11-YEAR-OlD GRADUATES WITH THREE COllEGE DEGREES
An 11-year-old California boy graduated community college with three associate degrees only one year after he graduated from high school.
Tanishq Abraham, 11, of Sacramento, made national headlines and received a congratulatory letter from President Barack Obama when he graduated high school last year and walked across the stage a fortnight ago at American River College in Sacramento to accept associate degrees in math, science and foreign language studies.
“I like to learn,” Abraham, who graduated with a 4.0 GPA, told KTXl-TV. “So I just followed my passion of learning, and that’s how I ended up here.” The graduate posted on Twitter that the degrees were only the first part of his larger goals.
(upi)
RACIAl SlUR ON ORlEANS RESTAURANT RECEIPT
A New Orleans restaurant said an employee was fired after a customer discovered a racial slur and “100 per cent dislike” written on her receipt. liryca Neville Branch, 33, discovered the slur and the “dislike” comment printed on her receipt under “Thin Catfish Platter” at Huck Finn’s Restaurant & Sports Bar.
The customer told WWl-TV that she and the three coworkers she was dining with asked the manager why the server wasn’t being fired on the spot, and the manager responded it was the person’s “last shift.”
“This is unacceptable. I couldn’t sleep last night,” Branch told the New York Daily News. “It’s 2015. You would think that we wouldn’t have to deal with this stuff right now. It just shows that racism is alive and well.”
The receipt was shown to friends and family members, who posted pictures to social media. The pictures have been shared and retweeted thousands of times.
(upi)
FAKE KIllER WHAlE BROUGHT IN TO SCARE REAl SEA lIONS
An Oregon community is bringing in some unusual help to try to fix their sea lion problem. They’re hoping a fake killer whale from Bellingham, Washington, will do the trick.
KING-TV reports that Terry Buzzard of Island Mariner Cruises has used the life-size mock orca to promote his business during parades and events. He heard about Astoria’s sea lion problems and offered to help.
Hundreds of sea lions have taken over the docks in Astoria, preventing boat owners from using their slips. Buzzard says he doesn’t know if the fake orca will scare away the sea lions. The Port of Astoria has tried using electrified mats, but those aren’t working. They’ve also considered fences. At worst, Buzzard says the fake orca will be an amusing distraction for the humans.
(AP)
HAlF-NAKED MAN lEFT TAPED TO TRAFFIC lIGHT BY FRIENDS
This is almost definitely not how this unfortunate man hoped his night would end. Wearing just a pair of patterned briefs, the man was left strapped half-naked to a traffic light by his pals as a prank.
He is photographed with his hands duct-taped behind his back and wrapped in clingfilm as bemused drivers pass by in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
His “friends” were at least kind enough to leave him a drink, complete with a straw, to keep him hydrated in the hot weather, Manchester Evening News reported.
But at least the man, who was “posted” near the Wetherspoons pub, was happy to smile for pictures. It is not yet known how long he was left strapped to the lights, but snaps of the man appeared on social media soon after and for a long time.
(Mirror)
TEACHER SUSPENDED OVER FB RANT AGAINST STUDENTS
An Alabama high school teacher’s Facebook rant against some student pranksters has put her in hot water. Cindy Stephens is a teacher and band director at Sylvania High School in Sylvania. Police said four recently graduated students used a spreader to coat the roads around the school with a mixture made from chicken excrement.
Stephens took to Facebook to vent her frustration at having to clean part of the mess up, and wrote that she hoped the boys will be sexually assaulted in jail for their prank. Community members were “appalled” and “disgusted” by the teacher’s remarks, according to WAFF.
She wrote, “Senior prank my a**![...] My morning was spent sweeping that crap off the sidewalk to the band room. Now my nose is running off my face and I am suffering an allergy attack. We know who did it and my sincerest hope is that you become someone [sic] b**** in jail, and you are paying restitution for the next 10 years! YOU SUCK!!!!!”
(Huffington Post)
