The Harry Singer
Foundation's First
Essay Contest Exclusively For Teachers
SUBJECT: What Do We Do When Adults Refuse To Be Good Role Models For Their Children?
One Grand Prize = $5,000
Ten = $100 Awards
Rules
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Submittals should have a cover page with the title of the essay, school name, your name, date, grades and subjects you have taught in the past and teach currently, school phone and fax numbers.
Papers should be submitted via email before the deadline date of August 30,2002. However, the deadline may be extended until a minimum of fifty essays are received by the Foundation. Papers must be accompanied by answers to the questions relevant to the required reading.
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All essays must be typed into a computer (English only) double spaced, checked for grammatical and spelling errors and be no less than 1,000 words nor more than 2,000 words in length. Do not send print copies unless requested to do so.
Essays will be posted as they are received.
Entries will not be returned, and upon submittal become the property of The Harry Singer Foundation.
Consider
Can teachers fill the void in the lives of their students?
Can older retired members of the community help fill the void?
Might older students help fill the void?
What does it take to be a good role model?
How are students affected when a teacher loses control in a classroom setting?
How does one do a good job of helping young people become good people?
How does one stop young people from becoming destructive to themselves and others?
What is the importance of environment to any organism?
Consider showing your class the video version of the movie "A Bronx Tale". Follow with 2 days discussion and report the experience.
What would change for teens if guns were less accessible? How might this be achieved without further eroding freedom?
Would your attitude change towards adolescents if you believed their brains did not function like adult brains? In what way?
What role does television and music play in an adolescent's life?
What is the point of knowing good if you don't keep trying to become a good person?
Click on the links to print the required reading, questions which must be answered and essays already received.
If you have questions, email: staff@singerfoundation.org
phone (831) 625-4223, fax (831) 624-7994
Address surface mail correspondence to:
Essay Contest, The Harry Singer
Foundation,
P.O. Box 223159 Carmel, CA 93922