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Influenced by his mother who was also a teacher, Ted Smith, Jr. has taught within the Baltimore City Public School System for 16 years. He stays at school till 6:00 pm most nights tutoring and mentoring his students to academic excellence, doing his best to erase the racism of low standards and bridging the curriculum gap for interested students. His commitment to his students spills over to his weekends as well, taking them to sporting events and teaching them the principles of God. Encouraging through personal example to live higher! In 1998, Mr. Smith started The Genius Movement in the memory of his father, Ted Smith, Sr., a self-proclaimed genius, who made his transition in that year. He was the pivotal influence that challenged him to perfect his own genius. In 1998, Ted began to inspire the world the same way his father inspired him. The Genius Movement began as an outgrowth of the National Academic League team he coached and still coaches. Through the years, his team has made it to the city-wide championship games and the national level two years in a row. Being the only African-American team present from a failing school, these successes are monumental, thereby making it easier to impart into these young people that they are descendants from great mathematicians, scientists, engineers, and architects - the original people of the earth! Many have taken note of the work that Mr. Smith is doing so he has been honored periodically through the years for his accomplishments as a teacher and for his efforts with the Genius Movement. The "Baltiomre Afro-American" newspaper recognized him and wrote about his accomplishments and he was featured on the Education Channel. Also, he was one of 12 people honored as a modern day hero in a Baltimore Museum of Art exhibit entitled "Heroes in our Midst." He remains humble, even with said accolades, knowing that it is his calling from The Most High to provoke excellence in his students and other young people. The slogans of The Genius Movement reverberate loud and true through the Baltimore area - "HIGHER HIGHER, HIGHER HIGHER!", "Last but not least, man but not beast, dog but not leash, spinach but not quiche, cooking oil but not cooking grease, flax but not fleece, goose but not geese, war but not peace, no wrinkles and no crease, preacher, but not priest, I like greens but not peas, I like hamburgers with lots of cheese."
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