Homeschooler, 13, wins 4 1/2-hour spelling bee

[ebenz47037]

From AZcentral.com:

BILLINGS, Mont. - After 41 rounds and 4½ hours - not to mention spelling words like galenical and mumpsimus - Anna Rose Wright won a shot to go to the nation's most prestigious spelling bee.

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"I have never seen a bee go this long," said judge Lynn Schwanke, a previous state bee director for more than 20 years. "It was really remarkable."

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And though Anna Rose looked composed onstage Saturday during the state final, she said her "palms were sweating, especially toward the end, and my throat was dry."

After it was over, though, she felt relaxed. "I think I'll sleep really well tonight," she said.

I was in those things when I was really young. In second grade, I came in second place in the state of Washington. I've never heard of one going 41 rounds before.

 

[JoyfulRook]

Wow, that's incredible! Good for her!

 

[allsmiles]

:banana: homeschoolers are awesome :banana:

 

[Lucky]

I bet if it wasn't for homeschoolers, spelling bees would only last half an hour.

 

[allsmiles]

:chuckle:

 

[kmoney]

:doh:

 

[ebenz47037]

I bet if it wasn't for homeschoolers, spelling bees would only last half an hour.

I remember my mom looking at her watch the whole time I was in the spelling bee. :chuckle: I'm guessing that mine took too long for her. I don't remember how long it was though.

 

[Nathon Detroit]

In second grade I won a giant "Krackle" candy bar for winning the school spelling bee.

Me winning a spelling bee should prove beyond any doubt that public school kids are not getting a good education. :hammer:

 

[ShadowMaid]

That's great! Spelling is fun! ^_^

 

[Lighthouse]

I lost a spelling bee once because I thought the judges couldn't hear me, and asked to do it again. They let me, and I misspelled the word that time. They told me I had gotten it right the first time, though.:doh:

The word was "argument."

 

[JoyfulRook]

I was in a spelling bee in like 2nd grade and I got nervous and misspelled "tamale."

 

[kmoney]

I was in a spelling bee in like 2nd grade and I got nervous and misspelled "tamale."

As in a "hot tamale"?