Insoo Kim, 14, is a typical junior high school student in Seoul.

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Just watch Asami Yuzawa, 15, a junior high school student in Tokyo.

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The single most crucial year is the one that begins on Jan. 1 of a student's junior year in high school.

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They range in age from early 20s to 70s and include a Wal-Mart worker, a high school teacher, a retired school bus driver and a student in his junior year at Penn State who has ties to the football team and knows some witnesses in the case.

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His junior high school history teacher, Stephen Lamb, remembers him being a smart student who could concern himself with things other than school.

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