Monday, April 19, 2004

ARAMAIC RULES! The California team with the Aramaic jackets won first place at the academic decathlon in Idaho.
Three-peat's oh so sweet (Los Angeles Daily News)

By Lisa M. Sodders
Staff Writer


BOISE, Idaho -- In a record-breaking, nerve-racking finish Saturday, Woodland Hills' El Camino Real High School squeaked past a rival Arizona team to win the 23rd annual U.S. Academic Decathlon.

About 270 points out of a possible 60,000 total separated the two teams and gave El Camino its third national championship, making it the only California team to claim three national titles.

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Team members also finally revealed the meaning of the mysterious motto written in Aramaic on the back of their black satin team jackets: "The only difference between genius and insanity is 12 inches," a play on Thomas Edison's expression, which held that the difference was a work ethic, [team member Eric] Rasyidi said.

I have to admit I'm having trouble retroverting that back into Aramaic, but whatever.

Congratulations to the El Camino Real High School team for winning the competition.

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