Perform the following tasks:
Complete the reading assignment and the interactive lecture before attempting this assignment.
To complete the assignment:
Read the following descriptive notes regarding the ten applicants.
Select two from the list that you will award the scholarships.
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DEBBIE KRAMER, age 17. Debbie is a B student in her senior year of high school and is a
cheerleader. Her father is deceased; her mother works as clerk typist. Debbie is the eldest of four
children. She is described by high school teachers as “very likable and popular.” She plans to major in
social work.
MARTIN ROGERS, age 18. Martin is a C student in high school and a member of band and choir. His
father is a repairperson for the telephone company; his mother is a homemaker. Martin has one older
brother who is a sophomore at Bloomsburg. Martin has a learning disability that creates great
problems for him in reading. Because of this reading problem, he has had to work twice as hard as
other students do. In courses that do not require reading skills, he is brilliant. High school teachers
predict he will have outstanding success in his chosen major, computer science.
CLARENCE JEFFERSON, age 18. As a student in high school, he was president of the African
American Cultural Society and editor of high school newspaper. His mother is a clerical worker, and
his father is deceased. Clarence has twin sisters who are juniors in high school. Others describe him
as very popular with fellow students. When he was a junior, his girlfriend got pregnant, and he is now
supporting a one-year-old son. Although he is taking financial responsibility for his son, he is not
interested in getting married. Clarence will major in journalism.
CAROLYN GORDAN, age 35. She dropped out of high school when she was 17 to get married and
now has three daughters, 18, 15, 12. Her oldest daughter is beginning college. Carolyn is divorced
from her husband who lives in another state and pays no child support or alimony. She works as a
supermarket checker. Her greatest desire is to go to college and become an elementary school
teacher. She has taken several courses on a part time basis over the past few years and has
maintained a 3.5 average. If she got the scholarship, she could go to school full time.
ALEX STARZINSKI, age 18. He is a C student and an outstanding football player. Alex has won all
possible city and state football awards. He works with Big Brothers, a program to help disadvantaged
youth, and is deeply religious. Teachers say he is not a very good student, but he works hard. Thirty
football recruiters from colleges around the country have made him offers, and your school has a
weak football team. Alex is an only child. His father works in bank, and his mother is a secretary.
EZEKIEL NKOMO, age 20. Ezekiel is from Lagos, Nigeria and is a brilliant student in chemistry. He
comes from a poor family, with parents who could never afford to send him to the U.S. A Baptist
mission group is willing to pay his passage if he can get a scholarship from a U.S. college. Ezekiel
plans to study chemistry with the goal of working to develop fertilizers that will increase rice yields (an
important crop in his country). His teachers as highly motivated describe him and goal oriented. They
all agree that he will be highly successful in his studies.
CARMAN CASTOZO, age 19. Carman is a Cuban refugee now living in Miami. Her father has not yet
found work. The entire family, including five younger children, is living in a refugee camp. Carman
was a B+ student in Cuba and a star in women’s field hockey. She wants to major in English.
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