Scholastic Update articles from November 1992

Scholastic Update archives from November 1992

Project power: competition follow-up, 1992. (Future Excellence Competition) (Extra Credit Supplement)
November 6, 1992... Winning isn't everything. That's what 14 eighth-graders at Goodnight Junior High in San Marcos, Texas, discovered when they sent their entry to the Future Excellence Competition announced in last year's edition of Extra Credit. (This year it's...

Extra Credit asks: What do people really do at work?
November 6, 1992... Have you ever wondered what certain jobs are like--what people do day to day, as well as how they got that job? Well, for everyone out there who has wondered what really goes on in the working world, here are some answers. Gwenytsh...

On the job; real-life advice for doing well on the job. (includes related information) (Extra Credit Supplement)
November 6, 1992... So what are the things you need to know to do well on a job? How should you behave--or not behave? We talked to teens who have jobs that vary from working in an office to being a camp counselor. And we got advice that would apply to any job you...

Employ yourself; careers you can have at home. (includes related information) (Extra Credit Supplement)
November 6, 1992... Imagine: You're finished with school. It's your first day at work. You shower, dress, and walk to the office...in your living room! Who starts a home-based business? Usually, a person who's had enough experience on a regular job to learn a...

Why manage your money? (quiz on handling cash) (Extra Credit Supplement)
November 6, 1992... 1. It's Friday and, once again, you have no money for weekend fun. You wonder where your money went, so you: a. Tell your friends you were robbed. b. Argue for a bigger allowance. c. Decide to keep better track of your...

Celebrities talk saving. (Kid'N Play musicians, Sandy Alomar Jr., Ann Martin, Karyn Bryant, Eric Martin, John Stamos, Betty Okino) (Extra Credit Supplement)
November 6, 1992... I want money, lots |n lots of money...I want the pie in the sky..." So go the lyrics to a popular song. Most of us may not have lots of money, but we'd certainly like tips on how to save it for the things we want. Extra Credit asked some famous...

What's the word? (definitions of financial terms) (Extra Credit Supplement)
November 6, 1992... Economic terms you need to know in language you can understand "Collateral" WHAT IT IS Collateral is an asset (something you own that has a specific dollar value) used as a guarantee for borrowing money from a person, a...

Shop smart. (includes related information) (Extra Credit Supplement)
November 6, 1992... Suppose you lived in another dimension--one where money really did grow on trees, and parents were made out of money after all. Awesome! You'd get everything you wanted, and be thrilled with it all. would you? When our heroes, Ramsey and Elena,...

The high cost of living. (how rising prices affect youth)(includes related information) (Extra Credit Supplement)
November 6, 1992... Prices are skyrocketing!" "The dollar is shrinking!" You've probably heard these expressions, but have you ever stopped to think about what they mean? We thought it would be interesting to ask kids how rising prices affect them--and why...

A growing hunger. (tragedy of world famine) (Cover Story)
November 6, 1992... From Somalia to San Francisco, hunger is increasing dramatically. When the world is richer than ever before, how can millions of people go hungry? Once more, the world is shocked by pictures of famine. This year, the images come from the...

A world of want. (global hunger)
November 6, 1992... Despite a surplus of food, hunger stalks all corners of the globe, from Southeast Asia to sub-Saharan Africa. Hunger isn't confined to any one region of the world. It's a global problem--afflicting Peru as well as the Sudan, Southeast Asia...

Starving to death in Somalia. (includes related article)
November 6, 1992... More than 100,000 Somalis have died in a famine that didn't have to happen. If the world doesn't increase aid to the war-torn country, another 2 million may perish. In Baidoa, a town in southern Somalia, hunger relief workers take a large...

Zimbabwe's challenge. (President Robert Mugabe's agricultural policy pays off)
November 6, 1992... While mass starvation stalks Somalia, Ethiopia, and the Sudan, the citizens of the southern African nation of Zimbabwe have largely escaped the tragedy of widespread hunger. Indeed, when it comes to confronting the hunger crisis, Zimbabwe has...

Why Africans go hungry.
November 6, 1992... Politics, economics, and the environment all play a part in the complex web of forces that keep millions of Africans without food. From the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85 to the current crisis in Somalia, dramatic television pictures of...

Does U.S. aid help solve hunger? (includes pro and con arguments)
November 6, 1992... A huge federal budget deficit and a weak economy it home have many Americans asking whether their tax dollars are being well spent on food aid abroad. No nation donates more food to needy countries around the world than the United States....

