April 13, 2010 · 8:50 am

GHS math team advances to New England finals

I previously posted on our school’s math team, and my neighbor’s son, Warren Bein’s accomplishments, but here they are again. You go, boys!

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7 responses to “GHS math team advances to New England finals”

  1. Anonymous
    April 13, 2010 at 10:55 am

    Congratulations !!

  2. Stump
    April 13, 2010 at 12:27 pm

    Yes, congratulations are in order. I wonder if the administration and faculty at GHS are curious about what elements are present in the family environment of these students to produce such excellence. Probably not.

  3. Greenwich Gal
    April 13, 2010 at 1:46 pm

    That was a weird comment, Stump. What do you mean by that? I mean that is not the job of a school administrator – everybody knows that a positive home life with resources makes all the difference in the world. That and some quality DNA.

  4. Stump
    April 13, 2010 at 2:53 pm

    Gal, I’m sorry if you found my comment weird. I guess I was alluding to the educational establishment’s penchant for constant innovation while actual achievement shows no improvement from it. I think it perhaps is the job of an administrator to find out how really to motivate students, and maybe there are better answers than those published in educational school tracts.

    • christopherfountain
      April 13, 2010 at 3:00 pm

      I can’t speak for all these talented boys (no girls on the team that I can see) but Warren Bine comes from a home with two bright, loving parents who care very much about their children’s education. Not much a school board can do to duplicate that, but it’s certainly a recipe for success.

  5. Greenwich Gal
    April 13, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    Ok, Stump, I get it now. By the way, if you DO find what indeed motivates teenagers, you let me know. I want in on that. Along with the rest of the parents of the world. (Big Sigh…)

  6. Stump
    April 13, 2010 at 5:25 pm

    I don’t want to be so presumptuous as to claim I could motivate any teenager, but my own daughter, now out of her teens, has been a source of immeasurable pride to me, and I know that learning will be a lifelong source of joy to her.