Head coach Po-Shen Loh (far left) and assistant coaches John Berman and Alex Zhai (far right) flank the members of the winning squad: Shyam Narayanan, David Stoner, Michael Kural, Ryan Alweiss, Yang Liu and Allen Liu.
Courtesy of Po-Shen Loh
Posted on 07/19/2015 1:05:47 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
In one of this year's most intense international competitions, the United States has come out as best in the world — and this time, we're not talking about soccer.
This week, the top-ranked math students from high schools around the country went head-to-head with competitors from more than 100 countries at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Chiang Mai, Thailand. And, for the first time in more than two decades, they won.
Po-Shen Loh, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and head coach for Team USA, says the competition is held over the course of two days. Students work on three math problems eac
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They also promised not to kiss any girls until they’re in their sophomore year in college.
7 the answer is 7.
What delightful news.
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Head coach Po-Shen Loh (far left) and assistant coaches John Berman and Alex Zhai (far right) flank the members of the winning squad: Shyam Narayanan, David Stoner, Michael Kural, Ryan Alweiss, Yang Liu and Allen Liu.
Courtesy of Po-Shen Loh
No females? What a melting pot. Heh
Coach P-Loh as they like to call him. And the team knew that this was a P-Loh fight from the start!
I notice another missing ingredient, definitely racisss.
None of the answers were "40s" or "Nines."
Are these students the product of “normal” U.S. public schools where Common Core Standards are being adhered to?
I’m glad for the students in this math contest, but I question that they are representative of what U.S. schools are turning out.
It is not. The answer is 42.
Or blacks...
Know Sons of Obama too eyh? Cal kulus to them.
To avoid arguing with dumb people, you just have to agree with them.
They say: 2 + 2 = 5.
Me: Hell yeah cause you gotta carry the 1.
I would guess these kids came from private schools. Pure speculation though...
You carried the 0.
So does not ‘50 Cent’ count?
Congratulations to the team!
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