MetroBank Youth English Writing Contest Watchlist
Employer:
MetroBank
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Job ID: 979 |
Category:
Writing & Translation
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Job type: Contest - Multiple Winners
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Job Status: Completed
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Bidding Started: Sep 28, 2011 17:04 EDT |
Job Reward: $2000.00 |
Bidding Ended:
Jan 10, 2012 16:04 EDT
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Description
Youth Writing Contest
PURPOSE: | To promote family values and thank parents for their care and love |
SUBJECT: | My Parents |
TWO CATEGORIES : | English OR Chinese |
NAME OF SPONSOR: | MetroBank, N.A., Houston, Texas, U.S.A. |
LEGAL CONSULTANT: | Zhang & Associated, P.C. |
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT: | Witmart.com will provide all technical and internet expertise to support the contest. |
ELIGIBILITY: | Participant must be between ages of 13 and 18 before 10/1/2011. Personal identification required when submitting essay.Those not eligible to participate include MetroBank & Witmart employees, consultants, independent contractors, interns and their immediate family members, which means parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses. |
CONTEST GUIDELINES: | Please see details at - MetroBank website - http://www.metrobank-na.com/essaycontest_eng.asp |
Awards Detail
Rank | Reward | Num. of Winner(s) |
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1st Place Award | $500.00 | 1 |
2nd Place Award | $300.00 | 3 |
3rd Place Award | $100.00 | 6 |
Job Announcements
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Annnoucement :
1. The bid judges will be finshed on Dec. 10 and selected the final winners.
2. We apologize for being late in awarding winners in this job, due to a combination of unusually lengthy processes of confirming the winners' elligibility, age information. and the holiday season. The winners have been chosen, the results will be announced and awarded before January 10, 2012. We appreciate your participation, support, and patience. Happy New Year.
Bid List
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JRPruitt
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1st Award: US$500.00 Jan 10,2012 4:24 PM EDT
Contact Information:
Jacob Pruitt:
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Academics:
2nd in class of 429 with a GPA of 4.1466
SAT Composite Score: 2130
ACT Composite Score: 34
Awards:
Duneland Academic Conference All-star
Principle's Honor Role
AP Scholar
Trig Star Mathematics Competition State Champion
Extracurricular Activities:
Section leader of the 1st violins in Advanced Orchestra
Captain of Varsity Quiz Bowl Team
Math Team Captain of Academic Super Bowl
National Honors Society Treasurer
Natural Helpers Program Leader
Junior Varsity Tennis
Work/Volunteer Activities:
Page for Indiana House of Representatives
Personal Tutor: 3 hrs/wk
Assistant to the Director of Marketing of Kids Alive International: 15 hrs/wk every summer
Counselor in Training at SpringHill Camps: 45 hrs/wk for two weeks
Essay:
The first thing that everybody notices about my parents is that my mother is quite a bit taller than my father. She’s at least six inches taller, eight in heels. I guess that was my first lesson in unconditional love: It’s not conventional. That is only one of the many lessons my parents have given me on life.
I could describe in the next 800 words every single thing my parents have done for me over the years. I could describe them with such vague terms as “loving” or “caring.” Instead, I will tell you what I have learned from them. They never sat me down and told me these things in so many words, I simply learned from them by their example and by their love.
One very important thing that my parents taught me was how to laugh. My mother’s laughter is one of the first things that I imagine when I think of her. My father’s laugh is always accompanied by a great big genuine smile that can almost never be caught in a picture, but is always the first smile that comes to my mind. It isn’t just the ability to laugh that they taught me, but also the desire to laugh. When I would say something incredibly foolish or my father’s foot would fall in a hole in the pavement, we would simply laugh at it with enough joy that even the victim would have trouble keeping a straight face. I can remember my father inhaling helium from birthday balloons and making us laugh until we cried. It is still impossible to spend an entire family dinner without genuinely laughing at least once.
