Thanks to the parents and teachers who coached the young contestants, and to the judges who helped JA choose the winners. The 250-word winning entries in three age groups are given below. For more details, and more excellent student writing, visit our website. When the bells tolled at midnight ringing in the new millennium, everyone had anticipation on what the new century would hold for future generations. For those of us still in our teens, we eyed it with anxiety.
Teenagers make the headlines almost daily with negative connotations.
We hear about teenage drivers, dropouts, or unwed pregnancies. Yet I am a living example that there is still hope, that the year 2000 and beyond holds hope filled with dreams that will be fulfilled by my generation. I have hope of who I want to become and what I want to do with my life, as do so many other teens. Life has not been easy for me. I went without what others considered necessities and focused on what was really important in life.