8th Grader Wins Spelling Bee

[Sheepathon]

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Aha, the article makes it sound like a battle:
"Aliya was tripped up in the 18th round by 'trouvaille' "
Samir fell to "Roscian"

You almost expect something like "Speller #49 is down, repeat, speller is down!!!!"

/can't spell "appoggiatura" and doesn't know what it means

 

[LASTGUY2GETPS2]

This was on ESPN at 4PM.

 

[fs5]

didn't an indian person win it last year?
pushy parents I say.

 

[Sqube]

First place gets $28,000. Cash.

I wish my parents would've pushed me into this.

 

[zainali]

its interesting to watch in the final rounds.

 

[dbk]

Originally posted by: fs5
didn't an indian person win it last year?
pushy parents I say.

No. It was some white kid..he got do a sportscenter commercial b/c of it.

 

[Orsorum]

I think the same thing about most rap/rock songs nowaways. You're not on the front lines in any real sense if the word, you're idiots putting yourselves in bad situations.

 

[moomoo40moo]

Originally posted by: Orsorum
I think the same thing about most rap/rock songs nowaways. You're not on the front lines in any real sense if the word, you're idiots putting yourselves in bad situations.

I've never heard a spelling bee compared to rap...ever..

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: fs5
didn't an indian person win it last year?
pushy parents I say.

You will find that most of these kids push themselves, parents have little to do with it. And what would be wrong if a parent pushed their child to succeed? geesh a parent can't win on anything anymore, can we?

 

[tami]

now if you ask me how to spell Anurag Kashyap, i might fail the spelling bee.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: fs5
didn't an indian person win it last year?
pushy parents I say.

You will find that most of these kids push themselves, parents have little to do with it. And what would be wrong if a parent pushed their child to succeed? geesh a parent can't win on anything anymore, can we?

I think it's both. Anybody who does not think that there is no suspense or pressure in a Spelling Bee should watch Spellbound. That's a great documentary.

Oh, I also remember that Indian guy who got 2nd last year fainting when he got up to spell a word. He promptly got up and spelled it correctly. Talk about uplifting.