We attended our home school group Family Spelling Bee last Friday. I must say, it wasn’t as fun as square dancing, but it was more dramatic. For one: Susan missed an easy word, awhile. I suspect in her eagerness and excitement, she rushed and forgot the H. That one hurt, especially since she did great in the Bee last year (second place).
She started to weep as she watched her younger brother get his word correct (bank). Then she remembered her candy reward just for participating and decided it would taste much better without the salty tears, so that was the end of that.
Silly spelling girl. What is it with kids and candy? Get your word wrong, come get a piece of candy. Suddenly, the world is a happy place again.
Even the adults participating accepted a sugary treat as they were eliminated. Me? I had enough public humiliation at last year’s Bee, so I just observed and took pictures. I need to type a word or scratch it out on paper to spell it correctly, forget this oral nonesense. Either I’m too old or too much of a writer. I need my fingers to do my spelling for me.
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In our middle school spelling bee, I started spelling “amuse” with an “m.” In front of the whole school. It still mortifies me to think about it. Nerves will do that to you!
Jessie
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Oh, I cannot spell out-loud either! Yeah, I’ll say it’s cause I’m a writer;)
Ever since my brother spelled lawyer without the Y in the middle school bee, I’ve always known how to spell it correctly. Whatever works, right?