<div dir="ltr"><div>WIll,</div><div><br></div><div>Congratulations! What an amazing letter! It's a great tribute to you, the work you've created and the opportunities you've given students through The Concord Review. </div><div><br></div><div>Keep up the good work! </div><div><br></div><div>Sandra Warren </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 9:02 AM, Will Fitzhugh via Ohiogift <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ohiogift@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank">ohiogift@lists.osu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Mr. William Fitzhugh</span></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Editor and Publisher, <i>The Concord Review</i></span></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">730 Boston Post Road, Suite 24</span></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776, USA</span></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:16px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 4px;text-align:right;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Sunday, March 12, 2017</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 4px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Dear Mr. Fitzhugh,</span></p><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:16px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><span class="m_-3037034099083670057Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">    </span>Intellectual ruminations frequently take place within the minds of those exposed to history, philosophy, art, science, mathematics, and other fields of scholarly pursuits. Yet, it is the systematic process of examination, classification, and composition that produces from these ruminations fruitful and insightful contributions to individual and shared learning. I would like to thank you, sir, for <b>giving to high school students the opportunity</b> to share their thoughts about the world around them. Thank you for giving me the honour of sharing my thoughts in <i>The Concord Review</i>.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:16px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><span class="m_-3037034099083670057Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">     </span><i>The Concord Review</i> gave me an outlet to conduct a formal research enquiry into an area of historical study that had always interested me—late imperial Chinese history. Although I am fortunate enough to attend a school where I am given an abundance of learning resources in helping me develop my writing, critical thinking, and argumentative skills, as well as being guided by the aid of superb teachers, <b>this research enquiry was the first time I had formally delved deep into an academic interest outside of school curriculum, out of my own accord.</b> Without the scaffolding provided by a course of study, I had to independently formulate thoughts, define my research parameters, and reevaluate my findings and deductions.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:16px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><span class="m_-3037034099083670057Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">      </span>Writing my paper was doubtlessly <b>one of the most academically challenging, but nonetheless one of the most formative and empowering experiences of my high school career</b>. Mr. Fitzhugh, thank you for providing an opportunity where the driven, the curious, and the audacious may dare to think, question, and discover.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:16px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Respectfully Yours,</span></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:16px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Jason Qu</span></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;min-height:16px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">St. George’s School, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Class of 2017</span></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Author of <i>China’s Self-Strengthening Movement: A Noble Plan Detached from Reality,</i></span></div><div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">[13,760 words] published in the Spring 2017 Edition of <i>The Concord Review</i>.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><br></div></div><br>==========<div><br><div>
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