GAGE Essay Prompts Spring 2013
Elementary Summer Scholarship Award - $100
In Alice in Wonderland, Alice falls down the rabbit hole and her dress poofs up like a parachute. She says, “After this, I should think nothing of falling down the stairs.”
Many people fear many things. Oftentimes, something that frightened you or caused you stress turns out to not be so bad when you finally face it. Can you think of a time when you had to do something you feared and were surprised that is wasn’t as bad as you thought? Tell about a time you faced a fear- whether physical or scholastic, and how the experience helped your courage for the next task.
(Submit typed essays, 300 words or less, no more than two per school.)
Deadline for submission is April 3, 2013.
GAGE Essay Prompts Spring 2013
Elementary Summer Scholarship Award - $100
In Alice in Wonderland, Alice falls down the rabbit hole and her dress poofs up like a parachute. She says, “After this, I should think nothing of falling down the stairs.”
Many people fear many things. Oftentimes, something that frightened you or caused you stress turns out to not be so bad when you finally face it. Can you think of a time when you had to do something you feared and were surprised that is wasn’t as bad as you thought? Tell about a time you faced a fear- whether physical or scholastic, and how the experience helped your courage for the next task.
(Submit typed essays, 300 words or less, no more than two per school.)
Deadline for submission is April 3, 2013.
