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for KidzTM Sep
1-7 2003
This
week’s headlines
Teacher’s Day -
Kidz helping kids –
Kidz Combat Terror -
From India to USA- school is tops!-
And from USA To Bulgaria too! New kid on the block -
A dream come true-
Kids meet a famous cricketer-
...and a famous actor remembers his childhood -
Health Alert -
Cross Connections- Straightening things out-
A Child in Need of a Nickname -
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Teacher’s Day
Wrapped
in a lifetime of gratitude...
Smita Khanna, Times News Network
isn't an occasion to just say, "we
love and respect you". "Respect is something we give them always.
This
day is more like a much deserved
holiday for the teachers!" says Karishma, a student
of Loreto Convent.
The intensive
preparations for the day begin in good measure at least a month early — dance
practices,
skits, songs and plays — all just to
show "I care".
Says a teacher,
"It's touching to see the old students come back to meet you years after
they have left
school, it's a wonderful feeling."
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http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/05Sep2003_news30.html
Kidz helping kids
Donations
sought for needy kids
Anjira Assavanonda
The Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre is inviting people to
buy gifts or donate used goods to
disadvantaged children in
The charity
project, called ``Gift For Life'', will be the
highlight of the Thailand Best Buy 2003 Festival at the
convention centre on Dec 12-21.
Thai schoolkids http://www.clt.astate.edu/sblumens/Thai_Pics/School_kids.JPG
Ladda Mongkolchaiviwat,
event organiser at NCC Management and Development Co,
which runs the
centre, said gifts would give children
happiness at New Year.
Last
year 5,300 items were donated. ``The most popular items were dolls and
clothes,'' said Ms Ladda.
She expected
10,000 goods would be donated this year.
Ms
Ladda said she wanted every child to get at least one
gift this year.
``We
want children to know there are many people who still
care for them even though they are orphaned,
disabled, or live miserable lives,''said Ms Ladda.
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04674271.htm
Kidz Combat Terror
Russian
children start anti-terror lessons
By
Oliver Bullough, Reuters
REUTOV,
Russian school
book concentrating on lessons intended to prepare him for the risk of criminal
or guerrilla
attacks. Authorities in Reutov, a sleepy town just east of
self-defence and security
as part of
relentless nationwide crime wave.
©Vladimir Filonov
/ Moscow Times Kids at a school in
"We
need to know how to avoid bandits," said Zhenya,
standing up as a teacher tested him on safety
measures.
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http://www.dailydemocrat.com/articles/2003/09/04/news/news8.txt
From
Education
top priority for Sikh parents, children
By
Barbara Smith, MediaNews Group
But
entering a crowded public school system without mom or dad can be a scary
prospect.
Not
for Taranbir and Manpreet
Singh, newly emigrated from
Both
teens excelled socially and academically in the
Language
Development class at
Sikh
Day Parade in
"Any
chance I get to work with Sikh children, I know I'm going to have fun," Benlevi said. "I find that most of
the times, they have been very well
motivated and eager to learn, a wonderful addition to the classroom
mix, and a good example for the
others."
Taranbir and Manpreet
are the only Indian children in a class with seven Spanish-speaking students.
So
they are learning Spanish as well as
English, and are ahead of some of their Spanish-speaking peers, he
said.
A
Sikh child is still somewhat of a rarity in the
number of reasons, Benlevi
said.
He credits the
Singh boys' success to the wonderful educational system in
Singh.
"The
father does exceptionally well," Benlevi said.
"They have a resource at home. The primary teacher for
all children are their parents. Your
parents are your first teacher. In my opinion, it's the background for
their success."
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http://www.sofiaecho.com/art.php?id=7991&catid=32
New kid on the block
Kate
Goggin, Sofia Echo
the block. Just ask Annie Mendes a
student at the Anglo-American School (AAS) in
"I
was not scared about being the new kid, but I was nervous," she said.
Despite attending orientation and
meeting her teacher in advance, the first
day was still plagued with difficulties.
The
bus was late and there was a mix-up about the proper entry door. "Another
girl and I were running
around trying to find our way in,"
she said.
But
the worst came when she walked into the classroom: "At my old school the
girls wore skirts, but here
they all wore jeans." Ouch. That
is an awkward moment at an awkward age.
It
is difficult to fit in when you are the new kid and the AAS has a program in
place to help newcomers and
their families learn what to expect.
"AAS does a lot to ease this transition," said the school's director,
Eric
Larson.
The
AAS counsellor runs a "buddy" program,
where new kids are set up with friends to help them adjust.
"The
kids were all very nice to me," said Mendes, "that helped a lot. I
made a lot of new friends right away."
Meeting new
friends and learning creative problem solving are some of the long-term
advantages of
moving home. Forced to change schools
every few years, Wertsch said: "By the time we
reach adulthood,
we've met so many thousands of people,
weathered such diversity of predicaments that we are unlikely to
be fazed by much.
"Among
the useful traits we acquire: independence, willingness to take risks,
flexibility. We know how to
read people quickly, initiate new
projects, get along with almost anyone and bounce back from disaster."
