This I Believe Essay Entry - 2021

This I Believe

When you write your essay, we encourage you to:

- Please limit your essay to fewer than 500 words.
- Describe an event that shaped your beliefs or a person who inspired them.
- Tell us what you do believe, not what you don't believe.

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When you write your essay, we encourage you to:

- Please limit your essay to fewer than 500 words.
- Describe an event that shaped your beliefs or a person who inspired them.
- Tell us what you do believe, not what you don't believe.

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First Name:

Last Name:

High School:

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Email: answer must be an email address

Phone (123-456-7890) answer must be phone number with area code like 217-333-1000

Street Address:

City:

State:

Zip: answer must be a zipcode like 61864 or 61864-8180

limited to 6 characters.

Your Age: answer must be numeric

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To prove you're a real person, please enter the sum of these two numbers: 91 + 9 = answer must be numeric

limited to 3 characters.

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