Rants

More than one-third of recent Atlanta Police Academy graduates have been arrested or cited for crimes that have ranged from minor offenses such as shoplifting, to violent charges including assault.

Ridgewood School in Doncaster, England punishes unruly students by ordering them to sit in isolation cells for extended periods facing a black wall to reflect on their misbehavior.

Raves

A miniature horse has been given a second chance for a career as a show horse — thanks to a prosthetic eye, according to The Oklahoman.

According to the AP, Kenya uses elephant texting — placing a SIM card in the animal’s collar connected to a GPS — as a way to track and stop elephants from raiding villagers’ crops during the harvest.