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| I have finnished college, however, If you would like to send a buck or two to help out contact heresabuckortwo@bobpaul.org | ||
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Summered '01 at Wilderness Scout Camp near Park Rapids working in the trailblazingprogram with new scouts. Driving now, he is working at Country Kitchen. Active in Debate, Theatre, (Recieved the three act play award) Knowledge bowl? team? Student Congress, speech, Creative Writing. Typical Senior we are the last to know how well he is doing and he does very well! He is going back to Fargo to NDSU next year. Electrical engineering with an emphasis on 12 volt circuitry |
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| Stayed home this summer (02) working for Country Kitchen, hanging out with "the Girl" alias Adrianne | ||
Student Congress Award for Excellence in Speaking |
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| The following was copied and pasted from the Brainerd Dispatch | ||
Courtesy of Brainerd Dispatch May 5th 2003 |
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BHS economics teams form at last minute, but win state contests
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| Two Brainerd High School teams won the Minnesota State Economics Challenge in two divisions recently and each went on to compete in regionals. "It's incredible," said BHS economics teacher David Stark. "Everything in this competition is incredibly close. We also won the state championship two years ago." Stark rounded up several high school seniors in his economics classes in April whom he thought would be interested and successful in the Economics Challenge, a program of the Minnesota Council of Economics Education. None of the students had competed in the challenge before. Brainerd team members who won state on the Advanced Placement economics team were Eric Blum, Kirstin Dunham, C.J. Eisler and Marie Lange. Winning the at-large economics division from Brainerd were Will Frank, Paul Klapperich, Kai Kottmann and Adrienne Larsen. Brainerd had three teams compete April 17 at St. Cloud State University, but only two of the three teams won the competition to advance to the state division. Both these teams won the state championship April 25 at the University of Minnesota. The Brainerd teams then competed in regional competition April 27 in Minneapolis against teams from Arkansas, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska and Texas. Both Brainerd teams took second in this competition. Texas won to advance to New York City for the national championship May 17. Kottmann said his team was only one second away from winning the regional division. He said the team had the answer to the oral question in the final round, but was not fast enough to hit the buzzer. The question was: "Using a supply and demand graph, which line will shift if the cost of the production changes?" The answer is "supply." Kottmann, an exchange student from Germany, wanted to participate in the economics challenge because he wanted to be involved in as many activities as possible while at Brainerd High School. ."We had no idea on what to expect," Kottmann said. "But first place sure feels good." Kottmann said his father was a banker and he saw at a young age how economics class connects with the global economy. He said he does not want to pursue economics as a career, but it will help him in his personal life. Blum said he felt really good about the competition and was even more pleased to |
Brainerd High School students Paul Klapperich (clockwise from top left), Eric Blum, C.J. Eisler, Kirstin Dunham, Marie Lange, Adrienne Larsen and Kai Kottmann formed two teams to win the Minnesota State Economics Challenge in two divisions recently and each went on to regionals. Will Frank was not pictured. (Brainerd Dispatch Photo by Clint Wood) |
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| beat the Edina School District in the state division. He said it was down to Edina and Brainerd with the question, "What is the current national unemployment rate?" The answer is 5.8 percent. "This was the dream question for us," said Blum. "We cracked numbers all the way down (to the university). We were like, 'Did he really ask that?'" Brainerd buzzed in and beat Edina for the state championship. Eisler said defeating Edina was impressive since Edina is a big school district in the state that had been practicing since February. The Brainerd teams were not formed until two days before the competition Eisler wanted to be part of the challenge to test his own knowledge in economics, as well as to see how the Brainerd team would do. He said the challenge also was practice for the AP economics test Eisler will have to take May 15. Eisler has always been interested in finance and plans to major in it this fall in college. He said it is interesting how economics applies to the real world. Blum enjoys his Advanced Placement micro and macro economics classes because he can see how economics play out in the real world. "You learn it in class and then you can see it when you turn on the TV," he said. "I live the connection." Blum said his father was a stockbroker and the family watched a lot of television on CNN. But it was not until this school year that Blum's interest in economics peaked. He said it is fun for him to watch the stock market and predict what will happen. Blum was intrigued to participate in the economics challenge. "I wanted to see how our (Brainerd) AP classes stack up with other districts," Blum said. "It is nice to see that what they (teachers) teach us is above others. The teachers here really know what they're doing." |
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