At the second round of the Smart Youth Competition, the participants were told to write an essay on the topic: Referencing specific examples from the text to support your points, analyze Aaron’s overall journey throughout the book, The Priest.
They were required to show the following points in their essay:
- Your understanding of the character Aaron.
- His strengths and weaknesses.
- Your personal conclusion on the impact of his strengths and weaknesses on his life and that of the Israelites.
- Discuss his life outcomes and if they were deserved.
- Discuss how his life outcomes can be a lesson or how it can mirror real-life experiences.
This round was so competitive that even a 0.5 mark could disqualify you (and yes it happened). The people who were at the bottom in the previous round are comfortably sitting at the top of the competition now.
For the finale, 20 people qualified and we say congratulations to them 🎊🎊👏🏽.
Now to the list of the qualified people (drum roll please 🥁🥁🥁), their names are as follows:
- Job Peace Ogheneochuko
- Ugochukwu Obedience Odika
- Deinduomo Blessing
- Odiri Favour Oghenereke
- Okeke Chinonye Emmanuella
- Amadi Rosema
- Russells Apuam Enogha
- James paradise
- Ama-Ogbari Tonifie Theodore
- Olekanma Chizurum Blessing
- Alagoa Warinpagamo Justina
- Angel James
- Ayawari Emmanuella
- Divine Cornelius Bethel
- Akwanagba Tamaraebi God’sglory
- Leventis Tamaraebimomoemi Pleasure
- Jonathan Joel Arinze
- Onuoha Amarachi Martha
- Rosemary Prince Imgbi
- Rex Emman
Congratulations to our finalists (yay! 👏🏽👏🏽) .
To all those that didn’t make it, we say better luck next time! We encourage you to keep reading and learning. There are always more opportunities ahead, and we’d love to see you back next year!
View the top 3 essays (or in our case top 4) below.
- First place
- Second place
- Joint third place here and here
The finale holds on the 5th of October by 12pm on zoom.
Read about the First round here