Hunger in the land of plenty. (millions of Americans are hungry)
November 6, 1992... The U.S. produces more food per person than any other country in the world. But millions of poor Americans don't get enough to eat. If you thought hunger was only a problem of far-away people in underdeveloped countries, think again. ...

A soup kitchen for kids. (Savannah, Georgia housing project feeds hungry children)
November 6, 1992... Left to themselves, the children of a Georgia housing project can count on at least one meal a day. SAVANNAH, Georgia--Despite a fast and furious that had opened the heavens and dumped buckets of rain, the line outside was long and the people...

Filing in the gaps; soup kitchens keep people from starving, but do little to lift them out of poverty.
November 6, 1992... Soup kitchens keep people from starving, but do little to lift them out of poverty. As poverty increased and federal food programs were cut by $12 billion in the early 1980s, many communities responded by organizing charitable food...

A plateful of food stamps. (government food aid programs)
November 6, 1992... The United States government spends billions on aid to the needy. Yet millions of Americans still go hungry. Is the government doing enough? What more needs to be done? Here's something to think about as Thanksgiving approaches: Have you...

How to feed those in need. (includes information sources)
November 6, 1992... Now that you've read about hunger, it's time to do something about it. Getting involved isn't hard. There are plenty of organizations across the country working to solve the problem. They not only welcome young people--in many cases, they...

Seeing the results. (Project Open Hand, San Francisco, California)(includes related information)
November 6, 1992... Faced with a growing hunger problem on her city's streets, one teenager found that fighting the problem feels a lot better than worrying about it. SAN FRANCISCO, California--Regan Viele Was tired of seeing hungry people on the streets...

Nationalism rising. (includes related information)
November 20, 1992... Nineteen ninety-two should have been a glorious year for the people of Georgia, a country of 6 million, nestled in the Caucasus mountains bordering Europe and Asia. After 71 years as a virtual colony of the Soviet Union, Georgia had won its...

Coming apart. (global nationalist movements) (Illustration)
November 20, 1992... Around the world, ethnic and nationalist groups are demanding as never before the right of cultural, religious, or political independence. In some cases, this has led to bloody civil war and the breakup of existing countries. In others, it has...

Europe's killing fields. (former Yugoslavia)(includes related information)
November 20, 1992... Last summer, a string of horrifying images from the war in Yugoslavia filled television screens around the world: rows of skeletal men trapped behind the barbed wire of detention camps. Women shot down at a funeral of war victims. Orphaned...

European dis-unity. (many Europeans fear unified Europe would destroy cultural identities)
November 20, 1992... The United States of Europe? That was the game plan, more or less, just about a year ago when 12 Western European nations signed a historic treaty to form an unprecedented political and economic union. The Maastricht treaty, named for the...

Should the U.S. intervene? (get involved with Yugoslav civil war)
November 20, 1992... Many people want American troops to stop the Yugoslav was, but others warn of disaster. What do you think the U.S. should do? The United States has a long history of intervening in faraway conflicts that pose no immediate threat to American...

Continuing the feud. (Yugoslavian-descent teenagers subject to prejudice)
November 20, 1992... American teens with roots in he old Yugoslavia are struggling to cope with the war in their ancestral homeland. CHICAGO, Illinois-nearly two years after the actual fighting broke out, Chicago high school student Dena Hybert felt her first...

The great crack-up. (chaos in the former Soviet Union)
November 20, 1992... One year after the demise of Communism, a wave of violent nationalism has plunged much of the former Soviet Union into chaos. When the Soviet Union collapsed one year ago, the democracies of the world rejoiced. After 74 years, Soviet...

Canada's culture war. (between French and English cultures)(includes related information)
November 20, 1992... The long-standing battle between Canada's French and English cultures threatens to tear America's neighbor apart. Strolling through the twisting cobblestone streets of old-town Montreal, you might think you're in Paris, France. With all the...

Can it happen here? (United States borders could change)
November 20, 1992... With increasing economic and technological changes, U.S. borders as we know them could easily change one day. You think it can't happen here. Well, think again. To people who study political geography, no borders are ever permanent, and...

The roar of the tiger. (teenage guerrilla fighters in Sri Lanka)
November 20, 1992... In Sri Lanka, an army of teenagers called the Tigers is waging one of the world's most violent nationalist wars. Artillery shells were exploding in the distance, but inside the safe house, the mood was that of a suburban home where the...

Tuesday afternoon with The Sundays. (English musical group)
November 20, 1992... It's nearing Thanksgiving and The Sundays have left their hometown Bristol, England, and landed in New York City. They're tying up loose ends on Blind - the follow-up to their smash debut album, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. Vocalist Harriet...