Sample Essay Format
Follow the format. For the additional guidelines, the Project Plan is posted on the wall of your classroom.
Deadline of the final copy of the essay will be on February 21, 2012.
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Teachers: A privileged lot
Like it or not, this essay won as champion in the Essay Competition for English during the Education Inter-School Competition last February 28, 2009 held at the Holy Cross of Davao College. It bested five other entries from University of Immaculate Concepcion, Ateneo de Davao University, Jose Maria College, University of Southern Philippines, and University of Mindanao. It's written at the spur of the moment, so I took the liberty of editing it.
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There's a story that has become a favorite among teachers.
Once, St. Peter — typically portrayed as the bearded hard-to-please gate keeper of heaven — went into his usual rounds of screening souls. The good deeds each one had done on earth are the bases of St. Peter for choosing who gets to enter heaven. He asked one soul, a doctor, what had he done while he’s still alive. Loud and proud, the doctor said he cured the sick for free. St. Peter asked another soul, this time it was a lawyer. The lawyer said he defended the poor and oppressed. Then, St. Peter asked an engineer. The engineer said he built buildings and bridges, some of which became the marvels of the world today.
But no one seemed to impress St. Peter. A lowly soul approached St. Peter and said, “I taught them all.” Right then and there, St. Peter allowed the teacher to enter the strictly guarded gates of heaven.
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There's a story that has become a favorite among teachers.
Once, St. Peter — typically portrayed as the bearded hard-to-please gate keeper of heaven — went into his usual rounds of screening souls. The good deeds each one had done on earth are the bases of St. Peter for choosing who gets to enter heaven. He asked one soul, a doctor, what had he done while he’s still alive. Loud and proud, the doctor said he cured the sick for free. St. Peter asked another soul, this time it was a lawyer. The lawyer said he defended the poor and oppressed. Then, St. Peter asked an engineer. The engineer said he built buildings and bridges, some of which became the marvels of the world today.
But no one seemed to impress St. Peter. A lowly soul approached St. Peter and said, “I taught them all.” Right then and there, St. Peter allowed the teacher to enter the strictly guarded gates of heaven.
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