November 27th Show
In our first hour today, we'll continue our conversation about sexual misconduct within the education system. In our previous broadcast on this topic (that aired on November 6th), we mentioned that from 2001 to 2005, 2,570 cases were reported in which teachers were punished or removed from the classroom for sexual misconduct of students. On today's program, we'll talk more about the effects, the red flags and prevention of educator abuse. At the end of our first hour, we'll read from your emails and blog comments...and offer up a direction correction. Last week, a guest on our program said that the Nile "... is one of the only rivers or the only river that runs south to north in the world...." Well, it turns out the Nile is not the only one. In our "letters" segment, we'll talk to Allen Carroll, Chief Cartographer for National Geographic, about why people tend to think that rivers runs south.
Last month in Missouri, a 13-year old girl named Megan Meier committed suicide after a boy she met on MySpace abruptly ended their online relationship. Several weeks after her death, Megan's parents learned that the boy never existed. He was created by the neighborhood mother of a girl who was friends with Megan. Sarah Wells is a blogger from Virginia who posted the name of the mother who corresponded with Megan Meier under a pseudonym. She is among our guests in our second hour who will talk about cyber-vigilantes and the public shaming of online harassers and cyberbullies. Following that, we'll talk with author James Lileks about foods that are meant to fill your stomach... but slightly turn it instead. His new book that highlights bizarre cookbook recipes and less than "tasteful" photographs is entitled, Gastroanomalies: Questionable Culinary Creations from the Golden Age of American Cookery.
11:06 AM ET | 11-27-2007 | permalink
