Moody Middle School eighth-grader Taran Shivkumar finished 30th at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., correctly spelling three words and answering two questions, as well as passing a spelling and vocabulary knowledge threshold quiz, before being eliminated in the eighth round when he misspelled the word
Is there a god? Why is there suffering? Who am I? What is my purpose here?
Imagine being in a room of 13-year-olds grappling with the age-old, big mysteries of the world. For some, this might seem daunting, but for Steven Cottam – the middle school religion teacher