<p>“Philosopher Connor Mui reflects on lessons learned” (New Jersey)</p>
<p>[NorthJersey.com:</a> Looking back and forward](<a href=“http://www.northjersey.com/news/97554814_Looking_back_and_forward.html]NorthJersey.com:”>http://www.northjersey.com/news/97554814_Looking_back_and_forward.html)</p>
<p>TENAFLY A rising scholar and at the top of his class, Tenafly High School valedictorian Connor Mui reflects on his past learning experience in the district and his present hopes and dreams for his future. . . .</p>
<p>One of the after-school clubs and programs he had participated in going through the Tenafly school system was middle school math teacher Matthew Tully’s philosophy club. It was then in sixth grade that Mui’s love for philosophy was developed.</p>
<p>“I really enjoy just the new ways of thinking,” responded Mui to why he liked philosophy so much. “I think that first time in middle school was the first time coming up with my own ideas than just listening and receiving. As students, that’s all we do listen and receive. I think philosophy and Mr. Tully really taught me how to think for myself.”</p>
<p>Mui went on to become a co-founder of a philosophy seminar devoted to the study of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism and joined the school’s Debate Team in eighth grade. He is also a national merit scholar.</p>
<p>He is currently president of the Tenafly Debate Team and won first place in the individual speaker category in the Bergen County Debate League two years in a row (his junior and senior years).</p>
<p>Besides academics, Mui also spread his wings on the high school’s varsity swim team and was captain his junior year. He also plays the bass in the school’s honors orchestra.</p>
<p>Though he will miss his friends and family next year, Mui is excited about what lies ahead. He will be studying politics and public affairs at Princeton University in the fall. . . . " (continued)</p>