- •Сборник текстов для индивидуального чтения
- •Часть II/Part II
- •Часть I. Part I. Text 1. Parents Urged to Talk to Children
- •Text 2. Hooked on the net
- •Text 3. How Does It Feel to Be an American Teen?
- •Text 4. How To Become Popular?
- •Text 5. How do teenagers deal with their parents rules?
- •Text 6. Survey Showed Increasing Drug Use Among Youth
- •Text 7. Homeless Young homelessness is a problem which is getting worse and worse. In Britain there are about 150,000 teenagers who have run away from home.
- •Text 8. Russians Distrust Globalization Which They Don't Understand
- •By Marina Pustilnik, Moscow News
- •(The free Internet-based encyclopedia, Wikipedia)
- •Text 9. A Tale of Two Rivals
- •Text 10. Inner City Kids Keen to Do Well School report paints optimistic picture of learning against the odds
- •Text 11. Saving Youth From Violence
- •Text 12. Young Entrepreneurs
- •Text 13. Mother Teresa of Calcutta An interview with the woman who has done so much to alleviate the suffering of the sick and poor.
- •Text 14. The War on Drugs: a Losing Battle?
- •The government has approved a new program to fight illegal drugs, but there seems to be little chance for success
- •Mn File opinion
- •Text 15. How to Live to 120 and Beyond
- •The Russian Academy of Sciences (ras) has launched an anti-aging program
- •Text 16. Buddy, can you spare a book?
- •Часть II. Part II. Text 1. Social Work. A View from the usa.
- •Text 2. Social Service
- •Text 3. Family, Elderly and Children Welfare
- •Text 4. Social Work Training and Social Services
- •Text 5. Child Welfare in the usa
- •Text 6. People with Disabilities
- •Text 7. Social Agencies. Red Cross
- •Text 8. Social Agencies. Salvation Army.
- •Text 9. Social Agencies. Young Men’s Christian Association
- •Text 10. Social Agencies. Médecins Sans Frontières
- •Text 11. Social Workers. Emily Greene Balch
- •Text 12. Social Workers. Martha McChesney Berry
- •Text 13. Hospice
- •Источники
Text 12. Young Entrepreneurs
Each summer, as schools close their doors, most teenagers look forward to relaxing in the sun or earning a few extra dollars as clerks in fast-food restaurants or clothing stores. But thousands of others organise small businesses and provide goods and services to their communities. They baby-sit, tutor, mow lawns, host toddlers' birthday parties, design jewelry and build birdhouses. They bake cookies and tie-dye T-shirts. These and many other common teenage businesses are important training grounds for future corporate executives and entrepreneurs. By operating a business, young people learn responsibility, the importance of quality workmanship, a variety of sales and interpersonal skills, and the value of careful record keeping. Many of them, in fact, get their first taste of the excitement of operating a business as a member of a Junior Achievement company or Applied Economics class. Through their student-run businesses, teens can observe every facet of a company's operation. Some even go on to apply their Junior Achievement experiences to their own businesses.
Joseph Hale, 26, is one of them. As the vice president of finance for his high school's Junior Achievement company, he was so motivated that, as an adult, he decided to strike out on his own. Neither an engineer nor a chemist, Joseph conceived an idea for a high quality, scratch resistant plastic laminate that would protect automobile windshields from cracking and pitting caused by wind-blown and tire-thrown sand and gravel. He developed a business, consulted with plastics manufacturers, and commissioned the development of a prototype. Joseph is more convinced than ever that his idea will become a useful and profitable product.
Like many other teenagers, Brad Boisvert, 16, of Warwick, Rhode Island, works in a restaurant kitchen preparing salads. But Brad undoubtedly brings much more flair and understanding to his work than most other teenagers. Brad also operates his own catering business and specializes in fancy fruit and vegetable carvings and garnishes. According to his parents, Brad's first word was cook. And indeed, he began preparing fruit and vegetable trays for family gatherings at age 10. But today, thanks in part to his Junior Achievement experience, he understands some very important business principles that will help him in the future when he becomes a chef and restaurateur. He has learned that working in a field you enjoy can be the secret to success, that even the best products and services must be advertised and promoted, and that high- quality materials (fruits and vegetables) are essential. Brad has also learned the importance of setting prices high enough to earn a profit and low enough to be competitive and, equally important, to keep accurate and up-to- date financial records.
Katherine Ya-wen Cheng, 17, of Houston, Texas, is another young entrepreneur benefiting from her experience in Junior Achievement, but more importantly, she brings energy and a drive to succeed in business and in life from deep within.
Katherine worked in a candy shop in Houston, where she learned the basics of the business before deciding to open her own shop. Working two other jobs, she saved $8,000 and borrowed $4,000 more from her grandmother to buy the candy, rent the space and purchase the special display cases and other equipment needed. Today she has her own business in an indoor flea market, where she sells imported candies and is developing a band of loyal customers. She is even diversifying by selling candy in bulk for school fundraisers, weddings and other special events. Interestingly, Katherine's greatest challenge and frustration was renting space and opening a business checking account. The adult decision-makers weren't sure they could trust a 17-year old student to pay the bills and keep accurate records. In Katherine's case, they needn't have had any worries.
Like Brad and Katherine, Andrew Sorkin, 17, of Scarsdale, New York, started a business by combining his personal interests (sports and writing) with management and marketing lessons learned through his Junior Achievement experience. Last year he organized Pages Publishing Corporation to produce a sports magazine for the high school market - The Sports Page. Andrew's business is unusual for several reasons. First, Pages Publishing is a not-for-profit venture. Andrew is interested in providing journalism students, rather than professional writers, with an opportunity to contribute articles to a national magazine. Second, Andrew organized a board of directors consisting of two high school students and six adults from the community to help him make wise policy decisions. Finally, all students in participating schools receive the magazine at no charge. The costs of production are covered entirely through advertising revenues. Andrew may not earn his fortune producing The Sports Page, but he will gain invaluable experience that will pay off in the future.
Young entrepreneurs like Joseph, Brad, Katherine and Andrew learn one thing more from their Junior Achievement experience: Never give up - if you don't make it with one idea, you will be successful with the next one, or the next. These young people will probably be among America's future business leaders, and go on to provide fuel for the American economy as they develop new products and design more efficient processes.
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