Some schools in the US are paying the students for behaving well, doing their homework, or performing well academically. A report from AP: WASHINGTON – Friday is payday at KIPP DC: KEY Academy, and some sixth-grade girls gather at the makeshift school store trying to decide how to spend their hard-earned money. They...

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The reason why Gabby doesn’t want to have a girlfriend Gabby says: Girlfriends can sometimes be annoying. They like to tell you what to do, and if I have a locker at school, she might wanna move in – and that’s the worst thing that can happen! Well, one thing that...

Wow, if our Mom reads this, she will definitely say , “Let’s migrate to Finland!”… High-school students here rarely get more than a half-hour of homework a night. They have no school uniforms, no honor societies, no valedictorians, no tardy bells and no classes for the gifted. There is...

Gabby says: Here’s the circle of life: First, you go to kindergarten, then you to grade school, then high school, and then to the university. And finally, when you are 80 years old, that circle becomes a...

Yipee! A balikbayan box from Canada* with loads of chocolates! Of course, Gabby a.k.a. Pacman, started gobbling them up. A few minutes later… Gabby says: Ooops! I farted. I think it was because of the chocolates from Canada that I ate. I guess, that’s what you call a Canadian fart**! ...

Kid Nation, the controversial CBS reality show which brought concerns about child endangerment and exploitation failed to live up to the expectations on its debut. Report from the Associated Press says: “Kid Nation,” the CBS reality show that fanned concerns about child endangerment and exploitation, subjected its young stars to nothing more...

Gabby’s sick. He missed school for the second day now. DJ, the ever responsible brother, got his brother’s homework from the teachers so that Gabby can catch up with the rest of the class. Gabby missed the lesson on common and proper nouns. He asked Mommy to explain it to...

Gabby Says: Mom, remember when we went to Mindanao, and we went to that old house of Jose Rizal? DJ and I didn’t really really look at the bathroom because when we were coming near, it smelled funny. I think Jose Rizal forgot to flush the toilet before he died. //...

Gabby Says: Oh, yeah… Mom, we had an activity in Sibika today. I got all the answers correct! And I didn’t even understand any Tagalog word they were saying! How about that for a wild guess,...