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N.J. 2d grader, champion philosopher.

By Jane M. Von Bergen, Inquirer Staff Writer
Posted: June 09, 2013

Maybe some people think the study of philosophy belongs to scholars, holed up in their ivory towers.

But that's not the philosophy of the most philosophical second grader in America, Jack Smalley, age 7, of Mantua in Gloucester County.

"Philosophy's not hard," he said. "It takes a lot of thinking, but that's pretty much all it takes."

On Thursday, Jack got the news, delivered in a box that included a framed certificate, a medal, a $25 check, and a letter telling him that he was the second-grade winner in the 2013 Kids Philosophy Slam contest.

http://articles.philly.com/2013-06-09/news/39851719_1_kids-philosophy-slam-lydia-co-op

http://www.philosophyslam.org/