2023紐約時報中學生社論競賽作品備賽指導!

NYT Students Editorial Contest 紐約時報中學生社論競賽 是紐約時報一係列學生寫(xie) 作競賽之一,比賽邀請學生將對各類社會(hui) 話題的想法變成正式的、簡短的、以證據為(wei) 基礎的說服性文章,就像紐約時報每天發表的社論一樣。

比賽鼓勵學生通過使用多種消息來源來拓寬自己的新聞渠道,了解對所選問題提供各種觀點的消息來源。第十屆紐約時報中學生社論競賽目前已開啟申報提交,如果你積極探索世界,關(guan) 注社會(hui) 時事熱點,也期望能在競賽中提升自己的寫(xie) 作能力來了解一下這個(ge) 能讓文理科生“爬藤”的賽事,抓緊時間準備作品吧!

適合對象

全球13-19歲對文學評論寫(xie) 作感興(xing) 趣的中學生們(men) 均可參加,可個(ge) 人提交作品,也可以團隊名義(yi) 提交作品(紐約時報工作人員子女不能參加)。

比賽時間

作品提交截止日期:2023年4月12日

參賽規則

1、選擇一個(ge) 你關(guan) 心的話題(不管它是不是在紐約時報網站上討論的話題)然後從(cong) 《紐約時報》內(nei) 外的來源收集證據,寫(xie) 一篇簡明的社論;

2、所有引用需要注明出處,至少1處來自《紐約時報》過往文章,至少1處來自《紐約時報》所刊文章之外的可靠來源;

3、字數不得超過450詞,所以要確保你的論點足夠聚焦,並能提出一個(ge) 強有力的理由。(請注意:標題和參考來源的字數,不計入450字的限製);

4、你可以自己獨立一人寫(xie) 社論,也可以和一個(ge) 小組一起寫(xie) ,但每個(ge) 學生隻提交一篇社論。

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2023紐約時報中學生社論競賽,作品備賽指導!

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We Cannot Fight Anti-Asian Hate Without Dismantling Asian Stereotypes

We are honoring each of the Top 10 winners of our Student Editorial Contest by publishing their essays. This one is by Madison Xu, age 16.

Women at a memorial outside the Gold Spa in Atlanta, where three Korean women were shot and killed on March 16. Related Opinion EssayCredit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

 

By The Learning Network

Published June 15, 2021Updated Oct. 26, 2021

This essay, by Madison Xu, age 16, from Horace Mann School in the Bronx, N.Y., is one of the Top 10 winners of The Learning Network’s Eighth Annual Student Editorial Contest, for which we received 11,202 entries.

 

We Cannot Fight Anti-Asian Hate Without Dismantling Asian Stereotypes

A few weeks ago, my aunt decided to close the nail salon she had been running for years. Early on in the pandemic, her business was hit hard, regulars refusing to return and associating her salon with the spread of Covid. Now, she fears for the safety of her salon employees — most of them Asian and Asian-American women.

The New York Times has documented a surge of anti-Asian hate crimes during the coronavirus pandemic, including the deaths of six Asian women during the recent mass shooting in Atlanta. These incidents have rightly sparked protests and outrage, yet there can be no effective response unless we look beyond easy explanations. Talk of the former president’s xenophobic rhetoric, or the shooter’s “sex addiction,” only serves to distract from the underlying issue: America’s history of stereotyping, fetishizing and oppressing Asians and Asian-Americans — especially women.

By the 20th century, mainstream media and popular culture had already categorized Asian women into tropes still resonant today, from the hypersexual “Dragon Lady” to the docile “Lotus Flower.” Predating the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Page Act of 1875 made it unlawful for East Asian women to enter the United States without proof that they were “virtuous.” That Asian women were painted as a “moral contagion” becomes even more chilling when juxtaposed with the Atlanta shooter’s claim that the massage parlors were, “a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate.” Objects of desire easily become objects of hatred. The key: both are things for the dominant class to fetishize, feel entitled to — or dispose of.

By now, many Americans understand how negative stereotypes of Black and Latinx people in the United States have enabled police brutality, anti-immigrant hysteria and violence. However, we tend to react differently to Asian stereotypes. While there are plenty of derogatory tropes (think bad drivers who eat dogs), Asians in this country are often viewed as smart and industrious — a “model minority.” But the truth is, all stereotypes are ultimately dehumanizing, stripping people of their individuality and objectifying them in ways that can lead to shameful violations like the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

Perhaps most dangerously, stereotypes like the submissive “Oriental” serving girl create artificial roles that women are forced to play, or to be punished for “not knowing their place.” When the dominant class feels threatened, even model minorities suddenly become invading Others, the alien “them” displacing “us” and threatening what is rightfully “ours.”

