In more than 30 years of university teaching; hundreds of elementary, middle, and high school visits; and numerous personal interactions with community young people, the author has repeatedly noticed that few students read newspapers or news magazines. In short, most students seem ignorant of and uncaring about current affairs. This is an alarming state of affairs. A major task for schools is to educate the young people to be good citizens. Quality citizenship involves interest in and personal involvement with what is going on around. The political, social, economic, and professional well being depends on being aware of matters that can and will affect the personal, family, workplace, and national safety, well being, and future. Students need to be inspired and motivated to be more interested in and skilled at paying attention to current events for their own benefit. This essay advocates that teachers at all levels make use of print media channels to awaken students to current events. Student attitudes are likely to improve and become sustained when current events are made an integral portion of the school day. Parents can be made more involved, even if that involvement is vicarious if students can be inspired to engage their parents in current affairs discussions at home. (Contains 3 endnotes.)