The 12-year-old who can spell better than spelling bee judges!

UK Daily Mail, various ^ | March 15, 2013 | Jessica Montoya Coggins

[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.

[Stoat]

WHERE is blind justice when you need it?????

 

"snicker"  ;-)

[Stoat]

When I was 12 I would have kept quiet too. Not now.

 

I'm assuming that there were multiple judges in attendance, and none of them said a word. 

She spelled it correctly, but on the judges and word master spelling sheet it was spelled with one less "L."

 

So, not only does nobody proofread the master spelling list, nobody took 1/2 second out of their busy day to push the "spellcheck" button.  A common word like Braille would have popped up in even the most antiquated word processor's spellcheck program.

This sounds like precisely the sort of work-process that I would expect from the most thuggish "it's not my job" labor union hacks; and these Mensa Champions are not only teaching our children, they're making them fail what is to the child an extremely important event when they could have been gracious and corrected themselves at the time....if there had been an ounce of humility or professionalism on their parts.

"sigh"

[Larry Lucido]

What was worse was that the next word was “Moops.”

[Stoat]

Has the blind yoot community started rioting so they can get free stuff?

 

LMAO ;-)

 

 

[cynwoody]

What was worse was that the next word was “Moops.”

Or brailleola.

[Larry Lucido]

:)

[bigheadfred]

thanks

[TurboZamboni]

[pennyfarmer]

Lets not. LOL