Fostering financial literacy among young people and preparing them for the workplace has been the mission of Junior Achievement since it was founded in 1919.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

As soon as the Civil War broke out and Lincoln called for volunteers in late April 1861, Uriah Parmelee dropped out of his Junior year at Yale and he joined the first regiment he could get into.

内战爆发时,林肯在1861年四月末召集志愿兵,大三的乌利亚从耶鲁辍学,好不容易入了伍

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Bo Fishback,spokesperson for Kauffman Foundation, He encourages young people to join programs like Junior Achievement and says now is the best time to go into business.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

For most of them,everything's rosy. Once dismissed as lowly junior colleges and commuter schools in urban areas where students could walk or take public transit to class, these two-year colleges are attracting tens of thousands of students who would normally enroll in four-year private or state universities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.14