All students have to do is submit an essay of 200 words or less explaining what they want to be when they grow up. Submissions will then be judged by originality, creativity and the importance of ...

The question forces children to define themselves in terms of work. By Adam Grant “What do you want to be when you grow up?” When I was a kid, I dreaded the question. I never had a good answer.

They can decide on a career later. Ever since my four children were small, adults have predictably asked them, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Plenty of young ones want to be something ...

charleston, w.va. – State Treasurer Larry Pack launched the statewide SMART529 “When I Grow Up” student and teacher essay contest on Friday during a visit to Holz Elementary School in ...

BY Amber Rae 3 minute read And so my chapter on “What do I want to do when I grow up?” comes to a close. This is a process that started in the first grade when I was programmed to begin ...

CHARLESTON — The statewide 2025 SMART529 “When I Grow Up” student and teacher essay contest is now open. The annual essay contest gives students the chance to win up to $5,000 in SMART529 ...

The program was part of an ongoing series, “What Do I Want to Be?,” sponsored by the library’s Children’s Department. Next up is Librarian Day on May 8. If you purchase a product or ...

and these students are in Kindergarten through fifth grade and they’ve all wrote about what they want to be when the grow up,” Joynes said. When it came to kids writing these essays ...

Things were sure different when I was growing up. My parents taught me the value ... 401k system of the private sector worker, they just want to shove their free-spending agenda down our throats ...