第六届学生编辑大赛的获奖者:青少年告诉我们什么对他们最重要
我们2019年比赛的11位最高获奖者之一Isabel Hwang使用了这篇专栏文章,“这不是'混乱'。这是创造力“,作为她文章的来源。
总共有10,509篇论文,42名评委,五轮评审 - 总共讲述了大约4,700,000个学生写的单词。
这些是今年春天的比赛统计数据,自2014年开始以来,比赛每年都在增长。下面,我们将向 70 名青少年致敬——11 名获奖者、27 名亚军和 32 名荣誉奖——他们的文章一轮又一轮地闪耀着最耀眼的光芒。我们还喊出了另外50名几乎进入获胜者圈子的人,这在竞争如此激烈的比赛中可不是一件小事。您可以从 6 月 3 日开始在本专栏中阅读获奖者和亚军的作品,届时我们将在每个上学日发布三篇新作品。
这项挑战最好的一点是,它突出了青少年对影响他们生活的最现实问题的看法,从大学招生丑闻到气候变化,从社交媒体到性教育,从枪支到平均绩点,从投票到电子烟。
但我们也喜欢它向我们介绍新鲜想法的方式,包括今年需要吃更多的虫子,结束游戏中的有毒垃圾谈话,警惕“自我保健”趋势,并给予菠萝披萨至少一个学生认为应得的尊重。
在他们出版时,我们希望像我们一样,你会发现这些作品能吸引你的注意力,并坚持到最后。我们希望您会欣赏他们如何在短短 450 字内提出坚实而令人信服的论点,并且不是作为利弊的枯燥总结,而是用真实的声音。但大多数情况下,我们希望像我们每年所做的那样,你会学到新的东西。
无论您是学生、老师、家长还是仅仅是读者,请通过写信给我们 LNFeedback@nytimes.com 告诉我们您的想法。再次感谢你们的参与,使这次比赛年复一年地取得成功。
学生社论比赛获奖者
按作者姓氏的字母顺序排列。
前11名获奖者
“Limiting Science Education: Limiting Ourselves” by James Chan
“Shakespeare: Friend, Not Foe” by Angela Chen
“Breaking the Blue Wall of Silence: Changing the Social Narrative About Policing in America” by Narain Dubey
“Lessons for 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates, From a Soon-to-be First-Time Voter” by Nora Fellas
“U.S. Citizens Are Dying and We Can Save Them” by Eva Ferguson
“The Life-Changing Magic of Being Messy” by Isabel Hwang
“Nothing Gets Between Me and My Sushi … Except Plastic, Maybe” by Sophia Lee
“I’m a Disabled Teenager, and Social Media Is My Lifeline” by Asaka Park
“A Change in the Menu” by Grace Silva
“‘Cultural Appropriation’ Is Critical to Human Progress” by Maggie Strauss
“Confronting Toxicity in Gaming: Going Beyond ‘Mute’” by Anthony Xiao
亚军
(下面27名学生的所有论文都可以在这里找到。
“Not Enough Boxes” by Summer Abdelbarry
“Rape: The Only Crime Where Victims Have to Explain Themselves” by Corinne Ahearn
“Paying to Stay: How an Outdated System Hurts New York State Prisoners” by Alexis Ahn
“Religion’s God Complex” by Julia Bennett
“The Integrity of Pineapple Pizza” by Sarah Celestin
“We Are the Generation of Self-Deprecation” by Faith Christiansen
“Life Sentences for Children Should Go Away ... for Life” by Jessie Dietz
“Cynicism Sells: Why Negativity Is So Popular and Why You Should Care” by Teaghan Duff
“F.A.A. Negligence Plus Corporate Greed Equals Avoidable Passenger Deaths” by Will Golder
“The Broken Catholic Church Needs Female Priests” by Noah Handfield
“The Korean Dream Is a Korean Tragedy” by Jinha Kim
“Astroturfing: Political Injuries Caused by Fake Grass” by Emma Leek
“From K-Pop to Kondo: Why Mere ‘Inclusion’ Isn’t Enough” by Nicole Li
“Self-Care Alone Will Not Fix the System” by Walter Li
“Why I, a High School Football Player, Want to See Tackle Football Taken Away” by Keegan Lindell
“China: It’s Time to Meet Your Daughters” by Lila McNamee
“Why Mainstreaming CBD in Consumer Products Is Detrimental to Our Society” by Emily Milgrim
“I’m Not Surprised at the College Admissions Scandal, and You Shouldn’t Be Either” by Maria Olifer
“That’s Not MY Problem: The Bystander Effect in Today’s Society” by Cassidy Remboski
“Drop Everything and Yoga” by Rose Sanders
“How ‘It’s O.K. to Be Gay’ Has Become a Lie in the Trump Era” by Lane Schnell
“Can We Please Do Our Homework?” by Carolyn Strandberg
“Insulin: Our Lifeline, Not Our Luxury” by Carly Teitelbaum
“Tiger Parenting: An Angel in Disguise” by Michelle Twan
“Why We Should Teach the Truth About American History” by Patrick Wang
“A Student Program to Heal a Divided America” by Yu Qi Xin
“Moving Forward: Stopping Volunteer Tourism” by Jack Jian Kai Zhang
