Now That Just Isn't Right
How I'm suddenly coming across all these education stories from abroad I don't know, but please bear with me while I tip you off to another, which, coincidentally, has to do with bare-naked broads. It doesn't sound like a school story, I know, but it is, sort of.
Here's the deal: Parents and school types in Britain are up in arms about the burgeoning popularity among kids there of an online video game called "Miss Bimbo."
The upshot on this so-called game: Every player is assigned a naked virtual character to look after, cyber gals that they can enter in beauty contests and send out clubbing. They also take on "missions" for their characters that include getting breast implants, managing their weight with diet pills and finding them rich men to date.
Wow.
According to the Daily Mail, the game already has 200,000 registered players in Britain, most of whom are aged 9 to 16.
Double wow.
Needless to say, most adults are offput, to put it mildly, while the game's creators have taken a more it's-just-a-game-so-stop-freaking-out attitude.
Read all about it.