Spelling Bee’s as far as I know, are a uniquely English-language phenomena. So illogical and unphonetic is our language—due to its pigeon/bastard origins—that it takes a tremendous amount of raw memorization—which teens and younger excel at—just to spell in a basic literate sense.
Spelling Bees are NOT needed in more logical, phonetic languages like German, French, Spanish, Italian etc.
It’s strange how we’ve turned the worst part of our language—its illogical, rule-less nature in spelling—into a competition and mark of pride for kids.
I wonder what our kids could do if they didn’t have to worry about spending a lot of time memorizing spelling, just to attain basic literacy?
Well, based upon what is running our public education system, the additional time would be spent teaching the kids about ‘fisting’ and other degenerate practices theprogressives deem ‘worthy for indoctrination’.