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[Robot_Teacher]

Any of you enter your students in this contest?

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/03/119_39872.html


I'm burnt that I'm just seeing this and March 13th was the deadline to apply. I'd really love to involve my elementary students in this as they love airplanes. Technically, if they waivered the deadline on account of not meeting the goal of 200 teams, assuming they didn't, then they might allow entry. The contest opens April 5th with a design to be painted on a new plane that will start flying on May 5th, Childrends day. I guess they can put a design on quite quickly once they decided on what they go with since April 5th is the earliest students designs can be submitted. It didn't say when the deadline for submission of designs is.

[gazz]

My teacher was on about this yesterday, they announced the winner on the radio.

The winning 'art work' was by an 8 year old - It is of an aeroplane flying through the red dot of the Japanese flag!

[Robot_Teacher]

But the earliest design submission date was April 5th! That's 3 weeks from now.

I must say that the winning artwork you mentioned is really bad form as the theme was Dream, Hope and Future. I was expecting something of a more broader perspective with an intellectual scientific idea from a smart student; not expressing hate for your neighbors. I suspose it is a Korean hope and dream in the future to surpass Japan in wealth, power, and technical competency, but dream on. A more realistic deal with Japan in high class form is to work along side them in maintaining stability in the region as to make it more attractive to investors and tourists in the coming years and decades. And Korea and Japan have been aligning their interests together over the years such as with trade, but do have differences that aren't going away anytime soon. If the economy goes down in this region of the world, then war is in the air once again. Of course, I won't ever say anything to elementary students about the fact they well may be fighting a very complicated war involving many nations in about 8 to 10 years from now.

That's a disappointing design to put on the airplane. Thanks for filling us in.

[gazz]

Just to clear things up - I was joking!

But I could see that design on their plane though. ha ha

I think it would be quite snazzy.

[Robot_Teacher]

he he eh LOL! In Korea, things do seem silly enough to warrant me believing you. Thanks for the humor. I love humorous humans.

[Robot_Teacher]

Bump. Any elementary teachers attempting to sponsor students for the chance to win a trip to tour Boeing Corp in the states by winning an art design contest onto a real big bird? I'd love to see it fly with a design I seen a student draw.

I think it's exciting and wished I'd known about this, because I'd do it. If fewer other teams are in it due to a lack of interest or people not knowing, then there's a higher chance of winning it. I'm betting they don't have anything close to the goal of 200 teams of 2 to 3 students each so I'm hoping they're taking late entries as the students have until April 5th draw it.