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I don't think this has already been posted, didn't see it if it was. This is an article from a week ago about a teenager in St. Paul, Minnesota who got perfect scores on both the SAT and ACT.
Anyway, I mention it because of this part:
quote:Traveling so much, and spending a lot of time reading, for years Jake saw himself as a "shy, nerdy kid," ostracized by others. He delved heavily into reading history, and science fiction.
Then one book in particular — "Ender's Game," by Orson Scott Card — rallied him. It's about a shy, ostracized kid, who went on to save the world.
"I thought, things, they aren't the greatest, but I'm also not making it as good as I could be," Jake said. He opened up, forcing himself to socialize with strangers, and the last several years at St. Paul Academy paid off, he said. He earned letters on the fencing and tennis teams.
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