A little support went a long way for a young woman who refused to give up. Now, she’s giving back. (Originally published on Upworthy.
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Thom Dunn is a Boston-based writer, musician, and utterly terrible dancer. He is the singer/guitarist for the indie rock/power-pop the Roland High Life, as well as a staff writer for the New York Times’ Wirecutter and a regular contributor at BoingBoing.net. Thom enjoys Oxford commas, metaphysics, and romantic clichés (especially when they involve whiskey), and he firmly believes that Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" is the single greatest atrocity committed against mankind. He is a graduate of Clarion Writer's Workshop at UCSD ('13) & Emerson College ('08).
These struggling students finally found success in an unlikely place: their phone screens. →
"We need to evolve and adapt to learning that best fits our kids — not the people serving, teaching, administering, and tutoring the kid."
Read MoreWhat do at-risk teens do with $1,000? Turns out they help each other. →
When Heather Campbell-Lieberman first applied to teach at Lakota East High School in Ohio, she had one request:She needed the school to let her students give away a thousand dollars.
Read MoreIn Which CALVIN & HOBBES Deconstructs The American Educational System
Happy first-week-of-school, suckers.
And here are a few more fun education-based bits from throughout Calvin & Hobbes history.
