Free Education Revolution

The Free Education Revolution is a rapidly growing revolution which aims to spread awareness about compulsory schooling and its flaws. Our aim is to make school optional, and we intend to do this by informing and educating people about the flawed school system. FER is owned by no one and is controlled by no one, it is a free and open revolution.

Propaganda, success, arguing and suicide (forum posts)

Success
Suicide Selfish?
Arguing anti-school positions
Pro-School is happy
Is propaganda exercising freedom of speech?

Device allows parents to track their children to within 10ft

A satellite tracking device that will allow parents to plot their child's location to within 10ft will go on sale in the UK in March, its manufacturer said. Concerned parents will be able to receive text or email updates of their child's location. Nu.M8, thought to be the world's first GPS locator device specifically designed to be worn by children, is concealed within a digital watch. It can be securely fastened to a child's wrist and will trigger an alert if forcibly removed.
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Teen killed mother in Halo 3 row

A US teenager killed his mother and wounded his father in revenge after they took away his violent computer game, a judge has ruled. The defence team for Daniel Petric, 17, had argued his addiction to the Halo 3 game, in which players shoot invading aliens, had made him insane. But the judge rejected this, saying he had planned revenge for weeks. Petric, of Ohio, was tried as an adult and faces a maximum possible penalty of life in prison without parole.
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Homework could be illegal in Poland

(Old news, but still interesting) The Schoolchildren’s Rights Spokesman has just launched a battle against setting work to do at home. The spokesman has concluded that homework is not legal, because school has no right to decide on what children do at home; moreover homework is a restriction of freedom and the right to rest, as provided by the Constitution of Childrens’ Rights.
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Police Boss Says No To DARE In Suffolk County

Suffolk County's police department is dropping DARE, the widespread school anti-drug program that has faced questions about its effectiveness, the police commissioner said. Commissioner Richard Dormer said Thursday he aimed to replace DARE with another drug-prevention program, but some local lawmakers objected to the idea. After nearly 20 years in Suffolk County, DARE isn't working, Dormer told local lawmakers Thursday. The program's 26 police officers teach fifth- and seventh-graders about the dangers of drugs, spending an hour a week in a given classroom for 10 weeks.
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Revolution, punishment and the afterlife (forum posts)

Afterlife Knowledge
what punishments do you think would work in school
A Revolution Update
We're not a Minority
Lonely?

Convincing your parents to consider alternative schooling

Something new from the wiki: Convincing your parents or legal guardian to consider alternative schooling (or no schooling at all for that matter) is tricky, but if done efficiently it may be one of the prime factors that decides your fate and whether or not your parents will back you on any decisions you make yourself.
http://wiki.school-survival.net/Convincing_Parents

Online Pedo Threat Grossly Overestimated

The Internet may not be such a dangerous place for children after all. A task force created by 49 state attorneys general to look into the problem of sexual solicitation of children online has concluded that there really is not a significant problem. The findings ran counter to popular perceptions of online dangers as reinforced by depictions in the news media like NBC’s “To Catch a Predator” series.
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Man forces kids to walk 10 miles in below freezing weather

A man in Idaho is charged with second degree murder after forcing his two children ,11 and 12. to walk 10 miles in -4 degrees centigrade (25 degrees Fahrenheit) weather. The single father of two was driving his children to see their mother when they hit a snow drift. Instead of waiting it out in the car he told his children to walk the remaining 10 miles to their mother's house.
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Compassion, factory work and good teachers (forum posts)

(Long time no forum update, sorry 'bout that)
Unconditional Love
The Elements of a Good Teacher
They are even forcing us to work in factories?
Feeling compassion toward your enemies...

Parents upset after teacher asks students to shave his face

Young girls say teacher had them shave his beard, then told them not to tell anyone about it. Mr. McLane had the class participate in a face-shaving activity with an electric razor as a story starter for a writing assignment. He later instructed the students that if they told they would not have a Christmas Party. Dr. Julia Johnson, a licensed educational psychologist in Southern California, said the event could lead to deep anxiety and confusion among the children in the classroom.
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‘Obsessed’ teacher charged with rape of teen

A married South Shore teacher was so "obsessed" with a teen boy she had sex with him on his kitchen floor, in the shower and in the living room and it all began when he was 13 years old, prosecutors said today. The alleged victim, now 16, said they had sex a total of 300 times - "possibly every other day," according to a police report obtained by the Herald.
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6-year-old drives himself to school... almost

The parents of a six-year-old boy in the US have been charged with neglect after the boy drove their car for 10km in an attempt to get to school on time. Police in Virginia said the boy, who was not named, took the keys to the car after he missed the school bus. He drove for six miles (10km) on major roads, weaving through traffic and overtaking slower cars, before losing control and going off the road.
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Traditional fairytales 'not politically correct'

Favourites such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella and Rapunzel are being dropped by some families who fear children are being emotionally damaged. A third of parents refused to read Little Red Riding Hood because she walks through woods alone and finds her grandmother eaten by a wolf. One in 10 said Snow White should be re-named because "the dwarf reference is not PC".
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Four-year-old shoots babysitter who 'stood on his foot'

Police said Nathan Beavers, 18, and several other teenagers were looking after a number of young children at a mobile home in Jackson, Ohio, when the shooting occurred. The child, identified by local media as Ethan Crisp, was apparently angry after Mr Beavers trod on his foot, witnesses said, and stormed off to his bedroom saying he was going to get a gun. Those present assumed he was going to fetch a toy. But the toddler reappeared clasping a shotgun taken from a bedroom cupboard and fired at Mr Beavers.
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The new £4.7m school that won't call itself a 'school'... because it has 'negative connotations'

It has 500 pupils, scores of classrooms, a headmistress, staffroom and playground. But woe betide anyone who refers to Watercliffe Meadow as a school. The word has been banished since it opened in September - because of its 'negative connotations'. Instead it is to be known as 'a place for learning'. Its head hopes the change will help 'de-institutionalise' the school.
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How to make a resume

Ayliana wrote a guide on how to write a good resume or CV, especially if you have no college experience. Also created a new section for it, about Alternative Jobs & Income Sources... so that means there will be more stuff added in there eventually.

Premarital Abstinence Pledges Ineffective, Study Finds

Teenagers who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are just as likely to have premarital sex as those who do not promise abstinence and are significantly less likely to use condoms and other forms of birth control when they do, according to a study released today. The new analysis of data from a large federal survey found that more than half of youths became sexually active before marriage regardless of whether they had taken a "virginity pledge," but that the percentage who took precautions against pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases was 10 points lower for pledgers than for non-pledgers.
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CCTV used to 'spy' on pupils in schools

The surveillance equipment is in use in around 85 primary and secondary schools and colleges across the country. Classwatch, the company behind the system, says it is being used as a way to monitor children who are disrupting lessons. The firm said the equipment, which is sold with evidence bags approved by the Crown Prosecution Service to store material for court cases, can be used to compile "proof" of wrongdoing.
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