Article: "Nowhere to study".(TEEN DIARY: A REPORT FROM HARARE)(Brief article)

Article: "I love ... the beach".(TEEN DIARY: A REPORT FROM ...
Junior Scholastic;  April 13, 2009 ;     585 words ...Lisa Latchimy, 15, lives in Amiens, in the Picardie region of France. (See map, p. 10.) During the week, she stays at her school's dormitory in the small town of Rue. At school, she has become involved in a program called Surfrider. It was founded by California suffers who are campaigning for

Article: An American student visits China.(TEEN DIARY: A ...
Junior Scholastic;  February 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Will Horowitz, of New York City, is studying in China this year. Here, he writes about a trip to Guizhou Province. We drove about two hours into what seemed to be the middle of nowhere. I didn't see cars for the last hour of the drive--just peasants wading in the race paddies. In the distance we

Article: "I've never seen an igloo".(TEEN DIARY: A REPORT ...
Junior Scholastic;  December 10, 2007 ;     680 words ...I ride my mountain bike to school almost every day, even in winter. School is only a few hundred [yards] away from our house. I've got a job in the fruit and vegetable section of a big supermarket, which brings me lots of money. I'm saving for a new bike, which I'll order from the Internet. I think

Article: "The beauty of the Chinese people".(TEEN DIARY: A ...
Junior Scholastic;  April 28, 2008 ;     646 words ...A high-school senior from Richmond, Virginia, Megan traveled to rural China last summer as parT of a student-ambassador program. I stayed in the home of the Wongs, a farm family living in a village on the outskirts of Suzhou. My 16-year-old host sister, Yuan, was really sweet. She taught us how to

Article: Getting stronger: the fight against hunger.(TEEN ...
Junior Scholastic;  December 8, 2008 ;     537 words ...Clyde Otieno Odour, 14, lives in Kibera, Africa's second-largest slum. It is in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Kibera is a place of huts with tin roofs, dirt floors, and wooden benches. The smell from open sewers and garbage in the dirt roads can be overwhelming. Clyde attends Stara School. He says

Article: "I like laugh".(TEEN DIARY: A REPORT FROM ...
Junior Scholastic;  September 7, 2009 ;     458 words ...Since I started at St. Paul's, I don't have much [free] time. I take the bus to school, but when I have to take my massive French horn, my parents drive me. I wish I played the piccolo! I like jazz. Sometimes I go on the Internet and print what I like and play it. I'm really open to music, except

Article: "I like it here".(TEEN DIARY: A REPORT FROM ...
Junior Scholastic;  May 11, 2009 ;     490 words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In their quest for jobs, my parents moved around a lot. That stopped me twice from finishing first grade. With some luck, I will go on to high school somewhere. I'd like to become a doctor. My parents live in Villavicencio now, with my three younger brothers and sisters. It's