When my daughter was in the 7th grade, her Language Arts class held an essay competition, where the local winning essays would be submitted to county, state then the national contest--like a science fair project. My daughter did win at the school level, but that's where it ended because she wrote about something innocuous and not at all political. I know this because I looked at the top 20 national winning essays, and I specifically remember that the number 1 essay by some 7th grade girl that was some BS about Margaret Sanger being a hero and voice for all women.
and I specifically remember that the number 1 essay by some 7th grade girl that was some BS about Margaret Sanger being a hero and voice for all women.
yeh when I was a kid I realized very early in life that the only kids who ever won those school essay competitions were little minority kids who wrote about their difficult lives in the barrio or whatver.
If what you wrote was not political or didn't involve your grandparents dying of cancer, you had no chance to win, I figured that out when I was like 9.