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ETALA
ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 3rd annual MIDDLE SCHOOL Essay Contest to Promote Personal
Responsibility
Feb. 2007
East Texans Against Lawsuit Abuse
(ETALA) today announced the winners of its third annual essay contest for
area sixth and seventh graders.
Students from both grades who penned the top two essays about
“personal responsibility” will receive $500 and $100 savings bonds, respectively. The
board of ETALA judged the essays.
This year’s winners include first and second place sixth graders Megan McNaney of Pine Tree Middle 5/6
School and Christa Black of Bradley
Upchurch Christian
Heritage Academy. Seventh grade first and second place
winners are Cassie Weaver of Pine Tree
Middle 7 and Emily Smith of Hallsville Junior High.
“These students have grown up in
our lawsuit happy society, yet clearly grasp the importance of personal
responsibility,” said ETALA Executive Director Diane Davis. “It is encouraging that our youth
understand why it’s important to take ownership of their behavior and how
they exercise that practice in everyday life.”
Participating students answered
one of three essay questions: “What
happens when we do not take personal responsibility?” “Why do we need personal responsibility?”
and “How do you take personal responsibility in your own life?”
“It’s never too early to
reinforce the concept of personal responsibility, especially since the young
people of today can help stomp out lawsuit abuse in the future,” Davis
said. “We hope to teach our children
about the importance of accepting responsibility and resisting the urge to
play the ‘blame game’ every time things don’t go their way.”
ETALA is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan, grassroots, public education organization dedicated to serving
as a watchdog over the legal system and those who would seek to abuse it for
undeserved gain. ETALA strives to
raise awareness of the costs and consequences of lawsuit abuse.
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