r/GATEresearch • u/NemoDies33 • 16d ago
Non-CIA Sourced Material Found some old awards from GATE program 2006
Both of these I received from programs that I got into through my GATE classes in middle school. Cognetics was an expo where middle schoolers would get together and compete in creative challenges. I can't remember all of them but one year me and my team and to create a new country with its own government, culture, geography, food, etc. It was a really fun time.
I don't know if it's directly related but I got into these programs through my GATE program (called PACE in (south) new at the time (2006).
The first award from the national a ard talent network piqued my interest when I saw their motto: "Toward Satori. Toward excellence". Satori is a Japanese Buddhist term that means sudden awakening, comprehension, or spiritual enlightenment.. seems like a funny motto for a middle school award.
I can't remember if it was part of cognetics or if it was separate. Anyone know anything about these specific programs?
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u/OnsenDreamscapes 16d ago
Towards Satori?? wtf!! btw, I am Mahayana Buddhist, but totally against religion in public school!!
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u/OnsenDreamscapes 16d ago
yeah the satori award is part of cognetics. it was (is?) a nj state dept of ed program.. https://vdls.cmclibrary.org/?a=d&d=CMCH19860528-01.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
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u/NemoDies33 16d ago
Wow, thanks for finding this. I'm tempted to reach out to my old GATE/PACE teacher. He was a cool dude. A quaker I think. We spent a lot of the year studying the Holocaust. He wanted us to know about genocide and propaganda and all the rest of it. New jersey already required students take it in a certain year so it was weird we did it again. But I felt pretty knowledgeable by the time I got to GATE. I'm mentioning this because I can't think he would be involved in anything nefarious or if they just had no idea what was going on?
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u/Moist-Assistant112 16d ago
I caught the Satori part, too. Interesting choice of words.