The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has donated 122 million dollars to the District of Columbia’s poorest high school students.  The money will go towards ensuring that those looking to attend college are no prevented from doing so for financial reasons.

The foundation is the largest charitable organization of its kind with an estimated endowment of $31.9bn

Via: Business Week 

Bebo, MySpace, Facebook, all are common names around high schools and college campuses across America. Their popularity has led some teachers to suggest they are having a negative impact upon some students learning. And, has made one school Michigan High School go to extreme of not allowing anyone to attend if they have a profile on the popular MySpace.com

The addictive nature of these sites has hit headlines again this week with news that pupils at schools across England are giving up the sites for Lent! Rather than giving up chocolate, fizzy drinks and other typical vices, these students plan to give up there standard two hours a day in front of a screen.

This however is a significant improvement from when I was at college, I decided to give up coursework…