We do see multitudes of youth taking part in causes, such as leaving school and work to volunteer in aid of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake victims, or volunteering to support the 2008 Beijing Olympics or the 2010 Shanghai Expo.
And while the rest of the party limited itself to discussing petty matters such as health care or the federal budget, Newt's plans ranged from getting school kids to work as janitors to building mines on the moon.
Others such as Sam Gandy from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine think amyloid drugs will eventually work.
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Others, such as the European health minister, see it as a societal challenge that should be met with schemes that encourage people to cycle to work or walk to school, or by subsidising sports centres such as Davos's Tourism und Sportzentrum.
Pupils at the school have been given work to do at home via social networking sites such as Twitter.
More needs to be done to reach young people at risk of leaving school early by making education more relevant to the world of work, such as through apprenticeships.
Rep. Pete Lee, a Democrat from Colorado Springs who introduced the bill in January, says businesses that choose to become benefit corporations should be allowed to "promote the public good" through one-off projects, such as a fundraising drive for a local school or a day off for employees to do charitable work, that don't hurt profits.
The programme fosters a culture of intergenerational learning and, as such, parents are now more inclined and better able to assist their children with their school work.
But there are also a variety of other possibilities, such as allowing students to shadow you at work, offering summer internships, or even speaking to a school about what your career is like.
Outsider art is the name given to work made in places such as asylums and prisons by artists who have not been to art school.
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Howson, 50, who studied at Glasgow School of Art, is renowned for his powerful figurative work which has been collected by celebrities such as Madonna, David Bowie and Bob Geldof.
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