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荣誉奖
“The Case Against the Word ‘Caucasian’” by Lauren Avery
“SpaceX. Space Why?” by Grace Beelman
“Learning Tolerance Through Debate” by Lisi Breen
“Time ‘Heals’ All Wounds” by Kira Briggs
“Kanye Isn’t a Superhero” by David Chmielewski
“Does My Mom Love Her Phone More Than Me?” by Eliya Cohen
“The Issue With Instant Gratification” by Mira Debelak
“How We Can Make School Lunch a Responsible Choice” by Claire Gardner
“First in Your Class? No Speeches, Please” by Griffin Harris
“чему нас учат школы? (“What Do Schools Teach Us?”) by Will Henderson
“The Unfinished Symphony of Public Music Education” by Jane Hicken
“Sex Education: Not as Educational as We Think” by Jamie Hogn
“THIS Is the American Holiday We Need” by Henry Hsiao
“Salesmen in Uniform” by Madison Jennings
“Open the Clerical Closet” by Robert Kane
“WASD Your Way to Wonder” by Barbara Kluev
“The School Wide Web” by Gene Liu
“Grandma and Grandpa Set the World on Fire” by Samantha Low
“I Am Fat and I Am Beautiful” by Hadiya Mehdi
“Food Stamps: One Cashier’s Opinion and (Possible) Solution” by Maddox Metzger
“Illegal Love” by Samantha Morgan
“Professional Journalism Is Dying Because Professional Journalism Is Elitist” by Eamon Morris
“Escaping the Corset in the World’s Beauty Capital” by Jiwon Na
“A Case for Boredom” by Matthew Ngaw
“Returning to Its Roots: Why the Republican Party Must Embrace Conservation” by Colby Porter
“American Colleges Need Greater Diversity ... of Thought” by William Rosenberger
“Untraining Our Bias” by Beau Seate
“Journalists: Their Death Is Our Death” by Isabella Simon
“Informed Skepticism” by Niels Vanderloo
“Food Waste for Thought” by Brooke Wager
“The World Is Changing but English Class Is Not” by Isabella Zeff
“Hundreds of ‘Friends’ Yet We’re Still Lonely” by Lily Zhang
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Plus: 还有 50 篇精彩的社论进入了第 3 轮。( (PDF)
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评委
From the New York Times Opinion section: Binyamin Appelbaum, Tamsyn Burgmann, Jenee Desmond-Harris, Mara Gay, Stéphanie Giry, Lauren Kelley, Alex Kingsbury, Phoebe Lett, Sue Mermelstein, Charlie Warzel, Alicia Wittmeyer
From The Learning Network: Amanda Christy Brown, Shannon Doyne, Jeremy Engle, Caroline Crosson Gilpin, Michael Gonchar, Annissa Hambouz, Natalie Proulx, Katherine Schulten
Educator-judges from schools and organizations around the country: Erica Ayisi, Adee Braun, Judith Christ, Catherine Conley, Tracy Evans, Nico Gendron, Nadia Murray Goodman, Thomas Houston, Jeremy Hyler, Shira Katz, Willow Lawson, Jeanna McGonegal-Doung, Keith Meatto, James Menter, Sharon Murchie, Edward Osterman, Rene Panozzo, Anna Pendleton, Elliott Rebhun, Jennifer Rittner, Melissa Slater, Brett Vogelsinger, Stephanie Yemm
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Students: We hope you’ll also join us for our 10th Annual Summer Reading Contest, any week or every week from June 14 to Aug. 23.
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An earlier version of this article announced 12 top winners. Since then we have discovered that the essay “China Needs Freedom of Information” by Anonymous did not abide by our rules, which state that each writer must cite at least one New York Times source and at least one non-Times source. Because the writer used only Times sources, the essay has been disqualified.