"You can
often tell children with multiple international experiences from those who are
living overseas for
the first time," said Larson.
"One child at our school is now living in his fifth country and he has
never lived
in his native country.
"Children
with such experiences normally begin at a new school very quietly, watching
other children and
how friendships, school and everyday
life work. Following this process of observation they will tend to
blend in, and in this child's case, he
became one of the most active and popular members of the school."
Mendes was also
able to blend in quickly. After two years in
environment and has made the transition well.
So if you see a
new kid this week running around late, locked out and wearing a skirt, know that she just
needs a friendly face and a little time
to overcome the shock of moving home!
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=168334
A dream come true
Sachin `bowled' over, kids not out!
R.
MURALI, Times News Network
mood was upbeat for obvious reasons.
For all those who hardly get a chance to watch
cricketer on the television (forget meeting
him in person), it was a dream come true. Taking some time off
from the rigours
of training schedule, Tendulkar spent more than
half-an-hour with the kids.
]
It was a moment
to cherish for the boys and girls who shared their thoughts with the demigod of
Indian
cricket. For seven-year-old Srinivas, it turned out to be a special day. He even tried
to bowl a googly at the
master, asking him if he could speak in
Kannada. "Ellarigu nanna
namaskara (Namaste to all)," pat came the
reply. "Do you know your teacher's
name?" asked Raksha with a twinkle in her eyes.
And, there were many
more out of the bag.
"Why
did you relinquish captaincy," asked Ramesh, a
first standard student. Monisha wanted to know
Tendulkar's children's names and Zamsei came up with a riddle which foxed the little master.
Showing his
index finger, Zamsei
asked "why are you not using this while playing?". A tough riddle to
solve Tendulkar
thought. But the beaming youngster supplied
the answer himself: "Simple. you can't use it
because it is my
finger!"
Sachin enjoyed every moment and before
he left he made his point that "all work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy."
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?artid=168247
'The child in me is alive'
SANGEETHA
DEVI K, Times News Network
Ladakh,
traces of his own childhood. “Somewhere
all of us have walked this path where we’ve been teased. I had a
good share of heartbreaks in my school
days. I didn’t fit in with the other kids. Rohit is
an extension of me.
There
were a few scenes in the film where I stuttered. I didn’t want to go back and
change it because I did
stutter a bit in my school days,” says Hrithik. And, when Hrithik looked
deep within himself to find Rohit, he
too realised
that “the child in me is still alive and kicking. I haven’t grown up at all.
Maybe that’s why I just
adore kids. I can’t turn away a kid
when he or she comes up to talk to me.”
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20030905/od_uk_nm/ouko
e_odd_italy_obesity
Health Alert
Reuters
Italian children, who are now officially the flabbiest in
Weighing
in a close second came Spanish children, with 27
percent of them packing on the pounds.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19035-2003Sep3.html
Cross Connections- Straightening things
out
Kids
at Play, With a Purpose
Summer
Day Camp Seeks to Ease Conflicts Between Two Cultures
By
separated into groups.
The
African American youngsters, a little tired after an hour-long van ride from
their homes in inner-city
among themselves.
Hadiyah Brown,
9, left; Hyojoo
on the
next-to-last day of camp. (Hyosub Shin -- The
But
then, Racquel Moses and Chante
Willis, both 8, started clapping out rhymes.Stephanie
with another ponytailed
Korean girl and raised her hands. Racquel turned to
Stephanie, and soon the two
girls were smacking palms and giggling.
This
was a small occurrence but one that carried big hope during a cultural exchange
program between
African
American and Korean children, whose respective day camps came together
periodically during the
summer. Although the program, for about
60 children, ended recently with picnics in Baltimore and Anne
Through the
years, stereotypes that blacks and Koreans hold about each other are passed
down to the
children, many community leaders say.
Korean young people say blacks play too rough. The black
children say Koreans smell like fish and
talk funny.
The
project was begun by Jacquelyn D. Cornish.
The
camp coordinators are well aware that a few days together will not completely
overcome long-standing
racial and economic gaps.Since
the exchange program started 12 years ago, the children have not formed
friendships that have lasted beyond summer.
For the rest of the year, they're in separate worlds.
Meanwhile,
Cornish and others will revel in the little victories of summer.
In
the three-legged race one sunny day, the fastest team was led by Richard Whelchel and Sung Yu. They
managed to cross the finish line without
tripping on each other's super-baggy pants.
"We
did good," said Richard, 11, holding his hands
toward 12-year-old Sung for a double high-five. Then,
simultaneously, they hitched
up their oversized pants and burst into grins.
The
boys may never see each other again, but they may remember that one afternoon,
when they made a
pretty good team.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2561-2003Aug29.html
A Child in Need of a Nickname
The
If
you think saying " John Jacob Jingleheimer
Schmidt" is hard, take a crack at George Bush Adbul
Kader
Faris Abed Hussein. That's the name of a 6-week-old
baby born in
"I
tell you all Iraqis hated Saddam's regime. It was only George Bush who
liberated us; without him it
wouldn't have happened," said Nadia Jergis Mohammed, the baby's 34-year-old mother.
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