... with terms like GPA, academic advisement and all the different degrees offered," Oates said. Eighth-grader Christian Thompson said he chose to take the class because he was interested in the requirements for college and what he needed to ...

... learned so far? "The requirements and cost for college," Christian Thompson said. "How expensive college is," Taylor Smith said ... important now through high school, so I try harder in class," Christian Thompson said.

... cannot degrade the human spirit?" Saying his crusade was motivated by his status as a lawyer, a father and a Christian, Thompson retold the events of the Paducah shooting in lurid detail. Michael Carneal, then just 14, entered the building ...