Daverius Peters had just arrived to his school graduation ceremony in May when he wasn’t given permission to enter the center where it was held. The 18-year-old graduate wore the mandatory purple cap and gown; however, as the school representative at the door told him, his ‘shoes were wrong’. Peters […]
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Student Raises $28,600 for a Homeless Man Who Offered to Pay Her Cab Home
This art student who lives in Preston once collected more than £21,000 for a homeless man after he offered her his last £3 so she could pay her cab home. The lady Dominque Harrison-Bentzen, who was a student at the time at the University of Central Lancashire, explained that one […]
This Mexican Student Invented Rubber Road Pavement with Self-Repair Properties
Israel Carmona is a student from Mexico who won the nation’s James Dyson Award for his invention of a tyre-based pavement that is repaired by rain rather than damaged by it. The student of Coahulia Autonomous University made a rubber pavement from recycled tyres and additives that enable self regeneration […]
No One Came To Student’s Graduation—So His Teacher Took Him Out To Dinner And Bought Him A Car
This teen from Alabama had a lonely graduation day; but it soon turned into a chance to connect with his teacher and to see that there are still good people in the world. The teen’s school, Bessemer City High School, had its annual ceremony for graduates and Dominque Moore, one […]
This Student Made a Bioplastic from Fish Skin & It Won Her the James Dyson Award
Indeed, single use plastics is destroying our oceans and killing our marine life and filling up our landfills; however, this student from the UK may have come up with a solution. She created a bioplastic from fish waste and algae and won the James Dyson Award for it. Lucy Hughes […]
Girls’ Night: 94-Year-Old Neighbor Invites a Student to Share a Baileys
Emily Morton is a student at Northumbria University and she has recently shared a story about a girls’ night with her 94-year-old neighbor. Esther, Emily’s neighbor, has lived next door before Emily was born. She decided to call Emily to share a glass of Baileys, chocolate, and cake and to […]