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We’ve heard plenty about the need for more nurses. But students who want to become nurses are being turned away from training programs because there aren’t enough instructors to teach them.
Schools are looking for alternatives. The latest is the University System of Georgia, where leaders hope computers can fill in some of the educational gaps. The idea is to create online doctorate programs for people who can’t relocate. Those who want to help educate future nurses would be able to continue working while pursuing the required high-level degree.
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A hug is as popular as a handshake in the South. We greet friends and family with a hug. We bid farewell with a hug. Just tell your kids not to do it in school.
Two Brevard County middle school students received a day long, in-school suspension last week after the principal saw them hugging. There was no other public display of affection between the boy and girl who say they are best friends.
Even the principal at Southwest Middle School in Palm Bay said it seemed innocent. But the school’s no-hugging policy doesn’t differentiate between innocent and less appropriate forms of touching in the hallways. So these teenagers now have suspensions on their records. A spokeswoman for the district said the school’s zero tolerance policy doesn’t allow for opinions about whether a hug is appropriate.
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