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HOMESCHOOLERS take 1st and 3rd in National Geography Bee
Detroit Free Press ^
| May 22, 2002
| Randolph E. Schmid
Posted on 05/22/2002 7:38:57 PM PDT by Lizavetta
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:12:31 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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WASHINGTON -- Calvin McCarter, the youngest competitor in a field of 55 youthful geography experts, won the National Geographic Bee on Wednesday.
McCarter, a 10-year-old Michigan homeschooler, prevailed by knowing that the Lop Nur nuclear testing site is in China.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Michigan; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: education; educationnews; homeschool; homeschoollist
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Oh, the
unfairness of it all! Homeschoolers have
more time to study and it's NOT FAIR to the kids who have to go to school!
BWAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA!!! Eat dirt, NEA! I hope, for your eternal embarrassment, that homeschoolers clean up at the Spelling Bee (May 29 and 30) too.
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posted on
05/22/2002 7:39:00 PM PDT
by
Lizavetta
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: Lizavetta
Glad to hear homeschoolers' did well. With any luck (and $)my youngest will be
homeschooled.
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posted on
05/22/2002 7:44:51 PM PDT
by
herewego
To: Lizavetta
All the finalists are boys.
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posted on
05/22/2002 7:51:42 PM PDT
by
Kermit
To: Lizavetta
I would be really something seeing these kids do a Jaywalking with Jay Leno deal with some college graduates.
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posted on
05/22/2002 7:52:42 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
To: Kermit
All the finalists are boys.A double annoyance to the NEA.
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posted on
05/22/2002 7:55:16 PM PDT
by
Lizavetta
To: spookbrat;brad's gramma;2jedismom
Isn't it delicious?!
Shameless homeschool bump!!!
To: Kermit
All the finalists are boys. That's because girls have cooties!
To: homeschool mama
How exciting. I love Geography.
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posted on
05/22/2002 7:57:58 PM PDT
by
SpookBrat
To: *homeschool_list;edreform;madfly
To: Slyfox
I would be really something seeing these kids do a Jaywalking with Jay Leno deal with some college graduates. Even better go up against Ivy League students.
To: Kermit
Four homeschoolers in the top ten.
Boys, ten outta ten.
And notice the prevalence of small towns, as well. Clyde, KS and Maddock, ND wouldn't add up to Mayberry RFD.
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posted on
05/22/2002 8:17:51 PM PDT
by
okie01
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To: Choco Taco, okie01
I bet their expenditures per student are below the tenth percentile also.
To: Lizavetta
Hey Lizavetta, sounds like a lot of Jewish names in the top ten.
To: Lizavetta
The real test will be to see how homeschoolers perform on the SAT relative to the rest of the country.
To: billybudd
The real test will be to see how homeschoolers perform on the SAT relative to the rest of the country. Not only should their SAT scored be compared to the current national standing, but also to the scores of the 1960s before SAT scores started to nosedive.
To: Lizavetta;*Education News
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posted on
05/23/2002 5:53:49 AM PDT
by
EdReform
To: Lizavetta; madfly; erizona
Homeschoolers have more time to study and it's NOT FAIR to the kids who have to go to school! Ah, the irony of it all. Love it.
Homeschooling BUMP!!
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posted on
05/23/2002 6:07:17 AM PDT
by
Carolina
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