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12-31-2006, 07:19 PM
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I have read about him before. Last year they had 3 guys profiled that he mentored while they were in grade school and all through high school, and helped them get into college, ( and in most cases were the first to go to college) well they allo gradauted last May I think it was and there was a right in the Sunday paper about him, and them, and they were basically saying that if it weren't for him they definitely wouldn't have learned anything about chess, and they definitely wouldn't have gone to college ande graduated. They highly praised him, and if I remember correctly, 2 gradaugted from the same college and another went to a different school and they graduated on the same day, so Thomas-El was dashing from one school to the next to make it to both graduations.
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12-31-2006, 07:35 PM
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Read the book and it was great! I should read it again. He talks about his upbringing, his life in high school and college and how he started the chess teams. If I recall, it was slow at first, then he had kids that really wanted to be on the teams. He also talked about getting sponsors, etc. for their competitions. If I'm not mistaken, he's a member of Kappa Alpha Psi.
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12-31-2006, 07:45 PM
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If I'm not mistaken, he's a member of Kappa Alpha Psi.
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I looked on his website to see if he had a fraternal affiliation, but nothing was mentioned.
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01-01-2007, 11:17 AM
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I looked on his website to see if he had a fraternal affiliation, but nothing was mentioned.
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Girl, it's been over 2 years since I've read the book! I'll try to check tomorrow for the book when I go back to work. I hope I'm correct.
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01-01-2007, 12:22 PM
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01-01-2007, 04:50 PM
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i'm pretty sure he was on a news special in the summer, talking about youth, on nbc10 for those of you who are local.
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01-01-2007, 07:55 PM
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You know, that was a happy touchy-feely story and all, but did anyone else  when you read the stat about 400 murders in Philadelphia in 2006?
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