Forget an Essay; Earn a Scholarship With a Tweet 99
PolygamousRanchKid writes with this quote from a CNN article:
"The Kentucky Fried Chicken Foundation is asking eligible high school seniors to tweet a photo that illustrates their commitment to education and enriching their communities. The KFC Colonel's Scholars winner, announced December 15, will receive up to $5,000 per year to pursue a bachelor's degree at a public university in his or her home state. ... Other organizations, perhaps weary of wading through applicants' lengthy essays, also are offering eager students ways to turn a 140-character message into money for college. ... Why a tweet? Jodi Schafer, the University of Iowa's director of MBA admissions and financial aid, told USA Today that application essays were 'becoming unoriginal.' She said 'we're hoping that incorporating social media in the process will help bring back some of that creativity.'"
Re:And we fell for it (Score:2, Interesting)
Seriously? A statement only slightly longer than a politician's sound bite is "work"?? Your short little post would be too long for a tweet, actually. There are only so many possible combinations of words that can be fit into 140 characters and still make a sentence. KFC will probably collect them all in this one competition.