The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Leila Assal, First Place Grade 10, Arroyo Grande High School Teacher: Mrs. Derbidge Josef Stalin, a communist leader in the Russian Revolution of 1917, once said, “A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic”. This statement and its meaning are both misrepresentations […]
Archive | 2012-2013
The Four Way Test and Me by Ryan Brennan
The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Ryan Brennan, Second Place Grade 9, Coastal Christian School Teacher: Mrs. Limon Throughout our daily lives a myriad of decisions, motivations, actions and thoughts write our story. Whether you choose to attend college or try out for the baseball team every choice that is made will […]
The Leper Who Played With Fire by Raven Montgomery
The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Raven Montgomery, Third Place Grade 10, Coastal Christian School Teacher: Mrs. Limon Every day I woke up and I knew I was going to have to walk down those horrid hallways. The cold-hearted glares would inevitably come next and then my books would go soaring out […]
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The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Kimberly White, Second Place Grade 7, Paulding Middle School Teacher: Mr. Vanderweide Natalie always ate her lunch alone. She always walked to her classroom alone. She most definitely spent her break time alone. This is how she preferred it. She would rather be alone by herself […]
Technology Consumes the Human by Julia Kasper
The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Julia Kasper, Second Place Grade 8, Judkins Middle School Teacher: Ms. Richards “When we finally slump down at the end of the day and wonder where the time went we scratch our heads wondering how checking a couple of emails ended up taking five hours.” (Freyda […]
To Write Love On Her Arms by Rosie Salitore
The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Rosie Salitore, Third Place Grade 8, Judkins Middle School Teacher: Ms. Richards Peer pressure, bullying, gossip are all subjects that we can all contrive the questions of the Four-Way test. The Four-Way test enables us to analyze our moral behavior. Is it the truth? Is it […]
Stereotyping by Mustafa Assal
The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Mustafa Assal, First Place Grade 4, Shell Beach Elementary School Teacher: Mr. Sharp Stereotyping has hurt many people in different ways. For example some ethnic groups have been stereotyped for being in gangs or being dumb or being ignorant or in our case terrorists. Stereotyping is […]
The 4 Way Test by Jacob Crisp
The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Jacob Crisp, Second Place Grade 5, Ocean View Elementary School Teacher: Mrs. Gordon Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player to play in the Major Leagues in 1947. Back then there were two leagues, a Negro League and a Professional league that did not allow […]
4-Way Troop Support by Lisa Miller
The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Lisa Miller, Third Place Grade 5, Ocean View Elementary School Teacher: Mr. Copley For many years, my family and I have supported our troops by sending care packages to soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. These care packages support the ideas of the 4-Way Test. There are […]
THE 4-WAY TEST AND ME byt Talia Conn
The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach / Five Cites Talia Conn, First Place Grade 2, Ocean View Elementary School Teacher: Ms. Janich Wherever I go to the library, it reminds me of when black people were not allowed to check out books and books remind me of the book called “Ron’s Mission.” In “Ron’s Mission,” Ron […]