^ The little guy with the Harry Potter book was my team’s unofficial mascot at the Tennessee HSEB back in 2018. Tomorrow, 17-year-old son Justin well serve as my team captain 🙂
The best of luck to the Ethics Bowlers competing in Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas (at a brand-new Bowl hosted by Texas A&M) this weekend!
Remember that we’re the uniquely collaborative noncompetitive competition, that winning is largely irrelevant, and that the real purpose of the Bowl itself is to encourage all the growth that’s already happened during prep.
So, enjoy yourselves, make a new friend or two, and be proud! You’re teaching the rest of us how this deliberative democracy thing is done.
P.S. Thank you, organizers, coaches, judges, moderators, and parents!