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In Pursuit Of Happiness – Teacher Resigns Over School’s Obsession Of Standardized Testing

May 232013

This teacher isn’t the first, and she most likely will not be the last.

Last winter, the web was shocked when a career teacher in Rhode Island quit from his post by reading his resignation later on the Internet.

The reason for stepping down, he said, was because for decades now the education system has blindly worshiped standardized testing in place of actual learning and teaching.

Now, a second teacher has posted her resignation letter on YouTube for the exact same reasons.

Veteran teacher I Quit You Can’t Fire Me says that like so many teachers, she wanted to help her community as a teacher, and loved the hard work.

But over the past 15 years she has noticed a disturbing trend that countless other teachers and parents are picking up on.

“The emphasis in education has shifted from fostering academic and personal growth to demanding uniformity and conformity. Raising students’ test goals is now the only goal in teaching. Everything I loved about teaching is extinct.”

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Burning Railroad Bridge Falls Like Dominoes

May 232013

Jamie Smart caught this shocking video of a railroad bridge burning and then collapsing in Texas. Firefighters were at the scene for more than 15 hours until the bridge finally gave way and fell like dominoes. Read more on KXAN.

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The Riddle UN Human Rights Commercial

May 212013

While America and other Western countries are hyper focused on the debate over same sex marriage legislation, many people overlook the fact that 76 countries in the world still criminalize people of the LGBT community.

Around the globe in 2013, gays are still treated as second class citizens, with some even facing the death penalty.

UN HUMAN RIGHTS posted this commercial, titled The Riddle, last week to expose the injustice and violence millions of LGBT people endure with the hopes that one day they won’t have to.

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Oklahoma Tornado Survivor Finds Her Dog In The Rubble During TV Interview

May 212013

The American Midwest is still shaken by the tornado that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma on Monday. But magical videos such as this one are helping the country heal.

Anna Werner of CBS News was one of the first reporters on the scene after the initial twister town the town apart. She interviewed Barbara Garcia, an elderly survivor of the tornado who went through the ordeal with just her dog who sadly had become lost during the chaos.

Barbara feared the worst for her pup.

Amazingly, during her interview, the crew noticed movement a few feet away to discover Barb’s dog very much alive trapped under the rubble.

“Oh thank you God,” she cried out. “I thought God just answered one prayer to let me be OK, but he answered both of them. Because this was my second prayer.”

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Zach Sobiech’s Last Days Documentary

May 212013

Seventeen year old Zach Sobiech has become somewhat of an Internet celebrity. With only months to live after fighting a rare form of cancer for too long, Zach turned to music to find his peace.

His song Clouds quickly went viral online, garnering millions of hits, and was even covered by famous celebrities.

Now, after his very sad and untimely passing, this twenty minute documentary published by Soul Pancake about Zach has gone viral, amassing over one million views just over the past few days. The video is further featured on UpWorthy, People, and NowMSN.