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Spelling Bee- Kid Gets Second Chance After District Screws Up - KMPH FOX 26 - Central San Joaquin Valley News Source

 

A video report is available at the link above.

[Stoat]

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....

[ClearCase_guy]

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.

[lowbridge]

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 should hope that they took back their second place trophy and gave her her first place trophy.

[bigheadfred]

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

[xrmusn]

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.

[I want the USA back]

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.”

[Jack Hydrazine]

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

[hans56]

As Andrew Jackson said:
Only a fool spells a word the same way twice.

[Revolting cat!]

P-O-T-A-T-O-E

[Oztrich Boy]

"Spelling bees are as rigged as pro wrestling. Trust me on this"

[Larry Lucido]

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