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Teacher Eats Nothing But McDonald's for 90 Days, Gets Super Surprise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m-FBV3-pwDk

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Chatty Waitress Gets $6,000 Tip for Saying All the Right Things

By: Neetzan Zimmerman

Abigail Sailors nearly missed out on the tip of a lifetime because she's simply too damn happy. When two anonymous customers came into her Cracker Barrel in Lincoln, Nebraska, they asked the hostess to seat them in the section with the grumpiest server so they could make that server laugh. But the hostess informed them that none of the restaurant's servers were grumpy, so they were forced to settle for the happiest server instead. When they asked Abigail, 18, why exactly she was so happy, she gladly told them: Her life had been full of misery.

A car crash that occurred when she was still an infant incapacitated her mother and forced her and her four siblings to be placed in a foster home after their biological father was deemed an unfit parent. "All the horror stories you hear about foster care," Abigail's sister Sydnie told the Lincoln Journal Star, "we lived through it." After their foster father was imprisoned for abuse, Abigail and her siblings were split up by the state and remained apart until reuniting at a new foster home nine years ago. "It's a great home, great people, amazing," Abigail told the paper, referring to the home of her foster parents, John and Susi Sailors. "I don't know how I would have turned out if I didn't have them. They shaped the person I am today." It was exactly the misery that she endured as a child which made her the happy person she is today. "[My] life could be worse," she explained to the Journal Star. "But it isn't."

Once she was done unfurling her the story of her life so far before complete strangers, she moved on to talk of what's to come. Abigail was excited about having completed her first semester at North Dakota's Trinity Bible College, but was uncertain if she could continue attending due to a lack of funds. The mysterious patrons had heard enough: One of the two men, who was a Trinity alum, took out his checkbook and promptly wrote Abigail a tuition check for $5,000. He then wrote another $1,000 for supplies and necessities.

Then, at the end of the meal, he left behind an extra $100 tip, which Abigail shared with a fellow server. "I couldn't believe it," Sailors is quoted as saying. "I tried to thank them, and they said, 'Thank God.'"

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Girl, 11, stabs her sleeping mother nine times in the head, neck and shoulder as she was 'angry and frustrated'

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

An 11-year-old Texas girl was arrested over the weekend for stabbing her own mother nine times in the head, neck and shoulder as the woman slept. While the unnamed minor is currently in a juvenile center, 41-year-old Toshia Edmonson, a single mother of two, is in a serious but stable condition in a Dallas hospital. The girl told police she that she attacked her mother as she was 'so, so angry and frustrated with her.' Officers say she was upset that she had to be home at 11.45pm on Friday.

According to a police report, the girl said that Edmonson pushed her into a sofa and told her that she was going to 'give her away.' The girl then waited for her mother to go to sleep, got a knife from the kitchen, went to her bedroom and stabbed her nine times, as reported by CBS 11.

The report stated that Edmonson's other child, a younger boy, told police that his mother woke up screaming and shouting her daughter's name. Edmonson was eventually able to get the knife out of the 11-year-old's hand and fall on top of her to stop the attack, according to reports. The horrific incident happened at the Providence at Village Fair Apartments in Dallas.

The boy discovered both his mother and sister covered in blood and ran out into the hallway. A neighbor then called 911 at around 4.11am. 'It's family violence. That's all I can say,' police spokeswoman Monica Cordova said. 'This was just devastating like I said, totally out of character for this to happen because the kids are just lovely kids, well mannered, and she just loves them to death,' family friend Ben Ferrell told CBS. 'They're a great family,' he added. While authorities did not confirm the relationship between the girl and the woman but family friends confirmed to News 8 that Edmonson was the girl's mother. The girl has been charged with family violence aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Man posts stomach-churning Instagram video of sewage pouring from the ceiling after pipes burst in Chicago skyscraper

By: Daily Mail Reporter

A Chicago man has caught on video what could be the worst effect yet of the polar vortex: A burst pipe raining a storm of human waste through the ceiling of his advertising agency office. Kasey Moore, an advertising art director for Arc Worldwide, posted the stomach churning scene from the 15th floor of the Leo Burnett skyscraper Tuesday afternoon and the content is not suited for the faint of heart. It shows a sea of brown water filling up the office floor as more continues to gush down in a torrent onto the sprawling room’s desks and cubicles as horrified workers scramble to get out of the way. ‘So, this is happening on my floor at work,’ writes Moore on Instagram. ‘Poo eruption.’

