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US 1st place at IMO for first time since '94 #219754 07/18/15 07:15 AM
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OP raptor_dad Member R Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 100 Minnesota	I missed this earlier in the week and thought other might be interested too... Here are a couple of news articles: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ath-olympiad-for-first-time-in-21-years/ http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jul/15/us-wins-hardest-ever-international-maths-olympiad

Re: US 1st place at IMO for first time since '94 raptor_dad #219755 07/18/15 07:30 AM
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Flyingmouse Member F Joined: May 2014 Posts: 116	Wow! That's something that should have gotten more attention in the national press!

Re: US 1st place at IMO for first time since '94 raptor_dad #219765 07/18/15 12:59 PM
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ashley Member A Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 639	Thanks. I would never have known about it without your post! This is an inspiring win and hardly any press coverage has come out for it.

Re: US 1st place at IMO for first time since '94 raptor_dad #219766 07/18/15 01:13 PM
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ruazkaz Member R Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 128	Awesome job by the US!!! I am also surprised it did not get more coverage. Thanks so much for posting this.

Re: US 1st place at IMO for first time since '94 raptor_dad #219768 07/18/15 06:35 PM
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madeinuk Member Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 1,453 NJ	Call me jaded if you will but I am not at all surprised by the lack of coverage. The (overwhelming majority) liberal press hate the high IQ because they see IQ as a proxy for 'white privilege' and the conservatives obviously want to paint as dark a picture as they can of US scholastic achievements for their own ends too. Thanks for posting this and sharing :-) Become what you are

Re: US 1st place at IMO for first time since '94 madeinuk #219769 07/18/15 06:41 PM
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ashley Member A Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 639	Originally Posted by madeinuk The (overwhelming majority) liberal press hate the high IQ because they see IQ as a proxy for 'white privilege' and the conservatives obviously want to paint as dark a picture as they can of US scholastic achievements for their own ends too. I looked at the names and the backgrounds of the winners in the US team (and their coaches as well) - there are quite a bunch of races there (including at least 1 multi racial kid).

Re: US 1st place at IMO for first time since '94 ashley #219770 07/18/15 07:24 PM
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madeinuk Member Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 1,453 NJ	Originally Posted by ashley Originally Posted by madeinuk The (overwhelming majority) liberal press hate the high IQ because they see IQ as a proxy for 'white privilege' and the conservatives obviously want to paint as dark a picture as they can of US scholastic achievements for their own ends too. I looked at the names and the backgrounds of the winners in the US team (and their coaches as well) - there are quite a bunch of races there (including at least 1 multi racial kid). Indeed - light skinned Caucasians were the minority there but that does not and will not ever stop the mainstream press from acting as though IQ is merely a proxy for white privilege. Become what you are

Re: US 1st place at IMO for first time since '94 raptor_dad #219780 07/19/15 07:14 AM
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ultramarina Member U Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 3,428	Quote Call me jaded if you will but I am not at all surprised by the lack of coverage. The (overwhelming majority) liberal press hate the high IQ because they see IQ as a proxy for 'white privilege' Enh. The National Spelling Bee gets a ton of coverage every year because it's kind of cute and people can relate to it and understand it. Nobody has any idea what those math problems are about and it doesn't make good TV. Before assuming it's a conspiracy, look at the journalistic optics.

Re: US 1st place at IMO for first time since '94 raptor_dad #219786 07/19/15 07:47 AM
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longcut Member L Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 266	I read about it on several online sources, including NPR, but I don't watch TV, so I can't say regarding those. Considering the discussions I've read about anti-intellectualism, it doesn't surprise me if mainstream people wouldn't be tuned into something they consider elite and intellectual.

Re: US 1st place at IMO for first time since '94 ashley #219810 07/19/15 03:24 PM
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nicoledad Member N Joined: May 2012 Posts: 235	Did you see a picture?

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