Scholastic Update articles from March 1996

Scholastic Update archives from March 1996

Ruth and Cynthia. (generational differences between granddaughters and grandmothers)(Growing Up Female)(Cover Story)
March 8, 1996... When it comes to computers, 72-year-old Ruth MacIver can keep up with her granddaughter, Cynthia Yang, any day. Cynthia, 15, laughs when she relates how cyber-savvy her grandmother is. "Grandma and I could talk Mac talk when my parents didn't...

Thelma and Bonnie Rose. (generational differences between grandmothers and granddaughters)(Growing Up Female)(Cover Story)
March 8, 1996... Bonnie Rose Schulman, 14, is convinced that life is hard for girls today - much harder than it was for her grandmother, who grew up during the 1930s and 1940s. "There's a lot more pressure on girls nowadays to do well in school, have...

Bernice and Heather. (generational differences between grandmothers and granddaughters)(Growing Up Female)(Cover Story)
March 8, 1996... One of Bernice Kimbrel's most vivid memories of growing up in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the 1930s was her mother's constant reminder to look presentable and carry herself like a lady. "There was this underlying message that if you didn't do...

Same-sex schools: separate and unequal?
March 8, 1996... Each day, as the young men of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) are pushed through punishing drills and tests of physical fitness, an angry sergeant watches their every move, shouting out insults like "wimps" and "weaklings." But there is one...

Teen pregnancy: who's to blame?
March 8, 1996... Carlitta Baker, an 18-year-old high school dropout and mother of two, isn't sure where her life went wrong. With no education, no job, and no husband, Baker has almost no choice but to support herself and her two sons with welfare money. Baker...

Images of women: should we all be like Kate? (supermodel Kate Moss)
March 8, 1996... Not long after photographs of supermodel Kate Moss began to appear on magazine covers and billboards two years ago, graffiti began to decorate her outdoor ads. Commuters on their way to work found "Feed me" or "Give me a cheeseburger" scrawled...

Between two worlds. (young women; Muslim and American cultures)
March 8, 1996... Amira Masari, 16, has never slept over at a friend's house. When she was in the sixth grade, her father wouldn't let her go on an overnight school trip because he believes a girl shouldn't spend a night outside her parents' house before marriage....

The Forbes factor. (1996 Presidential candidate Steve Forbes)
March 8, 1996... By the time you read this, Steve Forbes, multimillionaire publisher and Republican Presidential candidate, could be preparing to deliver a crushing blow to his rivals after scoring a stunning upset in the key election contest in New Hampshire....

"... And by the way, send food." (World War II soldiers; written correspondence)
March 8, 1996... In the heat of World War II, Admiral William Halsey wrote to Admiral Chester Nimitz to tell him what kind of cargo should take priority on ships going to the Pacific front. "Please stop the flow of Washington experts and sightseers," he...

The whiz kid of Wall Street. (Matt Seto; understanding the stock market)(includes information about reading a stock table)
March 8, 1996... At an age when most boys are buying and trading baseball cards, Matt Seto was buying and trading stocks - for real. For as long as he can remember, Matt has been fascinated by the stock market and those who make fortunes playing it. When he was...

The second revolution. (China's booming economic growth)(includes a related article on Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin)(Cover Story)
March 22, 1996... China's economic boom has created the world's fastest-growing economy, lifted millions of peasants out of poverty, and introduced the nation to discos and Big Macs Beijing, China--It's Saturday night at J.J.'s Disco in downtown Beijing,...

The dying rooms. (state-run orphanages in China)
March 22, 1996... In a shocking new documentary, a group of undercover filmmakers charge that China is systematically killing children in state-run orphanages. The image on the TV screen is one no viewer can easily forget. In Guandong Province, one of China's...

The China debate. (US relations with China)
March 22, 1996... No African Foreign-policy issue may be more controversial than relations with China. For years, the United States has been tom over what attitude it should take toward the Asian giant. On the one hand, China is a key economic trading partner. On...

Power to the people? (public disenchantment with politics)
March 22, 1996... A hand shot up and an audience member fired another question at the President of the United States: "Programs designed to keep teenagers away from gangs seem geared mainly to boys. How can such programs be made more attractive to girls?"...

The inquisition. (congressional investigation into communism in the movie industry during 1947-1958)
March 22, 1996... The scene in Washington looked more like a gala movie premiere than the meeting of a Congressional subcommittee. Autograph hunters lurked in the corridors of the U.S. Capitol, waiting for celebrities. Photographers crouched behind banks of...

Law of song and demand. (why pop stars earn more than the US president)
March 22, 1996... Call it the deal of the decade. Pop superstar Janet Jackson, fresh off the release of her greatest-hits collection Design of a Decade, signed a four-album deal with Virgin Records in January worth a reported $80 million--the largest record...