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The 12-year-old who can spell better than spelling bee judges!
UK Daily Mail, various ^
| March 15, 2013
| Jessica Montoya Coggins
Posted on 03/17/2013 9:36:17 AM PDT by Stoat
The 12-year-old who can spell better than spelling bee judges! Little girl eliminated after judges couldn't get 'braille' right
W-R-O-N-G
A young girl with an affinity for spelling was erroneously eliminated from a spelling bee in Selma, California after she allegedly misspelled the word 'braille.'
According to KMPH, Sierra Shoemaker, 12, provided the correct spelling for the word, but the judges had the word spelled with one 'L' and sent her packing with a second-place finish
'I didn't really want to say anything because when the word master tells you [that you] spelled a word wrong you don't really want to argue with him.'
Despite a community outcry, officials from Selma's school district would not grant an appeal on the spelling bee, but they did provide something even better.
Shoemaker will be able to compete in next week's Fresno County Spelling Bee.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Education; Local News
KEYWORDS: braille; california; selma; shoemaker; sierrashoemaker; spelling; spellingbee
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posted on
03/17/2013 9:36:17 AM PDT
by
Stoat
To: Slings and Arrows; xsmommy; VRWCmember; secret garden; Slip18; Argh; DaveLoneRanger; AVNevis
I suppose the judges had been focusing on Marxist, militant-feminist 'literature' in college instead of learning correct spelling, although I recall knowing how to spell Braille as a VERY young stoat....
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posted on
03/17/2013 9:37:55 AM PDT
by
Stoat
(If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
To: Stoat
As I hope people know, the infamous Dan Quayle incident consisted of the school handing Quayle a card upon which "potato" had been mispelled. The student in the bee spelled it correctly, Quayle looked at the official card and said, "I'm sorry, that's wrong."
And the media decided that Quayle was an idiot.
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posted on
03/17/2013 9:56:42 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The ballot box is a sham. Nothing will change until after the war.)
To: ClearCase_guy
It actually wasn’t spelled wrong. You can spell the plural two ways, one is more commonly used today than the other; but in the past, the version he used was the more common way.
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posted on
03/17/2013 9:59:00 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: Secret Agent Man
What? Are you a killjoy? What fun would it be if Dan wasn’t a complete idiot? /jk
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posted on
03/17/2013 10:20:01 AM PDT
by
pennyfarmer
(Your socialist beat our liberal AGAIN.)
To: Secret Agent Man
The word was not plural, it was singular, and the TEACHER spelled it wrong.
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posted on
03/17/2013 10:23:23 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Stoat
According to KMPH, Sierra Shoemaker, 12, provided the correct spelling for the word, but the judges had the word spelled with one 'L' and sent her packing with a second-place finishI should hope that they took back their second place trophy and gave her her first place trophy.
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posted on
03/17/2013 10:25:49 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
(Joe Biden: "Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy.")
To: Secret Agent Man
It actually wasnt spelled wrong.
Since it is named after a proper name (Luis Braille), I am surprised that an alternate spelling has become acceptable.
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posted on
03/17/2013 10:25:57 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(HRC:"Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping,"-NKorea)
To: Stoat
WHERE is blind justice when you need it?????
Bees, they're nothin' to mess with.
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posted on
03/17/2013 10:27:32 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: Kirkwood
Potato and potatoe are both correct. Potato is the currently preferred version, but the flash card at the Dan Quayle event used the other spelling as the standard.
To: UnwashedPeasant
Potatoe is not correct because we no longer live in the 1300s when standard spelling didn’t exist. Potato is the correct spelling, and the way you would want teachers to teach your kids to spell it.
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posted on
03/17/2013 10:35:36 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Stoat
Shocked, I am Shocked!!
I must admit I was surprised when I found the young lady was ‘blond and blue eyed’, I was surely looking for a ‘disadvantaged’ student.
Glad to see the judges had the good sense to allow the young lady to be added to the next step.
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posted on
03/17/2013 10:36:08 AM PDT
by
xrmusn
(6/98 --I turn 75 next year- but remember, that's only 24 Celsius. (TKS R. Reagan))
To: Stoat
When I was 12 I would have kept quiet too. Not now. I would have said “No, you’re wrong. The correct spelling is what I said. Go back and get the correct information.”
To: UnwashedPeasant
And to think that today we have a president who while may be able to spell does not know how many states there are in the Union. :-))
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posted on
03/17/2013 10:50:10 AM PDT
by
mc5cents
To: Stoat
Has the blind yoot community started rioting so they can get free stuff?
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posted on
03/17/2013 12:09:20 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Stoat
As Andrew Jackson said:
Only a fool spells a word the same way twice.
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posted on
03/17/2013 1:23:07 PM PDT
by
hans56
To: Stoat; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
P-O-T-A-T-O-E
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posted on
03/17/2013 1:24:20 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Stoat
"Spelling bees are as rigged as pro wrestling. Trust me on this"
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posted on
03/17/2013 3:39:46 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(I think, therefore I am what I yam, and that's all I yam - "Popeye" Descartes)
To: Kirkwood
Go take a look at the ubiquitous Betty Crocker Cookbook. They spell it with an “e”.
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posted on
03/17/2013 4:25:17 PM PDT
by
cyclotic
(In a society of wolves, you do not fight back by creating more sheep-Dan Bongino)
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