Thank you to all those who entered the Blogging Competition. We enjoyed reading your writing! Below are links to all of the articles we published: please read them and share your thoughts and comments with the authors and with us.
Congratulations to the winners of the Blogging Prizes! These were announced on 17 December 2017 by our fantastic Jury.
Entries in alpabetical order:
Young Writers Category (10–14)
- Ali, Haneen (UK): The great outdoors
- Baruah, Shaurya (USA): The Abyss -- Winner of the NUHA Young Writers Blogging Prize 2017!
- Bassi, Kiran (Canada): Eyes in the Wood
- Deal, Brecken (USA): The Wonders of the Whale
- Dibb, Grace (UK): Grandma and Her Secrets
- Faucette, Jordyn (USA): FORWARDS & BACKWARDS
- Hutchings, Emarae (USA): The Midnight Swing
- Joseph, Idunu (UK): The Wood Full of Secrets
- Nandakumar, Swarup (India): Orca’s Adventure
- Oluoch, Mercy (Kenya): Fire
- Omondi, Sandra (Kenya): About the forest
- Onyanga, Mitchel (Kenya): Fire
- Pavlova, Nina (Finland): Big blue whale in an ocean too small -- Shortlisted!
- Raj, Nikit (India): The Tree Tale -- Shortlisted!
- Roshan, Jahan (India): Lost in Pindorama
- Traver, Gabby (USA): Shadows of the Night
- Wilms, Liya (Germany): Oak Wings
Youth Category (15-18)
- Abhayamudra, Annisa (Indonesia): Get What You Should Have Had
- Abhayamudra, Annisa (Indonesia): Tangled Cables in my Brain
- Atup, Alex Paul (Philippines): Existential existentialism – the proof we are ourselves
- Atup, Alex Paul (Philippines): Hardly difficult hardships
- Atup, Alex Paul (Philippines): Varying variables with a variety of various variations
- Coady, Lily (USA): We Are The Fearless Girl
- Domino, Favour (Nigeria): What is this X?
- Espinoza, Rodolfo (Paraguay): The Apology of Algebra
- Espinoza, Rodolfo (Paraguay): We and our daemons
- Ewansiha, Uyi (USA): One plus two equals… Huh?
- Ewansiha, Uyi (USA): Steve Jobs said it best
- Faheem, Unzila (Pakistan): Should We Listen To Steve Jobs?
- Farmand, Jasmine (UK): The Bull
- Golden, Candace (USA): The inner voice -- Shortlisted!
- Gourley, Piper (USA): If Bill Has 17 Peaches, How Many Of My Classmates Are Still Starving? --Shortlisted!
- Gupta, Shreya (India): “It is better to be without logic than to be without feelings.” – Charlotte Bronte
- Hill, Megan (UK): Your Algebra
- Iftikhar, Faeeza (UK): Culture not Costume -- Shortlisted!
- Igbe, Joy (Nigeria): Listen and Trust Your Inner Voice
- Islam, Ishrar(USA): The Message of Mehndi
- Jayabalan, Preevena Devi (Malaysia): www.thinkforyourselves.com
- Johnson, Tylyn (USA): Regarding Education
- Khan, Ava (India): Let your words reflect your true self
- Khan, Zunnash (Pakistan): Before the Bull runs into the Girl
- Logan, Jeanice (Trinidad and Tobago): Expectation vs. Reality
- Logan, Jeanice (Trinidad and Tobago): The Downside
- Mahat, Omar Billow (Kenya): POWER
- Maina, Christine (Kenya): The journey of a thousand miles
- Maina, Christine (Kenya): The longshore drift of life
- Manna, Shreya (UAE): Let Me Be A Girl, Not A Bride
- Mbeh, Enjeck (Cameroon): ACHIEVING DREAMS
- Muck, Jentry (USA): The X Factor
- Murphy, Brianna (USA): Like Pearls on a String
- Njoki, Grace (Kenya): Powerful beyond measure
- Orton, Marisa (France): The people in the background -- Winner of the NUHA Youth Blogging Prize 2017!
- Pendao, Ana (UK): Inner Turmoil
- Polischuk, Olha (Ukraine): Dream plus effort equals success
- Pradhan, Sujyana (Nepal): To be yourself
- Raj, Sherry (India): Victory of Innocence -- Runner up for the NUHA Youth Blogging Prize 2017!
- Ramirez, Paul (Philippines): X and Y: Nothing But Letters -- Shortlisted!
- Ray, Keely (UK): Your Inner Voice
- Rezaianzadeh, Shayan (Iran): A little girl named Hope
- Richardson, Sadie (USA): Expression through Henna
- Rosendo, Lean (Philippines): Ink In My Veins
- Shirzad, Sara (Afghanistan): Beat the fear
- Wachira, Stella (Kenya): Thoughts and choice
- Wanyingi, Lucy (Kenya): The power of self-belief
- Zaib, Jahan (India): Why I am what I am
- Zaritskaya, Yelizaveta (Kazakhstan): To think or not to think, that is a question!
