Fwd: Only 2 Weeks to Essay Contest Deadline

You can WIN A TRIP TO NEW YORK when your students enter our 2012-2013 "NO THEY CAN'T" ESSAY CONTEST Sponsored by the Smith Family Foundation 225 CASH PRIZES for students, totaling $23,000! Deadline for submitting essays is FEBRUARY 13TH, so don't delay! Help your students earn LOTS of great prizes by entering them in Stossel in the Classroom's essay contest, for students aged 13-18! And we have super prizes for teachers, too! ESSAY TOPIC: In John Stossel's TV special and book of the same name, "No They Can't," Stossel makes the case that free people and free markets do a better job of solving problems than government. Do you think he's right? Why or why not? Please write a 500-1000 word essay on this topic, illustrating your position using a recent example of a problem private individuals solved where an attempted government solution failed OR a problem government solved where private individuals' attempts had failed. You must include at least one reference to John Stossel's "No They Can't" book or TV special. • 225 students will receive CASH PRIZES totaling $23,000. • 1st and 2nd place students will also win an all-expense-paid trip to New York City for themselves, a chaperone, and the teachers who submitted their essays to see a live taping of STOSSEL. • Teachers whose students receive at least an honorable mention will receive an autographed copy of John Stossel's newest book, No They Can't. • Each teacher may submit an unlimited number of student essays (500-1000 words) on our web site between now and the Feb. 13th deadline. FOR COMPLETE CONTEST RULES, PRIZE DETAILS, AND SUBMISSION INFO, VISIT:http://stosselintheclassroom.org/essay_contest/ Stossel in the Classroom is a project of the Center for Independent Thought 1112 River Oaks, Benton, AR 72019 Visit us online at http://stosselintheclassroom.org/

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