Comments | boonie_boy: National Spelling Bee!

boonie_boy

National Spelling Bee!

Jun 03, 2004 13:51

I was watching the National Spelling Bee today and, man, is it intense!!! I didn't realize how heart wrenching it could be... I almost cried. And all the kids looked as though they were going to pee there pants. One kid stumbled, literally, but managed to get the word right and continue. There was this other kid that was the perfect dork/nerd. He ( Read more... )

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arrogantrabbit June 3 2004, 13:56:36 UTC

Meh. I saw it too. Dumb kid was hiding behind his placard :D

boonie_boy June 3 2004, 14:05:08 UTC

why weren't you at school?

arrogantrabbit June 3 2004, 19:02:35 UTC

AIM, foo.

docshwet June 3 2004, 16:46:53 UTC

I was in the State Spelling Bee in the third grade and it was the scariest thing I had done at that point in my life. I cried afterwards because the stress was just too much. Its scary stuff.

young_innocence June 3 2004, 17:09:24 UTC

oooh shweta, that was adorable, i'm sure you did awesome

desidace June 3 2004, 20:41:34 UTC

You were in that?!? So was I! I even still remember the word I got out on...

"kernel"

(because I spelled it with an 'a' instead of an 'e' at the end - to this day I still mess up on that more than anything else)

docshwet June 3 2004, 21:14:51 UTC

You were in that?! Wow. The one that was broadcast on the radio and everything?

I remember the word I get wrong, and why I got it wrong, and I'm still very sad about that.

Ah well, that was a lonnng time ago, eh?

shamira55 June 3 2004, 21:03:22 UTC

I didn't make it into the spelling bee even though i was the best speller in my class, just because i didn't hear the word...chose, i spelled CHOOSE! god damit! the teacher wouldn't understand. stupid witch :( i would have the whole spelling bee competition dammit! the whole competition!

ok, i'm done!

ericl234 July 5 2004, 01:54:58 UTC

i saw that too! im so glad that normal kid won.

i remember being in the spelling bee (district-wide, maybe?) and it was a round where you have like 30 that you get and have to write down and you have to get a certain number right to move on....the last one i missed was chocolate. damn chocolaty goodness messing with my brain!