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Of partisanship, commemorating civil war reconstruction in national parks, and the New Birmingham Civil Rights National monume monument. Live coverage of the American Historical Association annual meeting saturday on American History tv on cspan3. More than 200 young people participated in this years Uk Youth Parliament debate in the british house of commons. They debated a number of issues including the need for improving the quality of education in schools. The parliament will now consider the fifth and final motion of the day, a curriculum to prepare us for life. The full motion is printed on the order paper. To move the motion, i call and ask you enthusiastically to welcome from the northeast of england, abigail charlton. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Healthy relationships are just basic knowledge. Finance, well, thats 21yearold mes problem. And politics, isnt that for old people . Well, these are just some of the statements ive heard from my friends in year 11. But credit where its due,
The full motion is printed on the order paper. To move the motion, i call and ask you enthusiastically to welcome from the northeast of england, Abigail Charlton [ cheers and applause ] thank you, mr. Speaker healthy relationships are just basic knowledge. Finance, well, thats 21yearold mes problem. And politics . Isnt that for old people . Well, these are just some of the statements ive heard from our friends in year 11. But credit where its due, my friend is now aware that brown is the Prime Minister. So i guess were making progress. In all seriousness, these are the most basic foundations for our lives. And i think youll agree with me when i say they arent taught to us and when they are, they are hidden in assemblies where the bare minimum is seen as enough. Im sorry, but if i put minimal effort into my schoolwork, i would have did etentions every night of the week. But its fine the other way around, right . 88 of young people and 97 of teachers believe life skills teaching is as im
Colleagues, we shall now consider the fourth motion of the day, a curriculum to prepare us for life as printed on the order paper, to move the motion from the southeast of england i call hamzeh ahmed. [ applause ] thank you, mr. Speaker. When almost 132,000 make your mark respondents chose it to be their top issue, when 92 of students believe that p sat should be a mandatory subject taught in schools it is our responsibility as elected representatives of young people to listen. Sure, we have chosen a curriculum for life as our campaigns in the past. Sure there are other groups campaigning for quality psat, sre and financial education. But this does not mean that we should abandon the campaign and all we have achieved because we have made some ground. On the contrary, mr. Speaker, we must persevere. Unemployment in the uk is drastically falling but the same cannot be said for youth unemployment. With us as young people being three times as likely to be unemployed than our seasoned count
They gathered to discuss school curriculum. This is about 30 minutes. Please take your seats. Well, i hope youre refreshed, revitalized and reinvigorated for this afternoons debates and if theyre as good as those this morning i think that everybody listening is in for a treat. Colleagues, we shall now consider the fourth motion of the day, a curriculum to prepare us for life as printed on the order paper, to move the motion from the southeast of england i call hamzeh ahmed. [ applause ] thank you, mr. Speaker. When almost 132,000 make your mark respondents chose it to be their top issue, when 92 of students believe that p sat should be a mandatory subject taught in schools it is our responsibility as elected representatives of young people to listen. Sure, we have chosen a curriculum for life as our campaigns in the past. Sure there are other groups campaigning for quality psat, sre and financial education. But this does not mean that we should abandon the campaign and all we have achi