For many of us, planning for college can be a frightening thought. Each choice we make seems to add another sharp turn on the road to our future. However, we always wonder if we are headed in the right direction. Take Barbara and Walter, two fictitious high school juniors. Barbara wants to be a registered nurse but isn't sure if her grades are high enough for the college of her choice. Walter

Danny Bravo, 20, was part of President Clinton's summer of service. Nearly 1,500 young people served in 11 cities this pilot year. In June, participants from 16 sites were trained in San Francisco to provide service in the areas of health, education, public safety and the environment. In exchange, each volunteer received a minimum-wage stipend and an education or job-training scholarship. Bra

When a teen volunteer went to a shelter for homeless women, the only thing on his mind was rejuvenating a dilapidated garden to cheer up the women. After the last vegetable had been planted, a gift awaited the women - a garden full of life. The volunteer left with a warm heart and felt his job was done. The garden looked better, and he thought he had made a contribution to these women. Did th

Walter Dean Myers describes the impact that Malcolm X had on his life. Walter Dean Myers was curious when he saw young people wearing X's on their clothing and pictures of Malcolm X on their T-shirts. He had met Malcolm X during the late '50s and '60s and appreciated all of Malcolm's efforts to prove that blacks were equal to whites. He wondered if these young people also felt grateful to Mal

Junior Achievement helps schools to explain how Congress makes budget-cutting decisions on the national deficit. For information Call Junior Achievement at (317) 634-3519. Few kids expect to go to their seventh-grade social studies classes and assume the roles of congressmen and congresswomen, laboring over debt and deficit decisions. But for students in central Indiana, these roles may be part

In early September, Children's Express traveled to Chicago to cover a symposium sponsored by Lilly Endowment. The topic was citizenship and its place in volunteering. Gathering program directors of service organizations, White House officials, national service program officers, foundation program officers and directors and academics, the group's six-hour discussion focused on the meaning of