Until we stop regarding Asian stereotypes and the fetishization of Asian women as innocuous, Asians and Asian-Americans will continue to face the threat of racist violence. Recognizing that anti-Asian prejudice is deeply rooted in American history is the first step toward dismantling those dangerous stereotypes.

 

Works Cited

Jeong, May. “The Deep American Roots of the Atlanta Shootings.” The New York Times, 19 March 2021.

Lang, Cady and Paulina Cachero. “How a Long History of Intertwined Racism and Misogyny Leaves Asian Women in America Vulnerable to Violence.” Time, 7 April 2021.

2023紐約時報中學生社論競賽,作品備賽指導!

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這些話題均來自於(yu) 第八屆NYT社論競賽獲獎作品。參賽選手用簡明扼要的語言敘述社會(hui) 現象,論證背後的因果邏輯,選題天馬行空,內(nei) 容卻引人深思。

Editorial Contest 是係列比賽中含金量較高的一項,也廣受包括中國學生在內(nei) 的世界各地學生的歡迎。比賽要求學生對社會(hui) 現象進行評論,包羅萬(wan) 象,往年出現過的題材包括而不限於(yu) 反亞(ya) 洲仇恨、氣候變化、低薪教師、校園槍擊案、黑人人權、暴雪天氣、電子遊戲文化等,特別能體(ti) 現學生對於(yu) 時政的了解程度。

參賽建議

1、競賽主辦方希望參賽者通過搜集各方麵資料能夠深入思考自己選擇的社論主題,尤其是針對同一事件的不同角度和不同看法。同時,也要確認所搜集的信息和資料都是來自於(yu) 權威媒體(ti) ;

2、對於(yu) 所搜集的資料數量,主辦方並沒有限製。基於(yu) 以往的經驗,衡學君強烈建議參賽的同學們(men) 至少援引一篇《紐約時報》裏的社論和一篇其他報刊的社論,記得要在文中標注好引用,盡量讓讀者和評委一目了然你觀點所援引的資料來源;

3、無論是直接引用還是間接引用,你都需要非常小心——主辦方不希望在搜索引擎裏搜到與(yu) 你文中一模一樣的文字。所以,在寫(xie) 作中一定要記得不要抄襲,即使不是你有意為(wei) 之;

4、如果你是以團隊形式完成的,請記得在提交作品時寫(xie) 好所有小組成員的名字,你已經加入了小組,就不能以個(ge) 人的形式提交該作品。

如果同學們(men) 有這些想要表達的想法,就可以參加《紐約時報》的學生社論比賽。以簡短的評論文章就大大小小的問題提出了令人信服的論點,以強有力的證據來論證你的想法並說服大家,這就是社論比賽的核心所在。

作為(wei) 進入知名大學的關(guan) 鍵助力項目,競賽的意義(yi) 越來越重要。標化內(nei) 卷到日益趨同的情況下,當大學難以從(cong) 成績高低上來篩選,背景就成了重要依據。對於(yu) 同學們(men) 來說很有必要盡早準備類似紐約時報寫(xie) 作競賽這樣的伟德betvlctor1946,從(cong) 而在大學申請時展示自己的社會(hui) 參與(yu) 度與(yu) 學術發展潛力。

參賽收獲

1、高含金量和認可度

獲獎文章更將會(hui) 在《紐約時報》網站刊登 ,並且有機會(hui) 出現在印刷版的《紐約時報》上,可以增加自己的申藤籌碼。一旦獲獎,紐約時報的知名度、曝光率和全球認可度都會(hui) 給這份榮譽增添不少分量;

2、申請助力和加成

眾(zhong) 所周知,大學的招生錄取過程大多采取綜合性評估的方式,全方位地考察學生的“硬實力”和“軟實力”。此時,一篇思想深刻、用詞老道,或是能充分彰顯自己的個(ge) 性的好文章就可能成為(wei) 一份具有價(jia) 值的寫(xie) 作樣本,讓你從(cong) 眾(zhong) 多競爭(zheng) 者中脫穎而出;

3、寫(xie) 作經驗和能力的提升

無論任何專(zhuan) 業(ye) 方向,寫(xie) 作能力都會(hui) 是你未來漫長的學術乃至職業(ye) 生活中必不可少的核心能力。為(wei) 了能在大學階段走得更遠更順,一定要從(cong) 早期就打下紮實的寫(xie) 作基礎,積累豐(feng) 富的寫(xie) 作經驗,在每一次的嚐試和練習(xi) 中不斷成長;

4、興(xing) 趣話題的探索

即使是寫(xie) 作能力不那麽(me) 突出的學生,也可以通過這一係列賽事所提供的機會(hui) ,拓寬自己的知識麵、閱讀麵,或是對自己感興(xing) 趣的話題領域展開更深度的探索和思考。

【競賽報名/項目谘詢+微信:mollywei007】

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