我们收到了来自世界各地学生的 11，000 多份参赛作品。获奖论文涉及食物浪费、下雪天、体毛等。
。。。泰勒·瓦塞尔
我们连续第八年问世界各地的青少年：是什么让你生气？您希望看到什么变化？你希望更多的人理解什么？
这是一年一度的学生社论大赛征集作品，我们邀请 11 至 19 岁的学生用 450 字或更少的字数告诉我们对他们来说重要的问题。今年，我们收到了来自新加坡和路易斯安那州学生的11，202份参赛作品，这是有史以来最多的。
那么，是什么让这些年轻人感到恼火呢？他们的不满包括：
下雪天被远程学习所取代。导致气候变化的食物浪费。反亚裔歧视。对零工工人的剥削。对女性体毛的期望。校园枪击案。省略牛津逗号。一家垄断数学课程的计算器公司。游戏玩家不被视为真正的运动员。还有很多很多。
从这数千篇社论中，我们选出了 10 位获奖者、16 位亚军和 26 位荣誉奖，我们将在下面表彰这些奖项。当然，这对我们的评委来说并非易事，但一轮又一轮脱颖而出的文章有一些共同点：它们从头到尾都吸引了我们的注意力。他们提出了令人信服的论点，并附有可靠的证据和对反驳的承认。他们向我们介绍了新的想法或新的观点。他们写得很有个性和风格。
但不要相信我们的话。您可以通过下面的链接或本专栏中阅读我们前 10 名获奖者和亚军的完整文章。您可以在此PDF中找到我们所有的决赛入围者，以及另外141篇进入第4轮的优秀社论。
学生社论比赛获奖者
按字母顺序排列，按作者的姓氏排列。
获奖论文
Ruiyang Chen, age 16, Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy, Shanghai: “Fast and Furious 2021: Sushi’s Dilemma”
Ju Hwan Kim, age 17, United World College of South East Asia — East Campus, Singapore: “Why Singapore’s ‘Ugly’ Buildings Should Be Conserved”
Lauren Koong, age 17, Mirabeau B. Lamar Senior High School, Houston: “It Took a Global Pandemic to Stop School Shootings”
America Leon, age 16, Making Waves Academy, Richmond, Calif.: “Cheap for You. Costly for the Environment.”
Angela Mao, age 17, and Ariane Lee, age 17, Syosset High School, Syosset, N.Y.: “The American Teacher’s Plight: Underappreciated, Underpaid and Overworked”
Evan Odegard Pereira, age 16, Nova Classical Academy, Saint Paul, Minn.: “For Most Latinos, Latinx Does Not Mark the Spot”
Norah Rami, age 17, Clements High School, Sugar Land, Texas: “Teach Us What We Need”
Shivali Vora, age 17, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Edison, N.J.: “It’s Just Hair”
Madison Xu, age 16, Horace Mann School, Bronx, N.Y.: “We Cannot Fight Anti-Asian Hate Without Dismantling Asian Stereotypes”
Sheerea Yu, age 15, University School of Nashville, Nashville, Tenn.: “Save the Snow Day: Save Teenage Education”
亚军
Tala Areiqat, age 17, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, Old Tappan, N.J.:“How American High Schools Failed to Educate Us on Eating Disorders”
Emily Cao, age 17, Glenforest Secondary School, Mississauga, Ontario: “Look on the Dark Side: The Benefits of Pessimism”
Abigail Soriano Cherith, age 17, North Hollywood High School, Los Angeles.: “We Need More Maestras on the Podium”
Raquel Coren, age 18, Agnes Irwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.: “The Whitewashing and Appropriation Behind Trendy Spirituality”
Asia Foland, age 14, Wellesley Middle School, Wellesley, Mass.: “Private Prisons: It’s Time to Take Back the Key”
Jun An Guo, age 17, St. George’s School, Vancouver: “Eat Ugly! It Might Just Save the World.”
Charissa Howard, age 16, Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, Pa.: “Why I Want to Be a Foreign Exchange Student 30 Minutes Away”
Sean Kim, age 16, Fort Lee High School, Fort Lee, N.J.: “Classroom Monopoly: How the Same Calculator Has Been $120 for 17 Years”
Sonya Kulkarni, age 16, Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas: “Face Masks: A Roadblock in Communication for the Hearing-Impaired”
Patricia McDonald, age 16, Woodrow Wilson High School, Dallas, Texas: “The Poetry Unit: How Our Curriculum Smothers Art”
Lily Miro, age 16, The Archer School for Girls, Los Angeles: “Where Are the MEN in Menstruation?”
Mary Schnautz, age 15, ASPIRE Academy for the Highly Gifted at Grapevine High School, Grapevine, Texas: “The Adverse Pitfalls of A.P. Classes”
Nachikethan Srinivasan, age 18, The Haverford School, Haverford, Pa.: “According to Some, Critical Race Theory Is ‘Anti-American.’ Here’s the Truth.”
