Crash Course: Gibson County High Students Take a Class in DUI
April 30, 2010 by Devin Greaney · Leave a Comment
Tyler Porter's smile did not last once the Gibson County High's mock DUI crash was underway
Two cars of teens hit head on. Paige and Tyler didn’t make it. Avery looked really bad. Three others had to go to the hospital. And Immanuel will probably get a few years in prison plus have a life sentence of knowing he killed his friends due to driving after several beers.
The good news – it was not real. No one was hurt. No crash took place and the “drunk driver” said he needed coaching on how to act intoxicated.
Teachable moments: Tennessee professors have a program for students of life
March 1, 2010 by Devin Greaney · 1 Comment
Dr Jeanette Norden, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
NPR calls them driveway moments – a time on the radio that one just cannot stop listening to in the car, even when one arrives at the destination. Putting in a CD by Dr. Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius is one big driveway moment.
No, he is neither an NPR commentator nor does he sing or play in a band, but as a University of Tennessee- Knoxville history professor, he shares his knowledge via audio, video and the Teaching Company.
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