It remained unclear from the video how widespread the leak was, but at over a million square feet, the 50-story tower can undoubtedly contain enough sewage to rain on a lot of employees’ parades. A spokesperson for the building officially denied that the brown liquid described by some as 'smelly' actually contained feces. 'While we appreciate the creativity, rest assured that it's only dust and water,' the spokesperson told Business Insider via e-mail. Moore’s appears to be the most vivid post yet of the ‘poo eruption,’ but some of his office mates have taken to social media to document the destruction as well. Instagram user bobbi12781 posted a photo of a distraught man fleeing a cascade of human waste, but gave an understated description of the putrid scene.

‘It's water from a busted pipe,’ she wrote. ‘Smelly water.’ ‘What better way to start off the new year,’ complained jenibreni beside her own photo of the leak. While the exact cause of the leak remained unclear Tuesday evening, hospitals in Boston, Washington, DC, and Cleveland have all reported pipe bursts caused by the freezing Polar Vortex temperatures. These unfortunate Chicagoans have not only experienced a sewage storm this week, but they’ve also had to endure some of the worst winter chills the historic polar vortex has to offer. Temperatures in the Windy City hit -15 degrees Monday evening and hovered around 10 degrees at their highest on Tuesday.

While the situation appears dire for the ad men and women of Arc Worldwide, commenter blipsman suggests on Moore’s video post that there could be a silver lining in all that sewage:

‘Viral campaign for Bounty?’

 

[Young_Chitlin]

'Crazed' man bites off neighbor's EAR because he would not offer him a cigarette

By SNEJANA FARBEROV

A Florida man has had his ear partially bitten off by a neighbor for refusing to give him a cigarette, according to police. John Ott, of Boca Raton, said he was approached by Alberto Felipe Friday asking him for a smoke. Before he had a chance to realize what was happening, Ott said his crazed neighbor was tearing at his right ear with his teeth.

‘He comes up puts me in a bear hug and next thing I know he's biting my ear,’ he told the station WPEC-TV. Felipe, 31, chomped off a chunk of Ott's ear, which was left hanging by a thin strip of cartilage. The victim was rushed to an area hospital, where doctors were able to save the damaged organ with a few stitches. The Boca Raton resident has had several run-ins with the law in the past, including three arrests in Palm Beach County on assault and battery charges.

According to Ott, who resides on Jeffrey Street, his unruly neighbor continuously hurls threats at him from across the street. The mauled man now plans to file for a restraining order against his mouthy assailant.

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Chinese gang arrested in raid on filthy sheep factory where carcasses 'were injected with polluted POND WATER to increase weight'

By SIMON TOMLINSON

Seven members of a Chinese gang have been arrested for allegedly injecting dirty pond water into lamb meat to swell its weight and boost profits. The suspects slaughtered up to 100 sheep per day at an illegal warehouse and allegedly pumped up to 6kg of bacteria-ridden water into the dead animals, China Central Television (CCTV) reported.

The meat was then sold at markets, food stalls and restaurants in major cities such as Guangzhou and Foshan.

China has been hit by a number of food safety scandals, from deadly chemical-laced dairy products to recycled 'gutter oil' used for cooking. Last week, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, apologised after a Chinese supplier of donkey meat snacks was found to have mixed fox meat into the product. Authorities raided the illegal lamb meat abattoir in Guangdong at the end of December, finding around 30 carcasses injected with filthy water, 335 live sheep, forged inspection stamps and equipment to inject water into the meat, the report showed.

Each sheep was pumped with up to six kilograms of water just after being slaughtered to add extra weight.

Close to 40 per cent of Chinese think food safety is a 'very big problem,' the Pew Research Centre said in a 2013 report. This has weighed on Chinese firms, from milk powder makers to meat producers, boosting international rivals. Late in December, China said it would tighten milk powder rules in a move to boost confidence in domestic producers and allay long-standing fears around food safety in its $12.4 billion infant formula market. KFC parent Yum Brands Inc, McDonald's Corp, French grocery chain Carrefour SA and other global firms have been caught up in food safety scares in China.

Spoiler

 

[Young_Chitlin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tuqPL6X-aCc

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Nasty Baker Sends Bride a Turd-Shaped Cake, Tells Her to 'Eat Shit'

By: Neetzan Zimmerman

A disgruntled baker took shit-flinging to a near-literal level when she retaliated against a client by providing her engagement party with a poo-shaped cake topped with the words "eat shit."

