CATEGORIA DE VARSTA: 11-14 ani

Premiul I Piron Eugen Marian, Scoala Gimnaziala "George Emil Palade", Buzau

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Garden of Roses The way to success is like a garden of roses. There are plenty of red

roses, but also plenty of white ones. People have to choose what kind of rose they would like to pick. While some people prefer white roses, as they think they look more beautiful and they smell better, others prefer red roses. We’re all different, and that's why we take different decisions. In life, we’re allowed to decide what we’d like more, to decide if success is defined whether by happiness or by money. Sometimes, you can find choosing between two roses that look equally beautiful as being difficult. Other times, after we pick a rose, we start wondering if the other one could have been the perfect one. I believe that our generation can teach older people what’s better to choose. When we’re young, we can see every detail of anything, but as we grow up, we forget how to do it, so we often pick the wrong flower. In my opinion, we should never stop doing whatever we enjoy just because it doesn't bring you much money. Happiness always comes first, and being successful in life means doing what you love.

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Shakespeare School Essay Competition 2016

CATEGORIA DE VARSTA: 11-14 ani

Premiul II Antohie Matei, Colegiul National "Costache Negri", Galati

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Once I tried to let my thoughts cover the topic of this essay, Joe Cockerʾs famous

refrain popped in: ”Nʾoubliez jamais/Every generation has its way/A need to disobey.” A drive not meant to merely disobey but also to see further! That is why I have always been grateful to elders. However, I feel that I also have to follow that eagerness of experiencing new opportunities and push my own limits and limitations further. Being stuck in a rut for the sake of having a ”comfort zone” is not rewarding. The horizon is not where eyes meet it. There is always more than the human eyes can meet. Therefore, I strongly believe that the elderly should get the Millenialsʾ ”virus” of exploring what the mesmerising nanothechnology has brought about. They should catch the ”disease” of never ceasing to be inquisitive. We live in a universe of intelligent design and elders must not be disregarded. We really owe them a lot of what we have acquired today. We have to stimulate them to be our wise companions in the adventure of a human civilisation still having a lot to explore in the Milky Way and even beyond IT!

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Shakespeare School Essay Competition 2016

CATEGORIA DE VARSTA: 11-14 ani

Premiul III Baciu Andreea Cristina, Scoala nr.45 “Titu Maiorescu”, Bucuresti

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Adults tend to discredit our generation and call us “Facebook Generation” which

means we are living only for social media. But is it true that adults do not have anything to learn from us? Firstly, brilliant minds will always exist. Even though the vast majority of us are not geniuses we still have opinions about the world around us and stand for them no matter what. As far as I know our older generations did not have that power so we could teach them to believe and fight for what they think. Secondly, as older generation lived under communists reign could not express their opinion and originality without the fear of being misunderstood or worse. For us originality is a way of living because we know that only through our forces we can accomplish great things. On the other hand, our parents had to look up information so they made links between facts. Unlike us, they learned many things. Lots of us have information easy to access and do not learn anymore being reassured we will “copy paste” information from the Internet. In conclusion, we have a lot to learn from older generation as they have to learn from us.

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Shakespeare School Essay Competition 2016

CATEGORIA DE VARSTA: 11-14 ani