As with every school campus, there is some past to it. NUS High is no different despite it being a new campus. Much of the past originates back from the days when the plot of land that we are currently sitting on was Nan Hua High school. The following stuffs that will be mentioned are stuffs that I have heard over the years as well as information from some background research. That being said, it is up to the reader to believe the validity of this post for there is no way that I can verify everything.
The NUS High pond besides the lift used to be the site of the old DnT room of Nan Hua. Rumour has it that one day, a girl’s hair got entangled with a wood cutting machine. Unable to free herself, the blade came down and decapitated her. Ever since, her spirit has been haunting that area. Because of that, our school designed a pond in that area, believing that the water will trap her spirit and appease it. Also, because of the incident, all Nan Hua girls were required to tie up their hair in pigtails, thus starting the tradition of Nan Hua girls with pigtails.
The other NUS High pond behind the classroom block and near the road also has a similar reason for its existence. It was said that there used to exist a haunted toilet that was locked up and was generally avoided. However one day, some students got bored and decide to break the lock and enter the toilet. Upon entering the toilet, all of them let out a blood-curdling scream and ran out, faces pale as sheet. They said that they saw bloodstains everywhere, and that there was some ghostly apparition in the mirror. NUS High when building the school, decided to place a pond over the area as well so as to appease this spirit.
Finally, if anyone ever noticed, NUS High school hostel is built in the shape of a swastika and this is no coincidence. During WWII, the area used to be a swamp and was the site of a japanese massacre. Because of that, the “dark” energy that radiated from the place was very strong. As such, a swastika sign was to be placed over it to contain the “dark energy”. Also, as if this wasn’t sufficient, the pi-wall was designed to be more than a pi-wall. It was designed to be a large reflective mirror of sorts to reflect all these “dark energy” away from the main school campus.
Perhaps there are other stories of NUS High school campus waiting to be uncovered, but this is as far as I know. And with that I’d say that NUS High was built after much consultation with geomancers with regards to feng shui and stuffs.
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Likewise, in J.S. ex rel H.S. v. Bethlehem Area School District, 569 A.2d 638 (Pa. 2002), the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that despite the fact that the web site was not created at school, the Tinker test applied because the site "was aimed at a specific school and/or its personnel" and was "brought onto the school campus or accessed at school by its originator." The court proceeded to hold that the public school's punishment of a student for his off-campus web site, which included an image of a teacher's face morphing into Hitler's, an image of the same teacher with a decapitated head dripping with blood, and a request that visitors contribute $20 for a hit man, was justified under the "material disruption" standard.
Better reasoned cases have looked at whether the speech was "intentionally or knowingly communicate[d]" to the students before applying Tinker's "material disruption" test to speech that originated off campus. See e.g. Porter v. Ascension Parish School Bd., 393 F.3d 608 (5th Cir. 2004).
Again, EFF doesn't think that a public school should be able to punish you for the contents of your personal blog. Nevertheless, these cases show that some courts may find even a blog created and hosted off campus to be subject to school restrictions.
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However, if you publish anything that might be considered a physical threat toward a student, teacher, or administrator, a court will likely find that punishment by the school is constitutional. See J.S. ex rel H.S. v. Bethlehem Area School District, 569 A.2d 638 (Pa. 2002) (punishment of student for publishing an image of decapitated teacher and soliciting donations for a hit man on his personal blog was justified under the "material disruption" test, even though it was intended as a joke and a law enforcement investigation concluded the student was not a threat).
Similarly, although your opinions are protected by the First Amendment, publishing defamatory content (See our Guide to learn what that is) — even jokingly — may get you in trouble at school, and maybe even get you sued. Other types of speech may also violate the law and put you within reach of the school's discipline, so read further to see what legal pitfalls you should avoid.
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