(AP) - The parents of a ninth grade South Carolina student who said she was accosted by a teacher for quietly walking to class instead of stopping and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance are suing the teacher, principal, school district and state education officials.

In general, a bigger screen makes life easier for work and is more enjoyable for entertainment, and also is better if you're using it as an extended display with an external monitor. If you're going to be working on a laptop and don't need more mobility than moving it from room to room, consider a 15.6-inch laptop or larger. It typically means you're getting more ports, too, so connecting an external display or storage or a keyboard and mouse are easier without requiring a hub or dock. 

Quidditch unmasked Credit to the various Potter directors -- the scenes of Harry and pals zooming around on brooms playing Quidditch are pretty amazing, and fun to watch. Viewers of the special get a treat -- you'll see behind-the-scenes footage of Radcliffe sitting on his broom, which is just part of a complex prop, with a green screen behind it.

Barnwell's parents are suing the River Bluff High School teacher, the principal, Lexington School District 1, and the South Carolina Education Department in federal court, saying they violated the girl's civil rights and her First Amendment rights to both free speech or not to speak at all.

When Harry met David Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Potter films, couldn't find anyone to play Harry Potter until he watched a BBC miniseries of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield. The young actor playing David was 10-year-old Daniel Radcliffe in his acting debut. 

The principal promised to look at the video of the encounter and sent her back to class, but Barnwell said he never let her know that the teacher was wrong and she was right. Barnwell was then sent to the principal's office, which she said was humiliating because she feared she was in trouble.

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The retired lorry and cherry-picker operator, who lives in Canvey Island, Essex, with his wife Jan, said the first the family knew of the medals was from a 2006 book called Legacy Heroes of Rorke's Drift, by author Kris Wheatley.

Hermione had a crush on Draco Actor fun 2nd grade math worksheets Emma Watson, who played Hermione, admits in the special she had a crush on Tom Felton, who played the Potter gang's nemesis, Draco Malfoy. She "just fell in love with him" when he was asked to draw God in an on-set tutoring class, and Felton drew a girl wearing a backward cap on a skateboard. 

The battle - in which a record 11 Victoria Crosses (VC) and five Distinguished Conduct Medals were awarded to the survivors - is commonly recognised as one of the most famous in British Military history.

In court: The former couple began their custody battle in October of 2021, when the actor started a legal case regarding the home state of their children with the former residing in New York and the House actress staying in Los Angeles.

Order of the not-so-fake phoenix This last tidbit sounds like an urban legend, but the actors and crew claim it's true. An elaborate prop bird was created for Fawkes, but Harris reportedly thought it was a real bird. In 2002's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which featured Richard Harris playing Dumbledore, we meet Dumbledore's pet phoenix, Fawkes.

Fire alarm at Hogwarts There's a beautiful scene in 2005's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire where the other magical schools arrive to compete in the Triwizard Tournament held at Hogwarts. Hundreds of lit candles hang magically in the air. But in the special, Radcliffe reveals those were real candles -- or at least some were -- and they began burning through their ropes and falling.

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Perhaps that helped him get the role. Draco and his dad Jason Isaacs didn't want to play Draco Malfoy's dad, Lucius -- instead he auditioned for the role of Gilderoy Lockhart. Asked to read Lucius Malfoy's lines instead, he was irritated, so read them "through gritted teeth and deeply bitter," Isaacs says with a laugh in the special.