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1st Place: Deneisha Wagner (Your Point of View Contest - Awarded April 2012)
Look Through My Eyes to See What I See If a person has not been introduced to a concept, it makes sense that the person is si...
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2nd Place: Chelsea Van Wijk (Your Point of View Contest - Awarded April 2012)
Afraid to Attend School Have you ever been afraid to go to your school because you don’t know what new nicknames or cru...
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3rd Place: Michael Cheung (Your Point of View Contest - Awarded April 2012)
When Conformity Kills Passion "Never let your schooling interfere with your education," Mark Twain once said. Today, those words are as applicable as...
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1st Place: Jenna Kelly (YPOV Contest - Awarded Sept. 2010)
A Remedy for Perfection Introduction Why mess with perfection? Fifty-five minutes of God-Awful Teaching in an Otherwise Awes...
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2nd Place: Erin Barton (YPOV Contest - Awarded Sept. 2010)
The American education system is in shambles. This seems to be the consensus throughout the country, and yet, no one has yet c...
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3rd Place: Jonathan Carmona (YPOV Contest - Awarded Sept. 2010)
The Starfish in All of Us “In the United States, one third of all students who enter high school don’t graduate.” “As of 2000...
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4th Place: Kevin Callaway (YPOV Contest - Awarded Sept. 2010)
On any given day during my time in High School, I’m sure I could have found at least one (although most likely many more...
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5th Place: Axanti Anthony (YPOV Contest - Awarded Sept. 2010)
A Better High School Before I got to high school, I had no...
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6th Place: Katie Lewellen (YPOV Contest - Awarded Sept. 2010)
Education Revolution “Enter the classroom cold and dull/Stale air and words surround our skulls/Now our minds are held in traction/Thinking is ...
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Energize Students has received thousands of compelling essays from the "Your Point of View" contest and below are some of the interesting and int...
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1st Place: Justin Burnett (YPOV Contest - Awarded June 2010)
As I walked into class, I realized I did not know anyone. I found the seat closest to the back next to another boy, named Jacob. Jacob looked a little...
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2nd Place: Melanie Poston (YPOV Contest - Awarded June 2010)
I started school at the age of four. I don't remember much about those early years...just that my favorite subject was recess, I was the only kid at m...
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3rd Place: Brehanna Skaletski (YPOV Contest - Awarded June 2010)
Abstract: I have created a Closet to provide students who are in need access to school supplies, clothing and hygiene products. The Caring Closet assi...
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Honorable Mention: Chelsey Johnson (YPOV Contest - Awarded June 2010)
Take a spin on the globe and you will eventually find a little state called Rhode Island. You will also find a student that goes to The WACTC Vocation...
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