Adult Category (19+)
- Acod, Jacqueline (Philippines): Education as a Prime Mover Towards Change (Life) and Development (Mind)
- Adeniran, Adetayo Olaniyi (Nigeria): The Pertinency of Broadening the Mind of Students through Education
- Ahmed, Siam (Bangladesh): The Collective Memory -- Winner of the NUHA Adult Blogging Prize 2017!
- Akintola, Olaide (Nigeria): The Normal Complex
- Aledago, Maxwell (Ghana): Education in the Laboratory -- Shortlisted!
- Aleksandrova, Blagovesta (Bulgaria): The icon in the woods, by the cabin
- Ali, Abdulhafidh Ahmed (Kenya): The power of education
- Alurkar, Sanket (India): Books are like that
- Aniebosi, Chukwubuikem (Nigeria): The strong maybe
- Atala, Oluwatosin (Nigeria): You’re Not The Man I Married, And Other Alleged Betrayals -- Shortlisted!
- Attaboh, Usman (Nigeria): Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character give him power -- Shortlisted!
- Atup, Alex Paul (Philippines): Educational education by prepared preparers
- Banerjee, Rishi (India): Broad Or Bust
- Baruah, Shantanu (USA): Let education uplift society and instill thinking in young minds
- Bender, Ray (USA): The role of education: A counselor's perspective
- Binti Mohd Safuan, Nur Shafiqah (Malaysia): The Realm of Normality - Live to Learn or Learn to Live?
- Brown, Zachary (USA): Navigating Falsehoods and the Human Condition
- Burns, Shannon (Australia): In Power, or Adversity, We Find Ourselves
- Chauhan, Siddarth Singh (India): The Recalcitrant Powers
- Cline, Meagan (USA): What Does it Mean to be Normal?
- Cregg, Katie (UK): Where There is Reading There is Kindness, and Where There is Kindness There is Magic
- Curtayne, Alyssa (Australia): What Teachers should Teach
- Dairo, John (Nigeria): Power of the mind
- Davies, Glenn (Australia): Why History Matters
- Deal, Megan (USA): Public Housing Escape
- Dierckx, Maarten (Belgium): The Chocolate Cake
- Dierckx, Maarten (Belgium): Dear Mister Bill Gates
- Dhonnacha, Aine Nic (Ireland): Normality is a trap, and popularity is the bate
- Eaves, Kathryn (Australia): Children's Books that both Comfort and Confront us as Adults
- Echebiri, Stanley (Nigeria): Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power
- Eze, Azubike (Nigeria): Fulfilment Through Great Ideas
- Fanu, Mayowa (Nigeria): Artificial Stretch marks
- Fernandes, Julia (India): Destiny of Power
- Flynn, Martin (UK): Can we all be different together?
- Flynn, Martin (UK): Examining education
- Foley, Daisy (USA): Skinny is the New Normal
- Gen, Topher (UK): Old friends sat on a good sofa
- Ghahremanzadeh, Reza (UK): Ain't no pigeonhole big enough
- Gnanendran, Jeevarupini (Malaysia): On the Transcendence of Books
- Gradinaru, Nicoleta (UK): To be normal in an abnormal society?
- Grandinger, Jonas (Australia): A New and Improved Mindset for Education
- Grim, Harlequin (USA): The Boon & the Bane of Normality
- Haire, Emily (Northern Ireland): Learning lifelong lessons from children's literature
- Heno, Louisa (Germany): Create your own normal, or let normal create you
- Henry, Eron (USA): Broadening the mind, freeing the spirit
- Holmes, L (USA): Consumer Protection in Education
- Howse, J. D (USA): College is for Dummies: A Parent's Guide To Preparing Your Pockets for a Bachelor's Degree
- Huque, Anika (Bangladesh): The power of power
- Hutchings, Tiffanie (USA): The Role of Education — Broadening the Mind or Working Life?
- Igbe, Silas (Nigeria): BEING ORDINARY OR BEING EXTRAORDINARY
- Ige, Opeyemi (Nigeria): The Broad Way is Safer
- Ikeogu, Chinemerem (Nigeria): Man and Power
- Injarapu, Jayaram (India): Student: Job Holder or Knowledge Holder?
- Jacob, Bobby (India): A good education makes life very fulfilling
- Johnson, Tylyn (USA): A Presidency: Character and Power
- Jones, Naomi (UK): All These Childish Stories... Are They Really Worth Picking Up?
