National Spelling Bee Thread

I watched this for 30 minutes this morning while working out.

I have never heard of any word those kids had to spell.

Next year, they should use Tiffany, Tiffani, Tyffani, Ashley, Ashleigh, Ashly, Ashlee, or any other trendy new girls name that has about 30 different ways to spell it, to cull the field early. Good luck, kids.

 

It's the nerd equivalent to the LLWS.

And remember: the "E" in ESPN stands for entertainment.

 

Child exploitation at its finest!

 

I'm a little curious.

What live event was going on this morning/early afternoon, which ESPN could have shown instead, but didn't because they were airing this "annoying" competition?

And you really need to upgrade your cable from that one channel they give you that makes you a hostage to the things ESPN "forces" on you.

 

He's pissed because Rosie is off The View.

 

Wait, spelling and learning is showing the deterioration of America's youth? How so? Seems to me that spelling bees are a good thing, since it requires learning instead of sitting in front of televisions and playing video games.

 

Spelling bees are fine.

But when it gets to the point that news outlets report that a spelling bee "favorite" is out, in a competition involving 11-year-olds, it has lost all sense of proportion. The coverage (not the event) is exploitive.

 

ha ha ha ha

 

Spelling bees are a waste of time.

And I say that as somebody who went 9 years in school (2nd to 11th grades) without missing ONE WORD on a spelling test.

 

Next year the winner should be the one who can come up with the most ways to spell Kristy/Kristi/Christy...you get the idea.

 

Krystee.

 

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton speaks to Silicon Valley executives in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, May 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)