Nathan Tack, a 6th grader at Carson City s Bethlehem Lutheran School, has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee Nevada State Competition.
The crew received the opportunity to tour the Lakeshore PBS station in Merrillville to learn more about the technical and professional side of news broadcasting.
arguments across the country are actually resulting in killing the kind of merit-based awards, scholarships and achievements that have historically, you know , been one that a lot of asian students, a lot of student s who are children of immigrants, a good example be national geographic during the pandemic canceling the geography bee under the name of some kind of equity-based thing because frankly, it was a lot of asian students who were winning those awards. this is ridiculous. it s taking away the kind of awards that people want to be able to strive for and earn based on their own merit and totally anti-thetical to the american idea. rachel: it s also robbing parent s to learn from another culture. family cohesion and a culture that rewards and focuses on hard work and the role of the mother and helping their kids after school and that s part of the asian culture with homework and so forth. these moms and dads have a lot to teach all of us.