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For a kid, there may be nothing more depressing than the first advertisements for back-to-school sales, which remind them that their summer vacation won’t last forever. The only thing more depressing for parents may be the cost of sending their little ones back to a new classroom.

While most kids are groaning at the idea of back-to-school supplies in mid-July, Lady Gaga and her Born This Way Foundation, which is spearheaded by her adorable mother Cynthia Germanotta, make the idea of paper and pen fun thanks to their limited edition products, which will be sold at Office Depot.

You can argue whether frosting or buttercream or ganache makes the best addition to a cupcake.  We’re pretty sure no one would debate for what a teenager in St. Paul, Minnesota allegedly filled a cupcake with for his classmate — semen.

Although he was run over by a car at 14-months-old and paralyzed from the waist down, Patrick Ivison didn’t let his disability stop him. In fact, the California native learned how to kayak, ski, play rugby and even surf. And now he has one more amazing feat to add to his accomplishments after managing to walk during his high school graduation on Tuesday.

Personally, I find this ridiculous because it is a graduation a time to celebrate not sit in the stands like trolls.  A Cincinnati senior was denied his diploma after his family cheered to loudly at graduation.

We all know Utah’s home to some extremely conservative and buttoned up religious zealots. Remember the girl at BYU who received a note from a male student chastising her for dressing immorally? Well, now comes a story about a parent who was called to his daughter’s junior high school in Tooele, Utah for his daughter’s “inappropriate clothing.”

Most city ordinances prevent liquor stores and strip joints from being too close to schools. But what about a gun range?

You might not think selling a soft drink during a school lunch period is that big of an issue, but the truth is it could cost a school thousands of dollars.

LMFAO created a monster with ‘Sexy and I Know It.’ In fact, the hyper-catchy, super silly song now has one first grader singing “I’m suspended and I know it.”

While many students invent illnesses in order to play hooky, 17-year-old Hawaiian teen Ciara Cetraro has the unique distinction of never missing a day of school in her entire academic career, dating back to kindergarten. She is hoping to graduate on May 19 with a perfect attendance record.

Teen truancy is a real problem for a lot of schools, but especially so for the Dohn Community High School in Cincinnati. It only has a 14% graduation rate and has been deemed an “academic emergency” by the state of Ohio. So the school is trying out a novel approach: it’s paying students to show up and behave themselves.

Remember when you were in grade school playing at recess and one of the games you would play would be freeze tag.   The person who was "it" had to touch you to freeze you and to be unfrozen you had to have friend come and touch you.  It was all good clean fun.  However, what once was a fun game has turned into something that is downright disgusting.  A group of 5th graders in a Minnesota