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International relations

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  • Monday, March 1, 2010
    • | CYP Now
The first thing I'd do would be to change the interior system of the UN. I'd no longer allow the permanent security council members - Russia, China, US, UK and France - to always have a veto power.

Homework

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  • Tuesday, July 1, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Homework is basically extra work that teachers set to "help" children learn but to children it is torture. Children believe that homework is irrelevant because the work we do at home we cover at school anyway. When it comes to homework, children and adults clash.

My Life: Aissatu Jalloh, 12, London

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  • Tuesday, October 15, 2013
    • | CYP Now
Since I gained my Mayor's Music Scholarship through Tower Hamlets arts and music education service, I've been treated like I'm special. At school, we're only allowed to play one instrument, but because of my scholarship, I was an exception and allowed to play two instruments - the cello and trumpet - because I played them both in primary school.

New chief begins review to boost impact of NCB

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  • Monday, September 5, 2011
    • | CYP Now
The new chief executive of the National Children's Bureau has kicked off a strategic review of the organisation with the aim of boosting its impact in the face of radically reduced funds.

Tackling climate change

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  • Tuesday, October 23, 2007
    • | CYP Now
I would try and divert government funds to projects that would get more people to change their habits. While there are environmental reasons for climate change, humans have a big part to play.

Education

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  • Tuesday, August 31, 2010
    • | CYP Now
My principle is simple: small classes at small primary schools and big secondary schools.

My Life: Leah Bostock, 16, Derby

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  • Tuesday, April 2, 2013
    • | CYP Now
They say if you enjoy things, then you always do them better. Well, I didn't enjoy certain lessons at school and so it's no surprise I didn't pass those subjects.

School sports

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  • Friday, March 12, 2010
    • | CYP Now
If I were in charge of school sports I would make sure more was done to include all children and young people with or without a disability by adding accessible sports such as boccia and new age kurling to the curriculum.

If I were in charge of my after-school club

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  • Tuesday, September 25, 2007
    • | CYP Now
If I were in charge of my Schoolfriend Club at Whitehill Primary School, we would have a trampoline, a swimming pool, a bouncy castle and a pets' corner where we could learn about the animals and look after them.

Education

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  • Tuesday, May 26, 2009
    • | CYP Now
If I were in charge, I would make sure students aren't classed as "underachieving" just because they aren't very good at English or maths.

My Life: Joe Goff, 15, Leeds

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  • Tuesday, May 28, 2013
    • | CYP Now
I became involved with the national education charity Filmclub in 2011, when my teacher and I had the same idea of starting a club at our school. Eventually, we split it into two clubs: one for younger pupils, devised by my teacher, and one for the older year groups, which I devised.

My Life: Ben Kenyon, 15, Lichfield

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  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Words cannot describe how proud I was to carry the Olympic torch through Lichfield this summer. I was chosen because of all the work I have done with the National Autistic Society (NAS) to raise awareness of autistic people's needs.

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