European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday october 8,1991world hunger whets appetite of Virginia teens Annandale a. A with snack cakes and pizza slices representing world Gram freshmen at Annandale High school got a hard hitting lesson on How inequitable food is distributed in the world. A they i Only got two pieces and she got five a boy in the Africa Middle East Section of the classroom said in mock anger pointing to a girl in the North american a you Are now symbolic of the world population a responded Michele Vilotti who teaches about world cultures. A you Are seeing an inequitable food  ,. A Annandale which has More than 15 countries represented in the school population was one of hundreds of schools across the nation that celebrated the anniversary of the world Summit for children. Lesson plans and activities for elementary Middle and High school classes and colleges were sent to 646 school districts throughout the United states. Overall More than 750 . Cities and 60 countries held numerous activities. The Summit held at the United nations in september 1990, attracted president Bush and 70 other world leaders. They pledged to improve the plight of children around the world by the year 2000. The goals included a cutting by half the number of women who die during childbirth. A reducing the number of infants suffering with severe and moderate malnutrition. The 30 freshmen in Vilotti a first class Friday were stunned to learn that 40,000 children die each Day throughout the world from largely preventable malnutrition and disease. The message was driven Home in a videotape that discussed world poverty As it counted Down the number of children dying each second with Michele Vilotti who teaches about world cultures instructs an Annandale Van class in inequitable food distribution. Different faces. A three Hundred and eight children died while you watched that film a Vilotti said. The videotape which had been shown at the Summit noted that a a this is the greatest tragedy of our times but because it happens everyday it simply Isnit  # after distributing the food based on Supply in each of the regions Vilotti asked for reaction. The words came rapidly bad anger hunger jealousy not fair. With 12 percent of the worlds population Africa and the Middle East should get More than two snack cakes if North America gets five cakes with Only 6 percent of the population said Rafee Wasi 14. While the food distribution underscored the inequality Vilotti had trouble convincing students that a lot of beliefs about poverty and hunger Are myths. She stressed that hunger is not the result of overpopulation and that people who Are poor Are Able and willing to help themselves. Outside problems hamper pupils teachers say. A i. M a it in no ant Calll viewer teaching new York apr nearly nine out of 10 beginning teachers believe Many of their pupils Are too overwhelmed by family and other outside problems to succeed in class a Survey released sunday shows. The finding contained in a teacher opinion poll commissioned by metropolitan life insurance co., raised fresh doubts about the prospects of achieving National educational goals agreed upon two years ago by president Bush and the nations governors. The first of those goals Aims at ensuring that by the year 2000, All children arrive at school a ready to  the 1,007 Public school teachers in the Survey were questioned twice in july and August of 1990 before beginning their first school year and again last Spring after completing their first year. Seventy five percent initially agreed that a Many children come to school with so Many problems that its very difficult for them to be Good  but after a year in class 89 percent said they held that View. Fifty eight percent responded after a year of teaching that even the Best teachers will find it difficult to educate More than two thirds of their pupils compared with 45 percent who said so before their first classroom jobs. But an identical 89 percent replied both times that their pupils would Benefit a if i do my Job  among other results a 60 percent initially agreed that a teachers Are respected m today a  that dropped to 57 percent after a year of teaching. A fewer supported the idea of National teacher testing after a year of experience than at the beginning 57 percent is. 66 percent. A both before and after a year in class some 98 percent stressed the importance of working Well with parents. But seven out of 10 complained that Many parents treat schools and teachers As  a before spending a year in class 80 percent of teachers believed their training prepared them for students of differing ethnic backgrounds. A year later 69 percent Felt that Way. >85 percent still viewed teaching As their Long term career Choice after a year of teaching a Down from 90 percent before their first school year. A looking Back on their first year 46 percent said they could have used help from an experienced teacher and 51 percent favored smaller classes and better school supplies. The Survey conducted by Telephone by Louis Harris and associates inc., had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points. The Sample was drawn from a list compiled by the american association of colleges for teacher education consisting of 1990 teacher College graduates who would Complete their first year of teaching last Spring. Bank robbery suspect caught in chauffeur driven limousine Scottsdale Ariz. A a Man suspected of robbing a Bank before heading out of town in a chauffeur driven limousine bought drinks for the House at two bars witnesses said. Stephen Richard Holmes 41, was asleep in the Back of the dark Blue Limo when it was stopped thursday by authorities about 60 Miles from the Bank that was robbed. A a that a a new one on me to go out in style a said a1 Davison an Fri spokesman. Bartender Jan Mondello said Holmes bought drinks for several people at his bar and at the bar across the Street about 11 . A when he left he said a hold my Tab i la be right Back. I have to go to the Bank a a Mondello said. Holmes walked into the Bank about 2 p.m., claimed he had a weapon and demanded Money said police spokesman sgt. Tony Markos. Detectives checked nearby bars and Learned Holmes had ordered a limousine Markos said. Police called the limousine Driver Vince Roberts on his cellular phone. A the said a yeah in be got a Guy Matching that description in the Back seat right now and we re heading for Tucson a a Markos said. Holmes appeared in court Friday on escape and Bank robbery charges officials said. Holmes had been wanted on an escape warrant since july when he walked away from a san Francisco Halfway House where he was serving a sentence for an 1984 Bank robbery Davison said. Al Nino cooking again but threat still unclear Washington apr Al Nino is Back. The oddity of nature that disrupted weather around the world nearly a decade ago is under Way again though in a mild form so far said Vera Kousky of the Federal climate analysis Center. Scientists have measured unusually warm water temperatures in the Pacific Over the last three to six months usually the first sign the phenomenon is developing. Although measurements Are continuing temperatures Are running 2 degrees to 3 degrees celsius above Normal Kousky said Friday. Warming water in the tropical Pacific May not sound like a threat but a full fledged Al Nino could change the weather worldwide. A 1982-83 Al Nino the strongest in a Century was blamed for worsening a devastating drought in Africa causing a series of severe Winter storms to come j ashore in California spawning the first typhoon to strike French polynesia in 75 years deluding Peru and Ecuador with torrential Rains and furthering the worst drought in two centuries in Australia it Cost 1,500 lives and billions of dollars in damage. Kousky noted one similarity Between this year and 1982 the presence of a Cloud of volcanic debris in the air making it hard to use satellite measurements to determine water temperature. Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines caused this years Cloud while the earner Case resulted from Mexico Sel chich6n. The events Are characterized by unusually warm water in the Eastern tropical Pacific and by changes in air pressure Over different parts of that Ocean. Because the changes tend to be first noticed around Christmas the phenomenon was Given the name Al Nino which is Spanish for child a term often used to refer to the baby Jesus