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This past weeks Weekly “Three Sentence Essay” Scholarship winner is Hannah Thompson! With a great essay and great profile we congratulate you Hannah! We loved reading this week’s essays, your insight and opinions were great! Keep up the good work!

Here is her winning essay:

Although health and education are both crucial to America’s future, the strength of the mind outweighs that of the body on the scale of importance.  Everyone’s body must fail them one day.  Knowledge, erudition, and beliefs, on the other hand, can have immeasurable influence.

Here is a little more about our winner:

I can’t explain my entire personality, but I will say that I am analytical, and the only reason I believe that is due to the number of people who have told me so – though not all of them have used that exact word (to some, I’m “technical” and “nit-picky”, but I’ll withhold my retorts). So far, this is the only trait I’m sure of in my contradictory nature. Considering how analytical I am, one might think I should’ve discovered this quality in myself of my own accord, but human minds analyzing themselves without external help is a lot like eyeballs trying to view themselves without a mirror.

Congratulations Hannah!

Here are our runner ups:

Ana Amaya: Mark Twain once said, “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” Twain understood that true learning came from life experiences and so it seems that we should make life our number one priority. You can’t do anything with education once your health is gone.

Graeme Stahl: Annual healthcare costs in the U.S. are rising at a faster pace than higher education costs; both have outstripped the annual rate of inflation for many years. It’s not that education is in less need of fixing, it’s just that the economic impact of runaway healthcare costs is more pressing.

Nicholas Crowe: Education and health care share a symbiotic relationship, in which neither is a predominately more important fixture in America. Healthcare reform takes ethical decisions and compassion for better reform;the other is dependent on morality, along with motivation from those who wish to learn.

Reanne Johnson: Life is the most basic and valuable right, as stated in the United States constitution and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.  Education is an honorable endeavor, but it is up to the individual to seek after it. It takes time and selflessness from strangers to help a life be thoroughly lived.

Brittany Womack: Education is more important than healthcare to fix America. Without education this nation would be in shambles. To better our healthcare system, we must first better the minds creating it.

Amber Barbaro: Knowledge creates, knowledge informs, and knowledge can fix America’s healthcare.

Jacob Mizraji: We can cut off education-effectively sealing our fates as ignorant, albeit healthy drones or become educated americans who die from sickness. Life is pointless without acuity, but acuity is pointless without life. We must reinforce schooling and reform will follow.

Elise Porter: More important than restoring the programs of America, is restoring the heart of America. Until America can fully realize the current situation and lay down their partisan pride, no institution can be amended; especially those that incite as much controversy as healthcare and education.

Nickolas Centofanti: Building a strong foundation for education in America is quintessential to solving the rest of our problems. If we can focus upon education, then better solutions for healthcare will simply be the product. Knowledge is the most powerful tool any can possess.

Thanks to everyone who participated! Don’t forget to submit your essay for this weeks contest!

In college, it’s very important to maintain a balance between schoolwork and leisure if you want to keep your sanity.

Look for hobbies that you enjoy and help you relieve stress. A little fun can go a long way in preventing a nervous breakdown when you have three papers to write and two exams to study for.

We want to know what your hobbies are! Update your Zinch profile (including hobbies, of course) today, and we will randomly select five recently-updated profiles to win free skate gear, including tall tees and skate decks! Winners will be announced on Friday, May 7th. Be sure to have your hobbies and interests updated by then!

Benjamin Ashlock is going to be attending The Art Institute this coming fall. He is currently looking to find companies to match dollar for dollar what he makes this summer in order to help him pay for his education.

Benjamin has put together a Web site to display his videos, artwork, photography and music. Feel free to check out his Web site here. If you know of a business that would be willing to help Benjamin with his goal be sure to email him at benjaminashlock@yahoo.com.

If you would like to attend The Art Institute as well to further develop your artistic abilities then click the link below to check out The Art Institutes profile where you can Shout Out to receive more information.

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The winner of the New England College Zinch Scholarship is Marilee Almogela! What a fantastic profile! We would like to thank everyone for participating.

Here is a little more about our winner:

The winner of this past weeks Weekly “Three Sentence Essay” Scholarship is Megan Downey!

Here is her winning essay:

If I was the best in the world at seeing, the people around me would not be people, but siblings, artists, janitors, office workers, teachers. I would see, in strangers, humans; in enemies, friends. I would see everyone as the sum of their parts rather than as the surface images we tend to draw.

Here is a little more about our winner:

As a senior at Gilbert High School in Arizona, I have been interested in Japanese language and culture since junior high. As such, it is no wonder my foreign language study of choice in high school was Japanese. It did not take me long to realize that I wanted to pursue a career in the language; I am looking into translation, interpretation, or teaching English in Japan. Aside from my linguistic pursuit, I am active in the arts. I love to draw and write and have no objection to reading as long as I have a good book.

Here are our other Finalists:
Weston Halter: …tennis I would be unstoppable and unmatchable. I would change history; serve, slice, and smash balls like no one has ever seen. I would travel the world and be a legend to all but also be looked up to as a role model, both as an athlete and person- no one would look at ‘athlete’ the same way.

Jennifer Brookes: If I was the best in the world at grammar, I would point out that the correct form is “If I were the best in the world…” Oh wait, I pointed it out anyway!

Tyler Falls: If I was best in the world at being modest, this sentence would not exist.

Asia Doubikin: If i were the best in the world at making films then you would be at the movies right now watching my masterpieces. I would have many awards and be a household name. But instead i’m sitting in my chair just dreaming about that actually happening.

Paige Gardner: If I was the best in the world at being me…oh wait, I am! No one can be as me as me and no  one can be as you as you. the fact that each and every person on this earth is the best at being themselves is a comforting idea. So whenever I’m sad, I can remember that I am the best, the best at being me.

J. Kai Simmons: If I was the best in the world at being the best in the world, I would be the best at everything… IN THE WORLD. From playing tennis to foreign policy, no one could top me, and of course I’d be altruistic with my skills! As best farmer I could end world hunger, as best diplomat I’d bring peace!

Mary Mussman: If I was the best in the world at peacemaking through linguistics, I would speak to the world to break barriers.  Subtleties would never be lost in translation.  The deaf would speak to the blind, the victims of AIDS would understand their doctors, and international tensions would be relieved.

Alistair Song-White: If I was best in the world at understanding people, I could understand the world around me. For people smell, taste, hear, feel, see the world around them, painting a picture of there environment. If I were to experience these paintings, I would make a new painting inspired from what I saw.

Alexandria Brill: If I were the best in the world at killing zombies then the people of Earth would have nothing to fear in the face of the zombie apocalypse. I would maintain the safety of those who possess less zombie-massacring skills. I would make sure nations’ governments stay strong and orderly if this happened.

Thanks to everyone that participated! Keep up the fantastic writing! Also, don’t forget to submit your essay on this weeks prompt on Sunday before midnight! Good luck!