Enjoyed greatly watching the National Geographic Geography Bee last night on the National Geo Channel, hosted by Alex Trebek. I found it interesting that of the 10 finalists, following thousands of local Bees, eight appeared to be of east Indian descent, along with east indian names, one asian, probably of chinese descent, and one anglo-american [[who was booted early).
These east Indian American youths were brilliant, to say the least. How they ever were able to answer some of these little known geographic questions was amazing. I tip my hat to them.
Funny thing is, I couldn't help but notice, every one of them had the personality of an encyclopedia. There was nearly a total lacking of emotion. There was an inability to express feeling. Frankly, I found that a bit sad.
I'm not trying to sound like I'm putting these finalists down; indeed, their futures are bright in academia, I suspect. But there wasn't a one that I'd love to sit down with a couple of beers and shoot the shit with.
Am I wrong? Pick me apart, please!
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