A 14-year-old Indiana boy mastered “autochthonous” to win the National Spelling Bee Thursday, outdueling 264 rivals, including one who fainted on stage but recovered to take second place. —Ben Feller —14-Year-Old Indiana Boy Wins Spelling Bee (AP|MyWay)
Also worth noting: the comment about the environment at the bee (“[c]ourtesy reigns”), and the story of Ashkay Buddiga, who fainted, hopped up to spell his word correctly, was escourted off to rest, and eventually won second place.
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Eh, there’s plenty worth doing that’s easy. Don’t be so darned Lutheran, willya?
That really doesn’t take anything away from those things that *are* difficult.
“It’s a lot of hard, endless, time consuming work.” Sounds like being a parent, or being a student, or doing anything else worth doing.
I believe you can study, and restudy the dictionary several times and still find words you know nothing about. David and the others did an awesome job. It takes a lot of mind preparation to even think you’re ready for that stage. I know, I’ve been knocked out of state 2 times trying to get to the National Spelling Bee. It’s a lot of hard, endless, time consuming work. ( Sounds like having a job, doesn’t it?) He deserves all the recognition for reaching his goal.