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Homeland Security Advisory

December 04, 2004

Feed Shark Turbo Tagger

Awww Now This Ought To Be Cute

By Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2004 -- Weekly Reader magazine wants to
know what its
readers would say to the world on Jan. 20, the date
President Bush takes the
oath of office and gives his second inaugural address.

The school-based educational and news magazine posed that
question to its 7
million or more readers for its latest essay contest,
titled "My Inaugural
Address."

Mia Toschi, Weekly Reader editor, said the magazine wants
its readers to voice
their opinion on what they would do if they were in the
president's shoes and
what would they do for the country.

Though she said the contest's aim is to get students to
"read, write and do
research -- that's the ultimate goal of Weekly Reader," she
said she also is
hopeful the essays generate opinions on what students, much
like the president,
feel are important issues affecting the country.

Judging by what she's read so far, Toschi said, concern for
the Middle East is
on most of the students' agendas.

"Some of the essays from the kids really talk about helping
the children in
Iraq and Afghanistan, so there is an awareness about the
problems of the Middle
East, even with the younger students," she said.

She pointed out that students also voiced concern for
helping homeless children
here in United States.

Toschi said the essay contest, which was announced last
week, will wrap up the
magazine's yearlong campaign to teach students about the
election process.

She said the campaign began in January with students
learning about state
caucuses and primaries, and then on to the presidential
debates -- the magazine
sent its own student news correspondents to cover the
event.

The magazine even held its own presidential vote among
readers, correctly
picking Bush as the next president. The magazine has picked
the correct
presidential winner every year since 1956.

She said the fact that Weekly Reader has picked correctly
for so many years is
somewhat of a phenomenon. "We're kind of like the experts,"
she said.

Meanwhile, Toschi said, the words voiced in the winning
essays could possibly
get the president's ear. She plans to send them to the
White House.

"We're not sure if they will get read, but we will surely
send them so that the
president will have an idea of what students want" she
said.
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Hmmm Maybe the next Presidential Election I will look to weekly reader for my pollster.
They seem to be better than all the polls.
http://www.weekyreader.com

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