Emma McDonald, owner and operator of Oh Cakes near Invercargill, New Zealand, was contracted to produce a cake for an engagement party by the bride-to-be's sister.

The customer had $30 (~$25) left on a $50 (~$40) voucher after buying something else, and she asked McDonald to bake her a chocolate cake for the party.

The transaction rubbed McDonald the wrong way, according to a message she later posted on Facebook: "Your [sic] left with a $30 voucher and you want a cake still?? ok cool - give me some ideas?? oh wait you have none apart from wanting chocolate. I have a brilliant idea for your cake!!! - so here it is, your turd cake! Hope you learn your lesson."

The unnamed customer, who was understably shocked to discover the surprise awaiting her and 100 guests inside the "magnificently wrapped" cake box, responded to McDonald's post with her own status update: "We r just at my sister's engagement and got your cake, we and every1 else is absolutely disgusted."

When reached for comment this week, McDonald told the Herald on Sunday she had "no regrets at all about what I did."

"I feel she got what she deserved," she continued. "I don't make cakes as a business. It is just a hobby and I'm taking it all with good humour."

The incident incited such ire among locals that Invercargill's mayor Tim Shadbolt was moved to respond. "I think this must have been done with humour," he told the paper, "but sometimes humour can go terribly wrong."

Not in McDonald case: It seems she'll be getting the last laugh.

"Seems to be popping up everywhere," she wrote on Facebook after the shit cake story went viral. "Business opportunities have been thrown my way as well."

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Married mother of four, 36, who works at school cafeteria is charged with raping boy, 15, after 'having sex with friend's son'

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

A 36-year-old food service worker at a middle school has been charged with raping a juvenile.

Janelle Foley was arraigned on Thursday in Quincy District Court on four counts of statutory rape following her arrest at her home on Wednesday night.

It is alleged that Foley had sexual relations with a 15-year-old boy during the winter vacation who was described in court as a friend's son. It is not clear if the alleged victim is also a student at the middle school in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Authorities are investigating whether there is a second victim, alleged to be a young family member of Foley. School officials sent out an automated message to parents on Wednesday saying administrators were informed earlier in the day of an 'alleged incident' involving a Chapman Middle School employee that did not take place on school grounds, and that the employee had been placed on administrative leave.

According to CBS, Foley’s attorney William Sullivan said that his client has no criminal history and is a married mother-of-four children aged seven to 15 years old. Mr Sullivan said that Foley has problems with substance and depression. Foley's husband appeared in court for her arraignment today.

The 36-year-old was held on $5,0000 cash bail with GPS monitoring and was ordered to undergo mental health counseling.

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Rochester-area teacher accused of sex acts with student, 15, at her home

By The Associated Press

BRIGHTON, N.Y. -- A 31-year-old teacher near Rochester, N.Y., is facing charges after sheriff's deputies say she engaged in criminal sex acts with a 15-year-old student.

Rachel Santora of Brighton is charged with second-degree criminal sex act and endangering the welfare of child.

Santora engaged in criminal sex acts with the male student last summer while she was employed as a teacher in the Rush-Henrietta School District outside Rochester, Monroe County Sheriff's deputies said. The incidents occurred at Santora's home where she was tutoring the student, police said.

Santora was sent to the Monroe County Jail in lieu of $20,000 cash bail.

 

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[VIBE]

Teacher Eats Nothing But McDonald's for 90 Days, Gets Super Surprise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m-FBV3-pwDk

He was not excersing and eating more than 2,000 calories a day.

Then he started excersing and ate only 2,000 calories a day.

Even though it was strictly McDonalds, it no wonder he lost weight. He never checked his eat habits before up until now.

He took a different route than the guy from Super Size me did.

Bet McDonalds owner loves this guy for making McDonalds seem "healthy". smh

 

[Ghostdenithegawd]

These story's b smh the so many functioning retards in this country

 

[Young_Chitlin]

@Sion @traestar @mryounggun @pralims @bambu @sully @jono
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2014/01/cooper_union_to_charge_tuition.php

To: The Cooper Union Community

From: Richard S. Lincer

Date: January 10, 2014

Subject: Working Group Report

In late June 2013, an ambitious plan took shape to provide an alternative to a tuition-based financial plan for The Cooper Union. Authored by trustees, faculty, staff and alumni, this alternative came to be known as the "Working Group Report." In December, the board began a rigorous review of the assumptions underlying the financial plan that had been adopted by the board in April 2013, and studied in depth the specific recommendations of the Working Group.

