Hey Ralph, Pretty Good Story here...

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  1. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    That's pretty cool Terry, thanks for sharing.

    I had read that his passion was in music but did not know he played nine different instruments. He must be a very focused individual and it sounds like grandma did a great job at keeping him busy and focused, nice story...
     
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    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    150 scholarship offers that's pretty amazing.

    True story: Here in Houston we used to have what were called "Magnet" schools. They were typically minority high schools that they would put a special program at, such as Engineering, to attract kids who wanted to go to college and major in Engineering. So it was also a time when many colleges were trying desperately to increase their minority enrollments, good time to be a very smart minority. I went to a graduation of a friend of mine kid at basically an all black school with an Aerospace Magnet school that his kid attended. The top black kids in his class all had over 100K in scholarship offers to choose from, I don't know if that's still true but it was eye opening to see the amount of money offered to minorities who were high achievers.
     
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    A very talented young man! Look at it this way, if the QB position does not work out for some reason, he can play musical chairs? :wink:
     
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    Pretty neat and don has a great suggestion. :)

    Best to the young man.