Only in America
When a Texas high school student suffered an asthma attack at school on a day she’d forgotten her inhaler at home, her boyfriend, who uses the same medication, let her use his. As a result, Brandon Kivi was expelled for “delivery of a dangerous drug,” under the school district’s zero-tolerance policy. “I’m expelled till after Christmas, and I can probably come back after Christmas,” said Kivi, “but I won’t.” His parents said they would home-school him from now on.
Good Week for…
Having it all, as New Mexico high school freshman Vanessa Lucero scored the opening touchdown in her school’s big football game shortly after being crowned homecoming princess.
Bad Week for…
Staying connected, as former world chess champion Ruslan Ponomariov was disqualified from a championship match when his cell phone rang.