1989-1990 Harry Singer Foundation National Essay Contest
Should Terms of Those Serving In The House of
Representatives Be Limited? Why, How or Why Not?
Teacher: Timothy L. Cullen
Leonia High School, Leonia, New Jersey
1st Thomas Kwan 
2nd Amy Wu 3rd Adam Jaffe
"Making American better is more important that making the public
happy. This may seem like a contradicition, but it is not. When parents tell their
children what to do, the children may not like it, but often they do not understand why
their parents make them do it. The majority of the American public is like children, too
naive to realize what may seem bad is actually good for America. Members of the House of
Representatives should be their parents, perform the tasks that need to be done,
regardless of whether the public understands why or why not. They cannot do this now
because if they appear poor in judgment to the American people, they will not be
re-elected."
Unidentified Student, Leonia High School, Leonia, New Jersey
"Making American better is more important that making the public
happy. This may seem like a contradicition, but it is not. When parents tell their
children what to do, the children may not like it, but often they do not understand why
their parents make them do it. The majority of the American public is like children, too
naive to realize what may seem bad is actually good for America. Members of the House of
Representatives should be their parents, perform the tasks that need to be done,
regardless of whether the public understands why or why not. They cannot do this now
because if they appear poor in judgment to the American people, they will not be
re-elected."
Unidentified Student, Leonia High School, Leonia, New Jersey
"If the voters elect a person to serve for several terms, then it is
the voters' fault that this person served too many; terms. A lack of education by the
poeple is a democracy's greatest worry, but until that time when all the members of the
elctorate are well educated, there is virtually no way in which a better system for
elections could be developed."
Unidentified Student, Leonia High School, Leonia, New Jersey