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To: blanknoone
I am certain that the vast majority of those kids were either homeschooled or in a private school. Those in public schools must have had parents who subsidized their education at home.

There is no way a kid would know the meaning of some of those words and come from a public school. For one the teachers wouldn't know what the words meant, and secondly it would be anathema for a kid to know them in public schools (it is not exactly appropos to be bright there ....now, if you can burp the alphabet that is a plus).

9 posted on 06/04/2004 9:59:39 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear missiles: The ultimate Phallic symbol.)
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To: spetznaz
The spelling Bee has a stats page with the exact figures, but IIRC, about 15% of the 265 contestants were home schooled, with another 20% in private school

The general site is http://www.spellingbee.com

The stats page is http://www.spellingbee.com/bwg/stats.shtml

10 posted on 06/04/2004 10:11:34 AM PDT by BohDaThone
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