2010 Brain Awareness Week Essay Contest (BAWEC) Winner
Rosheem Browne of Grenada Boys Secondary School, Tanteen, St. George’s is the winner of the 2010 BAWEC. His Essay titled “Encouraging the study of Neurology in Grenada” received a unanimous vote by the Panel of Judges, who all scored the Essay very high amongst all the others.

The LOC wishes to express her profound appreciation for the outstanding and impartial assessment of members of the Panel of Judges: Andrew Minors, Billy Adeleke-Asalu, Joslyn Smith and Adebola Fakoya. Thank you.

We are grateful to our Major Sponsors of the Contest, Steele Autos Supplies and Co. LTD and International Brain Research Organization







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The Grenada Brain Bee Brain Science Education (BRASCIED) Program is an initiative developed to fire-up the unique latent inertia of youths towards self re-construction, helping them to access their inner capacities of functional brain development for their self actualization and harnessing these potentials amongst the youth for the positive advancement of family, Community as well as National growth.

The theme of the 2010 Brain Awareness Week Essay Contest is "The Brain or the Computer: What choice for the 21st Century Youth?" Secondary School Students in Grenada are invited to submit their innovative ideas on this theme.

Theme: “The Brain or the Computer: What Choice for the 21st Century Youth?”

“…… The brain is an apparatus with which we think but it must be programmed to become the mind, just as the electronic brain we have nowadays, the computer must be programmed…..”. Grenada Minister for Health.

Many of us think that computers are many times faster, more powerful and more capable when compared to our brains simply because they can perform calculations thousands of time faster, workout logical computations without error and store memory at incredible speeds with flawless accuracy. But is the computer really superior to the human brain in terms of ability, processing power and adaptability? With the advent of miniaturized computers, the 21st century youths are giving up mental functioning to the computer.

CONTEST GUIDELINE

For the purposes of this Essay Contest, an essay is a three-part paper that lay out and develops a position in response to the essay contest theme. Although researching the topic to find examples that support your points is crucial to writing your essay, it should be more than a research paper, a narrative description of an event, or a statement of opinion.
Your essay should contain the following:
  1. An introduction, which introduces the subject and contains an explanation of your position. The objective is to demonstrate that you understand the essay contest question and have formed a response to it.
  2. A body , which develops your argument using research and analysis. The process of analysis may include comparing and contrasting, differentiating among several ideas or events, critiquing a variety of perspectives, interpreting results, or drawing inferences. In this section, you should analyze two case studies. Be sure to identify the sources of your information or ideas.
  3. A conclusion , which summarizes the research and analysis presented in the essay and sets forth your conclusions. Drawing on ideas already presented, you should demonstrate that your conclusions support the position you put forward in the opening paragraphs. Your aim is to convince the reader that your position is reasonable and valid.
  4. Your essay should also include a bibliography . A bibliography is a list of the works that you have referred to in your essay or have consulted in order to write it.
Essays that use a variety of sources—academic journals, news magazines, newspapers, books, government documents, publications from research organizations—fare better in the contest.

Citations in the bibliography should have at least the name of the author or editor; title of the work; name of the publication (book or Journal ;) and date and place of publication. The bibliography should be numbered consecutively in the order that they appear in the text by the last names of the authors.

The Internet or World Wide Web should not be the only source for your essay. Be aware that you may encounter "republished" or "third generation" information on the Internet that is inaccurate or improperly attributed. When citing Internet sources, you must include the following information: author(s), title of work, Internet address, and date information was accessed. For the purposes of this essay, Internet sources should be listed separately from non-electronic sources, such as books, magazines, and newspapers.

Contest Rules

  1. Essays may be submitted by any secondary school student in Grenada
  2. Essays must be more than 600 but less than 1,200 words, typed or printed in English, excluding the first page and bibliography
  3. Essays must have a cover page indicating (1) Name of School and Form (2) essay title(3) your name (4) postal address (5) phone number (6) e-mail address (7) place of Birth (8) date of Birth (9) sex (10) word count. Please include your signature Principals may submit a collection of essays from their School. Please enclose a list of participants' names and the name and contact information of the submitting Principal. (Entries missing any of the above information will not be considered.)
  4. Do not place your name or your school's name on any of the pages of the essay, just on the cover sheet.
  5. Essays must be formatted as follows:
    • Times New Roman 12 pt font, double spaced
    • Justify left, page margins set at 1 inch
    • Number references consecutively in the order that they appear in the text
    • Have a separate page for the references at the end of the essay text
  6. Entries may be submitted by postal mail or e-mail ONLY!
    (Email entries must be in text or MS Word format, with the cover page and essay sent together as one attached document.)
  7. Essays must be original and unpublished. Only one entry per student is allowed
  8. Essays must be written by one person. Co-authored essays are not accepted.
  9. Copyright of the essays entered will be assigned to the organizers.
  10. Your essay will be disqualified if it does not meet the requirements or is e-mailed after the submission date.
  11. Entries submitted become the property of Grenada Brain Bee Challenge and cannot be returned.
Deadline:
Entries must be received by February 4th 2011. All entries must be postmarked by that date.

Judging:
Entries will be judged on

  • Originality
  • Creativity
  • A clear understanding of the topic
  • Style and clarity of expression of ideas
  • Formatting, spelling, grammar, and punctuation
  • Inclusion of relevant research
  • How closely the contest rules were followed

Awards:
*The successful candidates will be notified via email ONLY not later than March 7th 2011, and will be invited to the award ceremony at the St. George’s University scheduled for 19th March 2011. Prizes will be given in categories.

The Winning Essay will be published on the GBBC web site and linked to other Neuroscience web sites. All prize winners will be published in March 2009 on the GBBC web site. www.grenadabrainbee.com

If you have questions, please the BAWEC Coordinator, Grenada Brain Bee Challenge at +1473-5349960 or e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Please mail your entries to:
2011 Brain Awareness Week Essay Contest
P. O. Box 1343, Grand Anse PO
St. George’s, Grenada
OR
E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

* An award may not be offered if the Awards Committee does not receive any entries of sufficient merit.

Organized by LOC for the Grenada Brain Bee Challenge

 
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