[Ohiogift] Support for the Gifted

[Will Fitzhugh]

The Concord Review supports gifted children, in its way,
but without support, it will disappear in a year or so. 
We have been turned down by 155 foundations ("not in 
our guidelines") and the National Endowment for the
Humanities: "We think everything you are doing is
splendid, and we can't support any of it."  

Life will go on, but lots of bright high school students
of history will have less incentive for their diligent work
in reading and writing history than they have had since 1987.

That said, I am very grateful for the moral support and
personal encouragement I have had from the Ohio Gifted
Community over the years.


Will Fitzhugh


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Begin forwarded message:
From: Divya Gopinath 
Date: June 24, 2013 7:11:59 PM EDT
To: Will Fitzhugh <fitzhugh at tcr.org>
Subject: Re: Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer issues of TCR

Thank you for the essays (especially the Emerson Prize winners); I look forward to reading them. 

After reading the well-deserved praise of the journal that you sent me, I feel obligated to underline its prestige once more. The publication has such a great reputation at my high school, [Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York] and many students now describe exceptional history papers as "Concord-level."  We no longer use common adjectives like "amazing" or "brilliant"—there is a higher, more sought-after name, and that is Concord. Thank you for inspiring us to strive for only the very best.

-Divya 

[Class of 2015—Sophomore
Essay: “In Defense of the First Consul” (Napoleon)]

[She was born ten years after The Concord Review started.]



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Ralph Waldo Emerson Prizes [1995]
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