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Rants & Raves

...SO, NO ONE CARES about the $241,000-plus lost from either some error or someone's willingness to add to former teacher's retirement pay? Like no one cares enough about the $25,000 lost from the tax office? Thank goodness a lot...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-24/rants-raves
Across the region

...last year to investigate a 2007 complaint from a former camper about Louis "Skip" ReVille, a Citadel graduate and former teacher who worked at schools, camps, churches and recreation programs in the Charleston area. He was sentenced in June...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-05/across-region
Georgia ranks first in US in growth rate of new women's enterprises

...store and our customers there are just wonderful," Cooper said.They are planning another location. Cooper, a former teacher, said, "In the business world, the unsung heroes are women. We bring compassion and go the extra mile to make...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-09/georgia-ranks-first-us-gro
Faye Jackson

...Robinson School, member and former president of the Iris Garden Club, chairman of the Wedding Guild of her church and former teacher for the Oconee County and Richmond County Boards of Education. She was a member of St. John United Methodist Church...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000163785375
Upcoming 5K will benefit lung transplant recipient

...for the heavy costs associated with the transplant, many of them driven by his school family ? particularly, his former teacher, Debbie Callan. The next is the Strength for Sawyer 5K set for Saturday, March 9. You can find all the information...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/content/blog-post/barry-paschal/2013-03-04/upcoming
I never ask the right things on the telephone

...cheating in connection with athletes in the news. I heard from educators who had been on both sides of the issue.One former teacher said he had made up grades so he would have the required number of grades per marking period."In all likelihood...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-27/i-never-ask-right-things-tele
Former teacher pleads guilty to child pornography charges

COLUMBIA - An award-winning composer and former fine arts instructor at a private school in Charleston pleaded guilty Thursday to child pornography charges.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-12-06/former-teacher-pleads-guilty-
Maybe another line of work?

It's not quite a sign of the "Pockylips," as our publishing friend Barry Paschal likes to put it. But a former teacher's lawsuit claiming she's been afraid of kids all these years is definitely a statement about America.The longtime...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2013-01-25/maybe-another-line-wo
Scandal could hurt Japan's 2020 Olympic bid

...was sentenced to five years in prison for raping a female member of a university judo club in 2011.Naoki Ogi, a former teacher and popular social critic, attributes the corporal punishment to poor coaching techniques."Corporal punishment...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-02-08/scandal-could-hurt-j
Augusta-area leaders share memories from first jobs

...Flint, Mich., I could graduate a half year early. I moved to Flint and got two jobs and got an apartment with a former teacher of mine. One place was called The Farm Restaurant, where I was a dishwasher. That job helped me be motivated to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2012-08-31/augusta-are