This review was conducted by everyone on the Board of Trustees with the assistance of the Huron Group, The Cooper Union's financial consultants. Since the goal of the Working Group was to provide a plan that allowed The Cooper Union to provide full-tuition scholarships, the entire board supported the Working Group's ambitions and goals.

Despite agreeing with the goals of the plan, the board has reluctantly concluded that the Working Group recommendations cannot -- by themselves -- be prudently adopted as a means to assure the institution's financial sustainability into the future.

The Working Group plan puts forward a number of recommendations that are worth pursuing under any financial model. However, we believe that the contingencies and risks inherent in the proposals are too great to supplant the need for new revenue sources. Regrettably, tuition remains the only realistic source of new revenue in the near future.

We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the members of the Working Group. In a very real way, their efforts typify those The Cooper Union has relied on for many years: faculty, students and staff putting their full energy and intelligence into the service of a larger ideal. Moreover, the Working Group undertook their work at a particularly difficult moment, because we face a $12 million structural deficit and because so many care so much about The Cooper Union and what it has represented. On behalf of The Cooper Union, the board extends its sincere and profound gratitude for the countless hours of work by a large and dedicated group within the community.

The efforts of the Working Group have value both because they identified a number of proposals that are worth pursuing and also because they reminded us that this crisis, while financial in origin, creates an opportunity to explore deeply the identity of the institution and its meaning within our extended community. The Cooper Union, after all, is more than a financial construct--it embodies a set of values. It is an ideal that moves faculty to teach and students to learn. It inspires the entire community to be as active and involved as it has been. While there have been substantive differences about how to move forward, we all have agreed that we must find a way to serve that ideal despite the constraints we currently face.

While we cannot now restore the full tuition scholarship, the board will commit itself to exploring Working Group recommendations, which -- coupled with investments in our academic program -- can continue to position The Cooper Union as the one of the most unique and exceptional educational institutions in the United States. As part of that long-term commitment, we will set out to develop the resources that can allow us to increase student aid over time, augmenting need-based financial aid and ultimately perhaps even restoring the full tuition scholarship.

We cannot reasonably project how or when we can restore this aspect of The Cooper Union's legacy. But as we work together to find new ways to get The Cooper Union onto stable financial ground, we will also work together to develop a contemporary mission for the institution.

We must, and will, find a way to move The Cooper Union ideal forward despite the changed economic circumstances in which we find ourselves. Despite the changes, our admissions will continue to be based strictly on merit. The spirit that animates learning in the classroom, the studio and the lab must remain fundamentally egalitarian. We must reaffirm our commitment to educating the working-class students for whom Peter Cooper founded the school in 1859.

The economics alone are bigger than tuition. The overall landscape of higher education and the economic realities of New York City are different. The Cooper Union's traditional tuition scholarship has benefited all students who can attend, but has never sufficiently addressed students' increasing living expenses. Historically, these costs may have been negligible, but they now constitute a barrier to participation for many prospective students.

For some students, a full tuition scholarship is not enough. The Cooper Union still attracts a sizeable proportion of students whose financial circumstances make them eligible for Pell grants (approximately 20 percent). Many of these students are able to commute to campus, but many others must find housing in order to attend. It seems imperative that we do better by these students than we do right now. In order to ensure the access that motivated Peter Cooper to found the school, we need to provide additional aid to ensure that any deserving student can attend.

To these ends, the board will constitute a group of trustees to work with faculty, students, administration, staff, alumni and friends to clarify the mission for the 21st century and to develop a strategic plan for implementing the mission. Foremost among their concerns will be sustaining merit-based admissions, increasing accessibility for students from all backgrounds and, to the extent our resources allow, adding resources to the overall tuition scholarship.

The committee will be reaching out to the community in the coming months and will ensure that this process is inclusive and transparent. We recognize there have been strongly felt feelings on both sides of the tuition issue. We also recognize that now is the time for The Cooper Union community to come together to build on all the strengths we can offer. The Working Group report can best be understood, we think, as a step in this process of looking carefully at our current realities and developing creative alternatives that can carry the institution forward. We look forward to continuing this process with the community.

