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SWHS salutatorian wants to become doctor

Butler-bound Blake McClure said YouTube was his greatest supporter in becoming salutatorian of Southwestern High School.

“My parents never really knew how to help me with my homework and stuff, so every night in middle school, and elementary, and even high school, I’d go home and go directly to YouTube,” he said. “I’d look up ‘organic chem tutor,’ and all that stuff. So I guess my biggest supporter was YouTube.”

McClure’s parents couldn’t help him because his classes were hard – not something that everyone