year moved to Texas in 2017 for a higher salary.