Once again the Friends of the Library are sponsoring an essay contest for currently enrolled SWC students. There will be two prizes of $250 each. The essay prompt is based on this year's College Book, Blink: the power of thinking without thinking by Malcolm Gladwell.
In Chapter 4 of Blink, Gladwell says that spontaneity isn't random. He adds, "How good people's decisions are under the fast-moving, high-stress conditions of rapid cognition is a function of training and rules and rehearsal." Choose a situation in which you or someone else would have to make a spontaneous decision (do not choose any of the situations described in the book). In an essay of at least one page but no more than three pages, describe how you could practice to prepare for that spontaneous decision.
The essay must be the student's original work, submitted electronically to essaycontest@swccd.edu before 12 noon on Monday, March 24, 2008. Late entries will not be accepted! A separate page must give the student's name, SWC ID#, address, telephone number, and email address. This page will be separated from the essay and an code assigned to the essay so the judges will not know the identity of the student. No identifiers (name, ID #, etc.) are to appear in the essay itself.
Prizes will be awarded at the Student Awards Ceremony in May.
Questions? Contact Diane Gustafson 482-6433 or dgustafson@swccd.edu
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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