- Jones, Naomi (UK): Normality and the need to conform
- Kabo-Bah, John Baptist (Ghana): Nurturing the Broaden Horizons of Students
- Kang, Ye Won (South Korea): Disguises nobody realises
- Kariuki, Bernard (Kenya): The role of education
- Khan, Heena (India): Because On Those Dark Winter Days, I Still Wind Up With A Roald Dahl
- Kogilam, Senthil (Malaysia): Normal or "Normal"
- Krueger, Carla (UK): What happens when powerful people get complete freedom?
- Kwan, Jacklin (UK): Lincoln never said that -- Third place for the NUHA Adult Blogging Prize 2017!
- Lau, Kenix (UK): A modern take on education
- Lavrenchuk, Tatiana (Italy): Being Different is Being Yourself
- Law, Ash (UK): The Education Trajectory from a British Perspective
- Liang, Lu-Hai (UK): You are really, really, really, really, really normal. And so am I
- Magee, Thomas (USA): Changing World
- Marcelina, Dina (Indonesia): Defining One’s Best Normality -- Shortlisted!
- McG, GV (UK): Snake Wine and Sheep Guts, A Normal Night Out?
- Mead, Elaine (Australia): Preparing students for working life - Are we missing something?
- Medhi, Digantaraj (India): Personality and power
- Men, Pechet (Cambodia): Should Education Focus on Preparing Students for Employment or Broadening their Intellect?
- Meredith, Lauren (USA): The Role of the Great Equalizer
- Mirza, Saima (India): Calm in the Chaos
- Morgan, Elizabeth (USA): The Education Role
- Mosaddeq, Ayesha (USA): The Absurd Hero's Normalcy
- Mowlana, Shareefa (Sri-Lanka): Is true education a mental training or a preparation for special pursuits?
- Ndongo, Hellen (Canada): Character and Power, what a concoction
- Ningsih, Dewi (Indonesia): Educating Boy To Be A Powerful Leader
- Odogwu, Gad (Nigeria): The Righteousness of Abnormal
- Ogamodey, Emmanuel (Nigeria): Acquire power or be dominated in bondage
- Okere, Godsent (Nigeria): Yes!! I knew it – Abraham Lincoln was wrong
- Okoth, Collins (Kenya): Should the role of Education be to prepare students for working life or broaden their mind?
- Olakunle, Salisu (Nigeria): The power of power
- Oluwadamilare, Odu-Onikosi (Nigeria): Towards Whole: A new kind of education
- Omoh, Nicholas (Nigeria): Power colours the nature of Man
- Omondi, Gregory (Kenya): The role of education is to broaden our minds -- Shortlisted!
- Penfold, Alice (United Kingdom): Find Your Self Within Stories
- Polido, Rubyann Robelle (Phillipines): Read learning: What broadened minds means for the world
- Robertson, Becky (Canada): From Weinstein to O'Reilly, Ghomeshi to Trump: What are we teaching our men?
- Rupavathy, Pearl Mercy (India): When one’s inner self meets power – character is put to the test
- Samejo, Kashif (Pakistan): Education and Global Problems
- Saville, Jacqueline (UK): Why bother with education?
- Selezeneva, Nadezhda (Kazakhstan): Why would you fit in if you were born to stand out?
- Sharma, Gunjan (UK): Normality is an Illusion -- Shortlisted!
- Sheikh, Mohamed Qadar (Kenya): The role of education
- Shellhouse, Deliah (USA): The role of educators in society
- Sokor, Abdirahman Mohamed (Kenya): Men do not follow titles, they follow courage
- Sowole, Jesse (Nigeria): Distinct individuals
- Stockham, Emily-Camilla (United Kingdom): Do childhood bookshelves hold the key to both our past and future selves?
- Tyunina, Irina (Russia): The Virus of Power
- Udobi, Shadrach (Nigeria): To Be Normal Or Not?
- Uwadilachi, Godwin (Nigeria): Education and the injustice of preparing students for working life
- Van Raay, Kimberley (Australia): Burning Platforms: The Celebration of Those Who Are Pushed Over Those Who Choose To Jump
- Vareberg, Shahzoda (USA): Work isn't everything
- Vashishtha, Charu (India): Being normal -- Runner-up for the NUHA Adult Blogging Prize 2017!
- Vaughn, Pamela (USA): Two Paths Diverge in the Halls of the Little Red School House – Which One Should We Take?
- Vervloet, Lies (Belgium): Questioning Normality
- Walker, Rebecca (UK): Navigating normal
- Westt, Ransome (Nigeria): To be or not to be normal
- Why, Amanda (UK): To Just Not Stand Out
- Yelstine, Adrole (Uganda): Education the up righteousness of a society
- Yoon, Song Y (South Korea): Normality Debunked
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