Governor Mitch Daniels is one of the few national political leaders who recognizes that America must change its culture to recognize and reward academic achievers as much as we do athletic achievers.
For the second year in a row, Governor Daniels has awarded the Mr. Math and Mr. Science awards to Indiana's two top young male intellectual achievers. (I trust the women will be named soon).
Here's the press release:
May 18, 2009- Governor Mitch Daniels made a surprise visit to Terre Haute South Vigo High School today to announce that students Sachin Dilip Shinde and Raj Anand Bhuptani are "Indiana Mr. Math" and “Indiana Mr. Science,” respectively. This is the second year for the annual Hoosier High School Math and Science Awards Daniels created to recognize Indiana’s top high school talent in math and science.
“Our best math and science students are vastly more important to Indiana’s future than our best athletes,” said Daniels. “We will know that an important shift has occurred when more people can remember the name of Mr. Math or Miss Science than the name of Mr. Basketball.”
Shinde, a junior, is the son of Dilip and Pratima Shinde. He scored a 800/800 on the SAT math portion, 5/5 on both the Advanced Placement Calculus BC and Statistics exams and earned no grade lower than an “A” in any of his math courses at South Vigo. He is currently enrolled in a Calculus III course at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. In college, he hopes to study bio-medical engineering and medicine, and aspires to become a cardiothoracic surgeon.
Bhuptani, a senior, is the son of Anand and Trupti Bhuptani. He scored a 800/800 on the SAT II Physics, Chemistry and Bio M tests, a perfect 5/5 on the Advanced Placement Biology, Chemistry, Physics B, Physics C (Mechanics) exams and earned no grade lower than an “A” in any of his science courses at South Vigo. He currently is taking courses in differential equations and physics at Rose-Hulman, and he volunteers as a science tutor at a local community center. Bhuptani plans to attend Harvard University where he will study applied mathematics.
The awards were developed with input from the Indiana Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (I-STEM) Network, the Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, Inc. (HASTI), the Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM) and the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents.
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Posted by: Konia | July 30, 2009 at 04:24 AM
No offense meant to any party, but I find it disappointing to the efforts of students here in Indiana (I can say that because I am one of them!) that the top students in math and science have foreign backgrounds.
Ever think it might be due to the fact that they have different values and standards instilled in them when it comes to education?
We are so hard-headed as Americans that we can't admit that other people might be doing something better than us.
But congrats to you two guys! I'm not meaning to take anything away from you, just pointing out to everyone else that we should strive to be like you.
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