Hi, everybody welcome to theCNN student news. It's April 1 and Carl is off today, no fooling. I am TisherLamd. We are gonna start things off with the country that has been in the newsa lot recently. North Korea. The North says it's in the state of war with South Korea andthere is actual fighting going on. North Koreais also threatening to attack the United States. The U.S. says it takes threat seriously, but America and South Korea officials say this kind of thing isn't new for North Korea.This weekend the atmosphere on the Korean Peninsula is verydifferent depending on where you live.

The dolls of war howled from North Koreantelevision screen Saturday as martial music and mass rallies were the only choiceif you are lucky enough to own a TV. A few times that broadcast switchedstraight side, to sample what was on the minds of Pyongyang’s patriots. We can't take any moresaid this man, we can't step back. It's now time to show the jerks are real test.I am holding my two fists hard. Kim Jong-un says if the war breaks out, weshould mercilessly crush our enemies. This woman said crush them so theywouldn't even be able to sign the surrender papers. In fierce tones, TV anchorsrepeated morning said the country’s forces were on the highest alerts. Thevideo onslaught takes viewers around the globe smashing the America withits fists, hammering home the message that from Kim Jong-un on down, this iscountry where everyone yearns to be armed and dangerous.

Meantime, hearing the South Korean capital, it is acompletely different thing. People can see their past, their history; they arelooking into a brighter further, one that does not include war.

I don't think there will be a war. Currently, North Koreajust raised up their military alertness. South Korean people are not eveninterested. They want to attack, they would have attacked ready. North Korea isjust threatening.

The colorful changing of guard ceremony is gates ofSeoul's Deoksugung Palacedrew it share of tourists’ wealth, undoubted by the dire media forecast. On onepeninsula this Sunday, two entirely different views of what lies ahead acrossthe North images of nation on the desperate brink of war. In the South, peopleare preparing to go to work Monday morning. Jim Clansy CNN Seoul.

Coming back over to the U.S. now. 35 teachers and schooladministrators have been charged with crimes connected massive school cheatingscandal here at Atlanta Georgia. The teachers andadministrators are accused of cheating on scandalize its tests. They allegedlygive the students the right answers or even change answers on the studentexams. The investigation started because some of test results were suspicious.Based on statics, the school scores improve too much. Now, why would teacherand school officials want to cheat? Well, possibility is money. Better testscores could equal better performance reviews and bonus for some officials. Andteachers claimed that they were threatened if they didn't cheat.

Testing and results and targets being reachedbecame more important that actual learning on the part of children.

Some students actually help to expose the allegedcheating. One told investigators that when she was in the fifth grade, herteacher offered her the answer for standardize test. The student said she triedto say no, but she wanted to take the test on her own. Her mother and the stateinvestigators say the students are the victims of the scandal.

I have a fifth old now who is behind in achievinghard goal on becoming what she wants to be when she graduates.

The district's former superintendent was one of 35people charged last Friday. She denies any involvement in cheating and newsuperintendent says 95% of the district’s employees were involved in thescandal. Now, we want to give your guys a chance to talk about this on ourblog. What do you think the impact of story will be, for students, for teachersfor the community? Share you with us, cnnstudentnews.com.