National Spelling Bee Brings Out Protesters Who R Thru With Through

The Wall Street Journal ^ | May 30, 2008 | Rebecca Dana

[Salamander]

LOL!

[Salamander]

My head exploded.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Yardstick]

Most people think English isn’t phonetic because they have never been taught the full code

Now that is an interesting statement. I'll have to check out Spalding's book.

[LibertyRocks]

EXACTLY!!! Those who are taught Phonics do a much better job with reading and writing than those taught to “sight read” and other such teaching “methods”.

And, people wonder why so many children graduate illiterate?

[infowarrior]

And they cite Mark Twain as a REFORMER? Sounds like he was making fun of their foolish notion.

As, indeed, he was. Mr. Clemens was, first, and foremost, a writer, and one of a rather satirical bent, at that...

the infowarrior

[amchugh]

National spelling bee top prize: $30,000

Siemens Westinghouse Math/Sci/Tech top prize:
$100,000 individual + $100,000 team

GE/Science young life science top prize:
$25,000

The viewing appeal of the spelling bee over a science fair is that the winner is objectively the best competitor rather than subjectively as in a judged event, and that the event is accessible for a broader (non-technical) audience.

I’m not sure why academic decathlon isn’t more popular. I find it a lot more interesting than the spelling bee.

[uglybiker]

Run through the The English-to-12-Year-Old-AOLer Translator

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