We commit, as we have always committed, to access for everyone who deserves to get in, and to programs that deserve to be called the best.

Richard S. Lincer, chair

The Cooper Union Board of Trustees

 

[A1000MILES]

Smash on the waitress...

 

[traestar]

@Sion @traestar @mryounggun @pralims @bambu @sully @jono
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2014/01/cooper_union_to_charge_tuition.php

To: The Cooper Union Community

From: Richard S. Lincer

Date: January 10, 2014

Subject: Working Group Report

In late June 2013, an ambitious plan took shape to provide an alternative to a tuition-based financial plan for The Cooper Union. Authored by trustees, faculty, staff and alumni, this alternative came to be known as the "Working Group Report." In December, the board began a rigorous review of the assumptions underlying the financial plan that had been adopted by the board in April 2013, and studied in depth the specific recommendations of the Working Group.

This review was conducted by everyone on the Board of Trustees with the assistance of the Huron Group, The Cooper Union's financial consultants. Since the goal of the Working Group was to provide a plan that allowed The Cooper Union to provide full-tuition scholarships, the entire board supported the Working Group's ambitions and goals.

Despite agreeing with the goals of the plan, the board has reluctantly concluded that the Working Group recommendations cannot -- by themselves -- be prudently adopted as a means to assure the institution's financial sustainability into the future.

The Working Group plan puts forward a number of recommendations that are worth pursuing under any financial model. However, we believe that the contingencies and risks inherent in the proposals are too great to supplant the need for new revenue sources. Regrettably, tuition remains the only realistic source of new revenue in the near future.

We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the members of the Working Group. In a very real way, their efforts typify those The Cooper Union has relied on for many years: faculty, students and staff putting their full energy and intelligence into the service of a larger ideal. Moreover, the Working Group undertook their work at a particularly difficult moment, because we face a $12 million structural deficit and because so many care so much about The Cooper Union and what it has represented. On behalf of The Cooper Union, the board extends its sincere and profound gratitude for the countless hours of work by a large and dedicated group within the community.

The efforts of the Working Group have value both because they identified a number of proposals that are worth pursuing and also because they reminded us that this crisis, while financial in origin, creates an opportunity to explore deeply the identity of the institution and its meaning within our extended community. The Cooper Union, after all, is more than a financial construct--it embodies a set of values. It is an ideal that moves faculty to teach and students to learn. It inspires the entire community to be as active and involved as it has been. While there have been substantive differences about how to move forward, we all have agreed that we must find a way to serve that ideal despite the constraints we currently face.

While we cannot now restore the full tuition scholarship, the board will commit itself to exploring Working Group recommendations, which -- coupled with investments in our academic program -- can continue to position The Cooper Union as the one of the most unique and exceptional educational institutions in the United States. As part of that long-term commitment, we will set out to develop the resources that can allow us to increase student aid over time, augmenting need-based financial aid and ultimately perhaps even restoring the full tuition scholarship.

We cannot reasonably project how or when we can restore this aspect of The Cooper Union's legacy. But as we work together to find new ways to get The Cooper Union onto stable financial ground, we will also work together to develop a contemporary mission for the institution.

We must, and will, find a way to move The Cooper Union ideal forward despite the changed economic circumstances in which we find ourselves. Despite the changes, our admissions will continue to be based strictly on merit. The spirit that animates learning in the classroom, the studio and the lab must remain fundamentally egalitarian. We must reaffirm our commitment to educating the working-class students for whom Peter Cooper founded the school in 1859.

The economics alone are bigger than tuition. The overall landscape of higher education and the economic realities of New York City are different. The Cooper Union's traditional tuition scholarship has benefited all students who can attend, but has never sufficiently addressed students' increasing living expenses. Historically, these costs may have been negligible, but they now constitute a barrier to participation for many prospective students.

For some students, a full tuition scholarship is not enough. The Cooper Union still attracts a sizeable proportion of students whose financial circumstances make them eligible for Pell grants (approximately 20 percent). Many of these students are able to commute to campus, but many others must find housing in order to attend. It seems imperative that we do better by these students than we do right now. In order to ensure the access that motivated Peter Cooper to found the school, we need to provide additional aid to ensure that any deserving student can attend.

