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08-18-2006, 07:17 AM
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| Finally, someone makes Kansas look good! Teenager in Kansas Scores Perfect on Both ACT, SAT http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,209197,00.html Friday , August 18, 2006 WICHITA, Kan. — A teenager has achieved a rare feat: perfect scores on both the American College Testing exam and the SAT. Jakub Voboril, 17, a senior at Bishop Carroll High School, learned last month that he had scored a 36 on his ACT, which he took in June. His perfect score, one of only two in Kansas on the June test, came after he scored 32 and 34 on his first two tries. "Part of me said, 'That's good enough. You can stop there,"' he said. "But I decided to take it one more time to see what happened." He took the SAT the same week. Those results — a perfect 2400 — came in shortly after he got his ACT scores. Click here to visit FOXNews.com's College 101 Center Voboril comes from good genes: his two older sisters were high school valedictorians. He hasn't settled on a college or major, but has considered math, philosophy and law, possibly at the University of Notre Dame or Princeton. He said he didn't have an answer for how he scored so well. "It's weird, because before I took it, I checked out a couple books from the library. I expected there to be this big secret that all the smart people had that I just had to read. "But I found out there's not a secret formula. Obviously, you have to pay attention in classes, take classes that are going to teach you what you need to know — that sort of thing." No statistics are available on how many students have aced both tests, but it's a safe bet Voboril doesn't have a lot of company. "Suffice it to say, it's a very, very small number," said Brian O'Reilly, a spokesman for the College Board, which administers the SAT.
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08-18-2006, 07:47 AM
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| Yes, it's a great news story. What they need to report is the over 50% of the DCHS students that are below proficient in reading and math and what we should do to fix it.
__________________ LIBERALISM The haunting fear someone, somewhere can help themselves. "Over the last fifteen months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states..." Barack Obama |
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08-18-2006, 08:19 AM
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| It’s always nice to see a “good news” story. Thanks for posting it Dodgegal. 
__________________  ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, and politicians. All three need supervision. —DICK ARMEY Click here to view Democrat’s comments on Iraq and WMD’s |
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08-18-2006, 10:16 AM
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| Yeah, but can he play basketball??   Last edited by Made in the USA; 08-18-2006 at 10:20 AM. |
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08-18-2006, 11:58 AM
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| Pay attention, take the right classes?..damn, I knew i'd been forgeting something all these years. |
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08-18-2006, 02:02 PM
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| Just think of all the SEX this will set him up for! 
__________________ "The Republican Party has shown beyond all doubt that it holds the U.S. Constitution in total contempt. Today, the Republican Party stands for unaccountable executive power. To re-elect such a party is to murder liberty in America." - Paul Roberts, formerAssistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration earning fame as the "Father of Reaganomics" |
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08-18-2006, 03:47 PM
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| Maybe he can get into Duke and join the Lacrosse team....... I wonder if he's qualified for a scholarship at DCCC?
__________________ LIBERALISM The haunting fear someone, somewhere can help themselves. "Over the last fifteen months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states..." Barack Obama |
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08-18-2006, 04:30 PM
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__________________ ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, and politicians. All three need supervision. —DICK ARMEY Click here to view Democrat’s comments on Iraq and WMD’s |
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