Scholarships are Great

Here's a letter I wrote when I was trying to get a scholarship. I think it's pretty cool.

To Whom It May Concern, March 12, 2007

I would greatly appreciate a scholarship from the Northern Arizona University English Department. I plan to graduate in May 2008 with a double major in English Education and Theatre Education. After that, I’ll either get a high school teaching career or go to graduate school. I feel that I have demonstrated academic integrity during my collegiate pursuits thus far.

I needn’t enumerate my academic exploits; though, my transcripts, letters of recommendation, and sample writings should represent me well enough. But here I will simply tell you that I attend classes regularly, get good grades, enjoy reading, like writing, and enjoy the university environment.

The university environment- what an ennobling notion! The university is a place where we put off the requisite labors of the world. We lay aside the production of food, shelter, and marketable commodities to pursue enlightenment. We study because we want to. We learn for the sake of learning.

But without the means to establish and participate in a university setting, curiosities are squelched; minds dim. If we care about romantic ideas like education, we must give funds to those ventures (such as literature, art and philosophy, just to name a few) which are not easily exchanged for capital. Simply put, English Department, if you give me money to study, I will spend less time straining my muscles, and more time straining my reading-eyes. I would eat my bread not from the sweat of my brow, but from the wrinkling of it. Please, help me wrinkle my brow- give me a scholarship.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,
Telemoonfa