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But it s not about where takes us how far st year only seven of the graduates from Franklin County High School went to fouryear college every chess player spoke plans attend some day nnifer Rutland really shocked came Jennifer is Braden mom. B when you first met himBenson Schexnaydre This foot man aryn Alfonsi The rker Wilkinson Whenever came into room saying was planning teaching us chess like What Why would somebody come down here Sharyn middle of nowhere [...]

But after the game we usually beat em and they were like very shocked aryn Alfonsi Don you guys feel bad those older kidsBraden Ferrell Never Parker Wilkinson No. She runs the First and Main Caf one of few places county that serves hot meal [...]

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Kids Alfonsi Before Dr. And he has quite the story about how got there Calling for change after Parkland shooting March group of survivors at Stoneman Douglas High School who refer themselves massshooting generation have made their mission bring gun . This Paris Bobby Poole We teach history. Jeff Bulington showed up at school teach the kids of Franklin County new subject chess So everybody say Checkmate [...]

A Bulington mantra played their heads Let your opponent show they like lose ff Today is last it hardest By Sunday with final two rounds looming Franklin County fifth and sixth graders were hovering near top Everybody needs fight for those points them much rker Wilkinson Braden Ferrell Benson Schexnaydre all delivered that left Donovan Moore who was mired twoand ahalf hour struggle against higherrated from Kentucky verge of victory asked draw. Half the county is covered by national forest other it seems churches buckle of Bible belt. He grew up in rural Indiana and identifies with kids who have to feed the chickens count tarantulas pets different tastes food aryn Alfonsi What do you like eatParker Wilkinson Fried rattlesnake Sharyn got my house we ever find course of week or getting some People said that country couldn learn chess [...]

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I don t want that to make me seem like cruel person but really am just OK with crushing people spirits the end Franklin County dominated state Ham What happened is bunch of hillbillies beat snot out highly educated sophisticated . We teach geography. Who was this sixfoot outsider and why would anyone come to Franklin County teach chess Less than two years later boom underway the unlikeliest of places. He didn t know what to expect aryn Alfonsi And how many kids do you have playing chess right nowJeff Bulington Well couple flock part because heart one of them. Human smuggling across the southern border March Desperation and fear are driving dangerous industry that virtually impossible to completely stop Treating childhood trauma Oprah Winfrey reports how plays role development what new methods being used help kids who have experienced it clones of polo horses Argentine club may look normal but way they came into existence anything conventional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act February bill passing through Congress could change states recognize permits Previous Next CBSNews Site Map Contact Bios Careers CBSi Internships Programs Interactive Privacy Policy Ad Choice Terms Mobile User Agreement About Advertise Closed Captioning Store Follow Facebook Twitter RSS Email Newsletters YouTube Radio Local Search Copyright Inc rights reserved [...]

After round one the kids from mississippi had lost of their first games Jeff Bulington You know it real struggle and they gonna learn at this level. We know that the rest of nation has conception us. tps www news m kidsfight chessin. Dr [...]

But it s not about where takes us how far . So them having realization of their own potential was beautiful moment aryn Alfonsi How did teachers other reactJeff Bulington Over course my career teaching chess people say things like not know that could do something or even simple and crass smart she What does tell youJeff It tells got wrong kids have been underestimated written off for reasons false. unbind opfOpenEnd w sj evt re opfOpenStart else function be var et chromewebstore item chromeinline extn ef ft ot ge opalpers anch flyout onP appHTML if ildNodes moveChild for [...]

Every grade K through was vying for national title. leh function r . Parker Wilkinson People said that country kids couldn learn chess aryn Alfonsi AndParker We showed em different Benson Schexnaydre proved them wrong [...]

Poole says there were doubts that Bulington could succeed All statistics everything you look Mississippi poorest. IG u s o navigator fd ls lsp px else sj log function return setHeight for . We showed em different [...]