Grace Wong, age 16, The King’s Academy, Sunnyvale, Calif.: “Appreciating the Power of Quiet”
Samantha Wu, age 15, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Md.: “Comprehension, Clarity, and Consistency: The Case for the Oxford Comma”
Bill Zhang, age 17, The Shanghai SMIC Private School, Shanghai: “Cyber-Athletes: The Future Is Here”
荣誉奖
Ishani Bakshi, age 12, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, N.J.: “A History Full of Georges, Alexanders and Benjamins Isn’t Benefiting Women”
Rachel Bong, age 16, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.: “Our Toxic Love … for Phones”
Julia Buchanan, age 16, Glen Ridge High School, Glen Ridge, N.J.: “Historical Denialism Needs to Be Absent From the Classroom”
Alissa Chen, age 16, Guilford High School, Guilford, Conn.: “Uncovering the Unspoken Yellow Peril”
Aruna Das, age 16, Hunter College High School, New York, N.Y.: “Here’s to the Handkerchief”
Quinn Dooley, age 16, Germantown Academy, Ft. Washington, Pa.: “Everyone Deserves Equal Peace of Mind: Gender Imbalance in Concussion Research”
Olivia Fan, age 16, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas: “Go Cry About It. Really.”
Maya Honda-Granirer, age 16, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary, Vancouver: “American Politics Needs Less Talking and More Listening”
Logan Hu, age 13, Lusher Charter School, New Orleans: “Why It’s Our Job to Take Down Hateful School Names”
Ify Ijeli, age 18, Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology, Lawrenceville, Ga.: “The Terrifying Reality of Giving Birth While Black”
Cheng-yu Kang, age 15, The SMIC Private School Shanghai International, Shanghai: “Elegies: Dealing With Death and Loss”
Evelyn Li, age 14, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Va.: “Think Outside the Box of Stereotypes”
Matthew Lin, age 15, The Head-Royce School, Oakland, Calif.: “Longing for the Lemonade Stands of Investing”
Stella Lin, age 16, Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, Calif: “Combating Climate Cynicism”
Cassie Liu, age 16, The Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas: “Please Defund the Police: Handcuff a Racist Institution”
Shaun Loh, age 17, Raffles Institution, Singapore: “American Dream(s)”
Patrick Lou, age 13, The Dorris-Eaton School, San Ramon, Calif.: “Veganism Killed the Cat — Vegan Diets and Their Effects on Your Pets”
Feier Ma, age 16, Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy, Shanghai: “Dear Diary: Writing Just Isn’t Enough”
Madeline Mau, age 14, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, N.J.: “Remote Learning Is Failing Blind Students — Stop Leaving Us Behind”
Regan Mading, age 16, Orange County School of the Arts, Santa Ana, Calif.: “The Lack of Education Regarding Epinephrine Is Nuts”
Arfa Momin, age 17, Stephen F. Austin High School, Sugar Land, Texas: “The Woman’s Pandemic Is Bold and Bald”
Mia Penner, age 17, High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Bronx, N.Y.: “Born Again: How Gen Z Is Reinventing Faith and Spirituality”
Kaitlyn Tchang, age 15, Castro Valley High School, Castro Valley, Calif.: “The Quiet Strength in Simply Not Knowing”
Aaron Tighe, age 16, Patrician High School, Carrickmacross, Ireland: “Don’t Let Beijing ’22 Become Berlin ’36.”
Paige Williams, age 18, Downingtown STEM Academy, Downingtown, Pa.: “It’s Time to Respect Menstruation. Period.”
Zachary Wu, age 15, Naperville North High School, Naperville, Ill.: “Unearthing the Forgotten Story of Asian America”
第四轮入围名单
Thank you to all our contest judges.
From The New York Times Opinion section: Binyamin Applebaum, Jenee Desmond-Harris, Cassandra Harvin, Liriel Higa, Lauren Kelley, Phoebe Lett, Sue Mermelstein, Serge Schmemann and Courtney Stein
From The New York Times: Kassie Bracken, Julia Carmel, Nancy Coleman, Vivian Giang, Jenny Gross, Aimee Harris, Kari Haskell, Sophia June, Kathleen Massara, Ken Paul, Raegen Pietrucha, Steven Rocker, Kristina Samulewski, Jesica Severson, Ana Sosa, Matt Twomey and Mark Walsh
From The Learning Network: Nicole Daniels, Shannon Doyne, Michael Gonchar, Callie Holtermann, John Otis, Natalie Proulx and Katherine Schulten
Educators and writers from schools and organizations around the country: Erica Ayisi, Amanda Christy Brown, Sharon Cohen, Caroline Crosson Gilpin, Tracy Evans, Christina Farinacci-Roberts, Elisa Gutierrez, Annissa Hambouz, Dina Heisler, Kimberly Hintz, Tom Houston, Jeremy Hyler, Susan Josephs, Shira Katz, Megan Leder, Tiffany Liu, Keith Meatto, Kim Pallozzi, Anna Pendleton, Melissa Slater, Meghan Stoddard, Tanya Wadhwani, Emma Weber, Kim Wiedmeyer and Stephanie Yemm