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Back in seventh grade I attended classes with a fellow by the name of John. John was an inquisitive, intellectually proficient student whose interests covered the entire range of his activities. He admired science and loved experimentation, observation, and technology. He was an apt mathematician, fluent in language, and possessing a sound faculty for logic and deduction. I recall once having handed him an Award of Excellence, the highest honor within our middle school, for his commendable academic accomplishments. Along with a sound mind, John also developed a healthy body, actively engaged in sports from football to baseball, as well...