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| 5/31/2006
| politicket
Posted on 05/31/2006 11:09:43 AM PDT by politicket
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To: NSSM 1
I bet my buddy five bucks a thread on FReep about the National Spelling Bee could be turned into a Clinton rant in 8 replies or less
C'mon, I posted the thread and thought his post was funny. The Spelling Bee is a great time for levity with all of the "series" things going on in the world. :-)
To: politicket
I was a speller growing up, and while it was fun for me, I can't imagine what mind-numbing, agonizing boredom it must have been to watch one of those - let alone all of them, as my parents did.
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:30:47 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: tallhappy
I bet some buffoon would sign up today to make dumb comments he thought were clever.
ROFLOL!!!
To: politicket
Last year, her parent had her stay in her hotel room studying the whole time. Maybe that's why she misspelled a word early this year--so she could enjoy herself. Sounds like she has "stage parents".
To: Xenalyte
I can't imagine what mind-numbing, agonizing boredom it must have been to watch one of those
They are boring to watch at the local levels, but try following it on the National level. It is actually quite entertaining, especially if you take time to read the kids bios and get to know the "playing field".
To: tallhappy
Darn, I missed it. Is there a place to view deleted comments?
To: American Quilter
Sounds like she has "stage parents".
Her parent are REALLY nice people. The just have a different cultural perspective than most of us.
The Indian folks will rule the spelling bee for years to come because they place so much importance on it.
I mentioned above that my son represented Colorado last year through the Rocky Mountain News. The "Rocky" only allows their winner to compete once at the National level, unlike most sponsors that send kids multiple times.
We actually had Indian parents coming up to us in Washington, D.C. last year asking where we were going to move so that our son could compete at the National level again. We had to explain to them that we were fine with just competing once, and looked forward to experiencing life in other areas. The Indian parents could not understand this...
To: politicket
Did you see the movie "Spellbound"? It was terrific.
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:38:06 AM PDT
by
debg
To: politicket
The Indian folks will rule the spelling bee for years to come because they place so much importance on it.
The Indians and we who care about spelling are a dying minority.
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:39:46 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: debg
Did you see the movie "Spellbound"? It was terrific.
We haven't watched it yet, but have heard that it is a "Must See!".
I'm not impressed with the trailers that I have seen for "Akeelah and the Bee". It looks like a movie trying to push a social agenda instead of just celebrating a bunch of kids that have worked hard to attain a goal.
To: politicket
I skipped Akeelah as I had the same impression. It's also not an inspirational movie for children when it's rated PG for language.
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:58:56 AM PDT
by
debg
To: politicket
I was concerned about that too but I enjoyed the movie. There wasn't as much of that as I thought. It was more about a nice teacher/student relationship.
To: rightinthemiddle
Did anyone see the fabulous movie, Akeela and the Bee?????
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05/31/2006 12:01:55 PM PDT
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ruthles
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.)
To: politicket
That's not true. It's a great movie. It starts out a little "agendaish" but it will leave you weeping by the sheer goodwill in the movie for people of all ethnic backgrounds. I loved it.
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posted on
05/31/2006 12:04:00 PM PDT
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ruthles
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.)
To: Xenalyte
In a psych class I took we were taught that there was no correllation between intelligence, IQ, and spelling. There are strong correlations with reading and math, but none with spelling.
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05/31/2006 12:05:44 PM PDT
by
ruthles
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.)
To: ruthles
In a psych class I took we were taught that there was no correllation between intelligence, IQ, and spelling. There are strong correlations with reading and math, but none with spelling.
The thing that I noticed from last year's Spelling Bee is that almost all of the children were VERY accomplished in music. I thought that was kind of an interesting correlation...don't know if it means anything.
To: politicket
The Texas kids are almost up in Round 3.
Let's see how Samir Patel does...
To: politicket
Samir Patel (Speller #238) got the word: grandrelle and spelled correctly. On to Round #4 for him!
If it is the same as last year they will stop for the day following Round #4. ESPN will begin televising the early rounds tomorrow, and then ABC will begin prime-time championship round coverage at 8PM EST.
Comment #39 Removed by Moderator
To: politicket
Also, the championship rounds will be broadcast live on ABC (for the first time) beginning at 8PM EST Thursday evening. Good, let's put these kids on a pedestal and make them role models instead of the little punks all over the tube in commercials and on sitcoms etc.
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posted on
05/31/2006 12:35:25 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
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