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Articles dated May 2019

Play to Learn, Play to Live

When you’re young, school is your job. When you’re even younger, play is your school and your job. I like to think I attended a highly acclaimed “school” and landed a top-notch “job.”   As I’ve mentioned in articles before, my family was poor when I was a kid (though “...
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Leigh Bortins with Tobin Seiple

Indiana CC student wins $10,000 NMM championship

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by John
Tuesday, 07 May, 2019
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Fishers, Indiana—Tobin Seiple is just 11, but his ability to memorize facts is amazing. So amazing, in fact, that the Fishers student won a national memory championship and a $10,000 cash prize April 30.   The gregarious sixth-grader was one of 16 finalists in the...
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Leigh Bortins with Tyler Turner

Marietta boy wins N2K math championship

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Sunday, 05 May, 2019
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Marietta, Georgia—Tyler Turner, 14, won the 2019 National Number Knockout (N2K) championship on May 1, including the $10,000 prize, and $2,000 for his mother and teacher, Janice, who accompanied him on the cruise.   To the uninitiated ear, the answers sound like...
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Record crowd for CC’s cruise commencement

Record crowd for CC’s cruise commencement

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by John
Friday, 03 May, 2019
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  Ninety-seven Classical Conversations graduates participated in CC’s Capstone Cruise Commencement April 29 on board the Carnival cruise ship Liberty.   Previous capstone graduations onboard ship were held in an intimate if awkward lounge that could shoehorn in 35...
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