The Asian and Indian contestants clearly outnumbered the caucasians......
The word which the boy misses with terr..... was easy and I'm not sure why he said one "r"....since the double "r" is a base to so many words.
I don't really put a lot of credence in these spelling bees. Sorry...Don't flame me...
Maybe so but a strong family unit and education being the number one prioity for the children certainly helps too.......
For what it's worth, I just saw an interview of the young lady who won and her goal in life is to become a cardio-vascular surgeon (did I spell that right?)......not a professional basketball player.
Could someone check for the correct spelling of ‘ochidore’? Dictionary.reference.com doesn’t recognize it, nor do any of the other reference websites that I have tried.
http://dictionary.reference.com/
One might reasonably ask a different question: Why are American kids not so good at spelling?
The answer is, that learning in general, and spelling in particular, is not valued in this culture as it is elsewhere.
Show some signs of excellence in this area or that, and you're branded as "weird". Kids, particularly school-age kids, try to bring others down to their own level, rather than elevate themselves. That carries on into adulthood, as well.
Without checking that article I must say it doesn’t surprise me that Indians would be good at spelling, it seems every word in their language(s?) is about 25 letters long!
Why all the focus on the winner’s race?
"You'll never spell in this town again, kid!"
My sweetie is Indian. Brilliant and all that. I’m merely along for the ride. LOL
His dad is in Knights of Columbus and they take these spelling bees quite seriously.
I’ve heard it said that Indians are the “perfect immigrant.” And I believe it.
For the most part...they come in legally and are educated by the time they arrive and take the oath. Gov’t assistance and/or private charity is a source of deep shame, both in the community and the family. You won’t see an Indian at an amnesty rally. They’ve also bothered to learn English.
My sweetie is 1st generation, as both parents came from India. By this time next week, all three of the kids will have master’s degrees: one from University of Chicago, Harvard, and finally, Stamford. Not too bad.
If it were up to me, as President Daisyjane, I’d sign an EO changing the proportion of legal immigrants allowed in this country. Substituting the % of 6th grade educated Mexicans for Indians.
THAT would improve this country immediately.
An admirable young woman. Good for her.
Anyone for a Ebonics Bee??
Yauuwzaa!
Absolutely. The non-Indian contestants should be given easier words and the Indian-americans harder ones. So the non-Indian kids feelings won't get hurt. Because contests are all about the feelings of the losers. (smirk)
Hmmmm— hard work, diligence, and a healthy respect for education, culture, and learning. Who knew that’s a recipe for success?
/s
Some of the permanently aggrieved braying jackasses in our inner cities and the libtard apologists who moan about “bad schools” in our cities should ponder that it’s the “bad kids” who MAKE the “bad schools” bad . If the parents and kids were to emulate these kids in the article, they might turn things around for themselves.
But, that’s hard-better to just sit around and make excuses....