Female Student Fights for Her Right to Wear Pants to Graduation

This is so not my daughter. However, I do give Chelsea Sarvis credit for standing up for what she believes in, as petty as it may seem to others. The South Carolina high school senior made headlines recently when she fought to wear pants to her graduation instead of a dress… and won. The popular Chapin High School student argued that she wouldn’t be comfortable wearing a dress on graduation day and simply wanted to don the same attire as the senior boys—-dress slacks and a collared shirt. “If I had to walk across the stage in a dress, I’d … Continue reading

10-Year-Old Truant Gets Pardon From President Obama

It’s one thing to play hookey and get caught, but finagling a way to get the President of the United States to write your teacher a note excusing your absence, now that’s something to tell your kids about. Not only can 10-year-old Kennedy Corpus tell her future children about the day she skipped the last day of school to try to get a glimpse of President Barack Obama, she can show them the personal note he scribbled pardoning her truancy. The shy girl from Green Bay, Wisconsin made history yesterday when she attended a presidential town hall meeting with her … Continue reading