Cape student reaches top 10 at state geography bee

Do you know what countries border Tanzania? Or, for that matter, what continent the country lies on?

Not many people do, but chances are Joshua Sander, an eighth-grade student at Cape Girardeau Junior High School, does. He won sixth place in the state against 100 other students at the recent Geography Bee at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

"He's an outstanding, all-round student who enjoys social studies and geography," said Becky Mocherman, social studies teacher at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School.

Sander's mother, Lisa, said her son began learning the names of states and their capitals at a very early age.

"He's always watching the news, so he knows everything that goes on," she said.

Sander said he plans to go into some sort of science research when he completes his education.

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