Another major thing that I learned from my parents is the fact that we are only human, but we should never settle to be just that. My father has always been the smartest and strongest man I’ve ever known. Indeed, I often picture him as a super hero with valiant self sacrifice for the good of others. I could never picture being as great as him. My mother was always trying harder than any other woman I knew and would not complain or sell out short for anyone. When she participated in Tae-Kwon-Do, she did not stop until she earned her black belt. When she and I worked on jigsaw puzzles together late into the night, she would always need to say up for that one last piece.
That is not to say that they have been perfect in everything they’ve done. I can remember my mother crying when her bosses told her she wasn’t doing well enough or my father was pulled over for speeding. Each of them took these drawbacks as they came and accepted them. But it was after they failed that I saw my parents shine the brightest; for once fallen, they each picked themselves up and began running harder than ever. Perhaps I could say that I learned how to fail from my parents, but it would be better to say that I learned how to stand back up again.
Everything I know about respect I learned from my parents. The one time that I got in the most trouble with them was when I walked into a store without holding the door for an old woman. My parents demanded that I respect everybody, even the teachers I didn’t like or the bullies that picked on me when I walked home. To me treating others how I want to be treated is not simply a rule or a mantra. It is a way of life, a part of every one of my days. My parents have always respected me, and I have always respected them above anyone else.
It is my parents that I have to thank for every bit of who I am today. I can soundly say that of all of the things I learned from them, the most important was love. Love is not just something that can be proven or described in examples. But I can say this: From the earliest I can remember, my mother always said “I love you” when she tucked me in, and when I was in trouble, my father would say, “You know we still love you. We will love you always, no matter what.”Bid feature:
Bid ID: 8418 - Submitted: Nov 06, 2011 17:51 EDT
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stsai
Basic
0 Likesby Employer's Friends 0 votesby Provider's Friends
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2nd Award: US$300.00 Jan 10,2012 4:24 PM EDT
hire-work-online-4f0caf881275f.docx
resume and contact information in the document
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Bid ID: 8577 - Submitted: Nov 09, 2011 23:55 EDT
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JLiu
Basic
0 Likesby Employer's Friends 0 votesby Provider's Friends
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2nd Award: US$300.00 Jan 10,2012 4:24 PM EDT
Writing-Translation-Article-Writing-4ebb566019c4d.doc
Contestant Name: Judy Liu
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Essay, Photo ID, and Resume attached.Bid feature:
Bid ID: 8576 - Submitted: Nov 09, 2011 23:45 EDT
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phuongtrish
Basic
0 Likesby Employer's Friends 0 votesby Provider's Friends
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2nd Award: US$300.00 Jan 10,2012 4:24 PM EDT
Writing-Translation-Article-Writing-4ebc249860118.doc
Name : Phuong Huynh
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Bid ID: 8639 - Submitted: Nov 10, 2011 14:23 EDT
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nhcupcake
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3rd Award: US$100.00 Jan 10,2012 4:24 PM EDT
My Love is Endless
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Bid ID: 8270 - Submitted: Nov 03, 2011 19:40 EDT
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pikachu1023
Basic
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3rd Award: US$100.00 Jan 10,2012 4:24 PM EDT
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Bid ID: 8425 - Submitted: Nov 06, 2011 22:39 EDT
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rofllolomg
Basic
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3rd Award: US$100.00 Jan 10,2012 4:24 PM EDT
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Bid ID: 8665 - Submitted: Nov 11, 2011 01:38 EDT
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Dennis_k_w
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3rd Award: US$100.00 Jan 10,2012 4:24 PM EDT
Writing-Translation-Article-Writing-4ebd235c2a07e.doc
Dear Judges,
Attached is my essay for this Youth Writing Contest.
Thanks,
Dennis WangBid feature:
Bid ID: 8686 - Submitted: Nov 11, 2011 08:23 EDT
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jywong
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3rd Award: US$100.00 Jan 10,2012 4:24 PM EDT
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Bid ID: 8640 - Submitted: Nov 10, 2011 15:28 EDT
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