{"id":"career-camp-counselor-application-answers","audience":"high-school","category":"career","technique":"grounding","track":"writing","title":"Answer three job application questions with true examples","free":false,"task":"You're applying to be a summer day camp counselor. The form has 3 short questions. Get exactly 3 numbered answers, one per question, under 120 words in total, plain text, first person. Use only true examples from your notes and the corrected number of kids. Answer 3 must also say you can work every week except the week of July 14 (a family trip only you know about).","materialLabel":"The application questions and your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"APPLICATION: Junior Counselor, Brookside Day Camp (ages 6-10), June 23 - Aug 8\n1. Tell us about a time you worked with children.\n2. Describe a time you handled a problem without an adult's help.\n3. Why do you want to work at Brookside?\n\nMY NOTES (Sofia Grant, 10th grade)\n- I help run the Sunday kids' craft hour at my library, I said 25 kids on another form -> Ms. Lee says the sign-in sheets average 12 kids\n- babysit my twin cousins (age 7) every Wednesday\n- at craft hour a kid cut himself a little on scissors -> I got the first aid kit and told Ms. Lee right away (so I did NOT handle it alone)\n- I once fixed a fight between two kids over the glitter glue by giving them a timer to take turns, solved it myself\n- I went to Brookside when I was 8, loved the creek day\n- I am NOT CPR certified yet (signed up for the class on May 10)","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":120},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Missing the corrected number","why":"The AI may grab 25 kids, the first number in your notes.","fix":"Add: \"Craft hour averages 12 kids. Use 12.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Picking the wrong story","why":"The AI picks the most dramatic story, the scissors cut, even though an adult handled it.","fix":"Add: \"For question 2 use the glitter glue timer story; I solved that one myself.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Adding credentials you don't have","why":"Camp applications often mention CPR, and the AI may say you have it.","fix":"Add: \"I'm not CPR certified yet. Don't say I am.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Leaving out your availability","why":"The AI can't know about your July trip, and camps plan staff by the week.","fix":"Add: \"In answer 3, say I can work every week except July 14.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not matching the form","why":"The AI writes long paragraphs that don't fit short form boxes.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 3 numbered answers, each 2 sentences under 15 words.\"","checks":["numberedItems","maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in the application form.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many answers","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,25}(answer)","exactly \\d+","numbered"]},{"label":"Uses the corrected number","patterns":["\\b12\\b","correct"]},{"label":"Picks the right story","patterns":["glitter","timer","question 2"]},{"label":"Keeps it true","patterns":["cpr","only.{0,25}(true|notes|facts)","(don't|do not|never) (claim|invent|make up)"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Short answers work best with one true example each. Tell the AI which story goes where, which number is right and what you don't have yet.","rubricLabels":["If an answer gives the size of the craft hour, it says about 12 kids (not 25), and nothing says Sofia is CPR certified","Answer 2 uses the glitter glue timer example (not the scissors cut, which Sofia didn't handle alone)","Answer 3 says Sofia can work every week of camp except the week of July 14"]}