Speaker the Youth Parliament will now consider the fifth and final motion of the day, a curriculum to prepare us for life. Is printed on the order paper. To move the motion, i call and ask you it does you asked if we to welcome from the northeast of england abigail charlton. [applause] thank you, mr. Speaker. Healthy relationships such as a sick knowledge and politics. Credit where it is due. I guess we are making progress. In all seriousness, these are some of the most basic foundations of our lives. They are taught to us in an assembly or in psat lessons where the bare minimum is seen as enough. Im sorry. 80 of young people and 90 of teachers believe is important, if not more important than academical vacation. Academic qualification. Young investing in people, a way to give us the tools we need to build ourselves a boat . The Education System is in organized chaos. But amongst all this uncertainty, one thing remains constant. Our persistence is young people. The year before that for
Im pete davis, Senior Vice President and past president of the club. The National Economist club was started in 196 by herb stein, the chair of the council of economic advisers and it has met roughly 40 weeks out of every year since presenting leading economists talking about issues of the day. Today were very pleased to mark gold wine of the committee for responsible federal budget to talk about the return of trillion dollar deficits. Before i introduce mark, let me tell you about some upcoming programs. We have dr. Alice rivlin on february 1st at a luncheon right here at the chinatown garden talking about fed policy and maybe a little bit about the budget. Shes a former vice chair of the fed and, of course, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office. We also have commitments to speak in february although the dates havent been set by the current chair of the council of economic advisers kevin hasset and also the Congressional Budget Office director. Mark gold wine is one
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
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