Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
The home-schooled eighth-grader correctly spelled cecity, which means blindness, and crocus, which is a type of flower, to advance to the fourth round of competition
Somehow, I missed the preliminary story. Congratulations to all the competitors. You kids are definitely NOT wasting Nevada taxpayers money, unlike the orangutans who make fun of you for being so smart. Good luck Tussah. You're making all of us proud.
There must be many good spellers attending public school, but as commenter Homeschool pointed out, any kid who tries to read the dictionary during some "more important" class function will be reprimanded. I actually *know* someone like this. This short, geeky and very bright young man, who is constantly teased by his classmates, was actually scolded by his teacher for reading his book (Potter?) in class! She made him put it away. One can imagine the sort of crucial lesson she had in store for the class. CCSD kids who succeed do so in spite of Rulffes.
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