To these ends, the board will constitute a group of trustees to work with faculty, students, administration, staff, alumni and friends to clarify the mission for the 21st century and to develop a strategic plan for implementing the mission. Foremost among their concerns will be sustaining merit-based admissions, increasing accessibility for students from all backgrounds and, to the extent our resources allow, adding resources to the overall tuition scholarship.

The committee will be reaching out to the community in the coming months and will ensure that this process is inclusive and transparent. We recognize there have been strongly felt feelings on both sides of the tuition issue. We also recognize that now is the time for The Cooper Union community to come together to build on all the strengths we can offer. The Working Group report can best be understood, we think, as a step in this process of looking carefully at our current realities and developing creative alternatives that can carry the institution forward. We look forward to continuing this process with the community.

We commit, as we have always committed, to access for everyone who deserves to get in, and to programs that deserve to be called the best.

Richard S. Lincer, chair

The Cooper Union Board of Trustees

I'm not familiar with Cooper Union, I'm based out of South Jersey and go to Manhattan when there is a big event going on I need to go. Thats sad that they are charging tuition to a supportive university like that. With the growth of the MOOC and high level schools (Hatford, Stanford, Hartford, MIT, etc) that are jumping on the bandwagon and providing teacher taught online courses at the comfort of your own home, many of these colleges in my eye could possibly see a decrease in certain programs and decrease of students. So the importance of a degree is one of the major topics of discussion in this era of education.

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Married teacher, 31, 'repeatedly had sex with male student' at home and at middle school where she worked'

By SNEJANA FARBEROV

A married Michigan middle school teacher has been arrested and charged with having a sexual relationship a teenage student.

Sarah Raymo, 31, of Essexville, was taken into custody Tuesday and arranged on two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Raymo, an English teacher at T.L. Handy Middle School in Bay City, was ordered held on $250,000 cash-surety ahead of her preliminary hearing January 29.

According to the criminal complaint, the educator had sex with a boy between the ages of 13 and 15 at her home and at school. Investigators believe that the illicit affair between the teacher and her underage student started in 2012 and lasted into last year. Bay City Schools Superintendent Doug Newcombe told Minbcnews.com that Raymo worked at the school for about three years.

According to the Bay-Arenac ISD directory, Raymo is an English language arts intervention specialist. The 31-year-old woman has been placed on administrative least in the wake of her arrest. Records cited by Mlive.com indicate that Raymo's maiden name is Dominowski.

According to an online wedding registry on the site TheKnot, Dominowski married Christopher Raymo in September 2012 in Essexville. The woman's husband and mother appeared at her arraignment this week to support her.

 

[Young_Chitlin]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/25367715

 

[Young_Chitlin]

No Black Kids, Latinos, or Girls Took AP Computer Science in Montana

By: Lindy West

Well, this is unsettling. According to this year's data, not a single female student, black student, or Latino student took the AP computer science exam in either Montana or Mississippi. That means it was pretty much just all white dudes. Not exactly a heartening indicator of all that "diversity in tech" that tech professionals are supposedly so committed to.

Via the National Journal:

There are 11 states where not a single African-American took the test, and eight states where no Hispanics sat for the exam.

We're not talking here about people who passed or didn't pass, either. We're talking about people who simply took the test, which means African-Americans, Hispanics and girls aren't enrolling in AP computer science classes in the first place.

Of the approximately 30,000 students who took the exam in 2013, only around 20 percent were female, according to the analysis, and a tiny 3 percent were African-American. Just 8 percent were Hispanic.

One reason there are so few students enrolling in the class and taking the test is that AP computer science courses are more common in suburban and private schools, Barbara Ericson, a senior research scientist with Georgia Tech who compiled the data, told the blog Education Week, and those schools tend to be less diverse than urban and public schools.

Another potential reason is that there are so few women, African-American and Hispanic instructors teaching computer science and so few working in the computer science field. Students are more likely to pursue a course of study if they have mentors with similar backgrounds to emulate.

Obviously Silicon Valley doesn't have the power to reach over into rural Mississippi and drag girls and people of color into the exam room to take tests on subjects that their underserved schools don't even offer. But that doesn't mean that the tech world at large isn't at least partially responsible for what types of people see themselves growing up and working in that industry. When girls only get to see themselves as "booth babes" or harridan killjoys, and black kids hardly get to see themselves anywhere at all, what initiative do you expect them to take to fix your industry? Representation problems are self-perpetuating, and they're not the fault of teenagers.