July 2009 Archives - Askthejudges
Student’s private Facebook messages distributed by teacher
Cheerleaders at Pearl High School in Mississippi were required to disclose their login information and passwords to their social networking accounts. No reason was given but the girls thought it was to allow the coaches to check for photos of students drinking and smoking. Fourteen-year-old …
Australia loses teen to cyberbullying
Chanelle Rae was a 14-year-old cheerleader at her high school in Australia. According to her mother, she was a bright and happy teenager who had a few minor problems with kids at school, but nothing that changed her mood. Until a Friday night in July, 2009. She …
Beware of tanning beds!
The risk of skin cancer jumps by 75% if you start using tanning beds before you’re 35 years old. This is the finding of a new analysis of twenty studies published in the medical journal Lancet Oncology in July, 2009 and from recent FDA reports. …
Is delinquent behavior contagious?
According to a new report based on a study of at-risk boys and young adult males in Canada, the answer is yes. The research involved a 20-year study of boys in kindergarten from 53 schools in the poorest neighborhoods in Montreal, Canada. The researchers continued to interview approximately 779 boys …
“Hey, that’s not cool” says 12th-grader Cassady
By now you have probably heard about 13-year-old Megan Meier. She is the Missouri teen who was bullied on MySpace by 16-year-old Josh. But Josh didn’t really exist – he was created by an adult who wanted to see if Megan was bad-mouthing her daughter …
Nature v. patriotism
It was during the 7th inning stretch at Yankee Stadium on a hot August day in 2008. As was the custom since Sept. 11, 2001, “God Bless America” was played. A little known rule prohibited movement in the stands by anyone until the song ended. 29-year-old …