A 10-Year-Old Boy Is Called A Liar About His Father’s Job In Class – Until His Father Shows Up In Uniform That Shocks The Entire School! A Black boy living in a rented apartment claimed his father was a four-star general. It was the most ridiculous lie I'd ever heard in my 23 years of teaching. Ms. Patricia Whitmore didn't say it quietly – she declared it to the entire fourth grade at Jefferson Elementary School. Then she snatched Lucas Hughes's carefully written assignment from his desk and tor

Imagine trying to submit an assignment when you’re being fired at by the Taliban. Or studying while crossing enemy lines in a helicopter. That’s what it was like for British soldier Mike Niblett, a serving officer in the army for 24 years. Not only did Mike have to deal with the conflicts in Sarajevo, Afganistan and Iraq for his day job but, like any other Open University student, he needed to submit his assignments on time. | The Open University