In 1963, Bruce McAllister, a 16 year-old student, wrote to 150 authors to settle a dispute with his English teacher about textual symbolism. More than 75 replied, including Ray Bradbury, John Updike, and Saul Bellow. McAllister later became an acclaimed author and literature professor.
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In 2017, 70 students drank…
In 2017, 70 students drank so much alcohol at a house party in maryland that the air inside the house registered positive an a breathalyser.
In Italy, old people “adopt” students, …
In Italy, old people “adopt” students, who can’t afford rent, to their homes in exchange for company and a little help around the house.
In 1978, a Stanford PhD student murdered …
In 1978, a Stanford PhD student murdered his advisor with a sledgehammer after being told that he would never get a doctorate after 19 years in graduate school.
In 1976, an underachieving Princeton jun …
In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper describing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an “A”, but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
In student dormitory neighborhood Flogst …
In student dormitory neighborhood Flogsta, Sweden, every night at 22:00 people open their windows and scream for a few minutes. There is controversy about how the tradition started. Some locals say it was simply a stress relieve during exam times and then became a daily occurrence. Others say it started in memory of a student who committed suicide in the 1970s.
An English schoolboy was expelled after …
An English schoolboy was expelled after dipping his balls into a teacher’s cup of tea.
40% of the US college students will be c …
40% of the US college students will be considered alcoholics by the medical community next year.
1 in 4 U.S. high school students falls a …
1 in 4 U.S. high school students falls asleep in class every week.