[walangkatapat]

BS! I'd like to see where in the No Child Left Behind Act it says you can't have a spelling bee.

[Izzy Dunne]

I got a C in English once. The teachers discriminated against me. My self esteem was ruined for at least 15 minutes. Why did they let those other kids get better grades than me. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

[CindyDawg]

Well, I think they out to rule out As, B's, Ds, F's. It's not good for the self esteem of under acievers to fail and the honor roll kids leave the "average" behind. Just give them all Cs and let um watch tv all day.

[Cornpone]

Another example of the spreading idiocy in America today. I guess common sense truly is an oxymoron in our brave new world.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

"children must reach high standards, which conflicts with the spelling bee."

Only a professional educator with a degree in education would be able to understand this.

[Ellesu]

Good Grief, are they going to cancel sports too. Some team might lose.

[anniegetyourgun]

Idiots. I - D - I - O - T - S. Idiots.

[CouncilofTrent]

I was once a candidate for the school spelling bee. I lost and I got over it. In fact, I think I forgot about it the next day. These people need to get a life.

[cyborg]

They know this is not what NCLB is about. But remember it's all about FEELINGS... Linda Newman, assistant superintendent of schools in Lincoln, R.I., said it's her understanding that President Bush's education initiative says all children must reach high standards,

[kitkat]

***... said it's her understanding that President Bush's education initiative says all children must reach high standards, which conflicts with the spelling bee,...***

They just get nuttier by the day, don't they?

[rocksblues]

School Committee Chairman Jeff Weiss told the paper he was unaware the event had been cancelled. But Newman said the cancellation is an administrative decision that does not require committee approval.

Yeah, administrators have the final say on how your children are educated!

[Dante3]

Linda Newman sounds like she has some serious mental issues. Next you can't have a football team either, leaves a bunch of kids behind, same for the band.

[freekitty]

More nonsense.

[Toto_for_breakfast]

Of course they're not going to single out children as winners or losers- I mean, that doesn't happen in the workplace or anything. </sarcasm>

[An American In Dairyland]

They're all nuts. It should be a top priority of conservatives to break the teachers' unions.

[TexasTaysor]

Geeez...more lack of sense and intelligence from the "authorities in charge".....they totally miss the meaning of no child left behind.

[Polybius]

A school district in Rhode Island canceled its annual spelling bee this year because administrators decided the crowning of only one winner violates the main principle of the federal No Child Left Behind Act – that all children should succeed.

Passive-aggressive personality disorder.............. Definition: Passive aggressive personality disorder is a chronic condition in which a person seems to acquiesce to the desires and needs of others, but actually passively resists them and becomes increasingly hostile and angry.

[CouncilofTrent]

Under this form of "logic", would it be safe to say that both Bush and Kerry should have won, so Kerry would not have had his "feelings hurt"?

[Bernard]

This is just stupid. S-T-U-P-I-D Stupid. From her lack of understanding of what NCLB is all about, I'm surprised she is not in psychiatry instead of education. Those people usually have more "issues" than the general population. How sad.

[LauraleeBraswell]

Last time I checked, competition motivates people.