Homeschooler Wins Spelling Bee
Posted by Slobokan @ 11:18 · 128 words · print
The winner of the spelling bee sounded as if he'd rather be at a math Olympiad.
Thirteen-year-old Evan O'Dorney of Danville, Calif., breezed through the Scripps National Spelling Bee with barely a hitch Thursday night, taking the title, the trophy and the prizes in a competition that he confessed really wasn't his favorite.
The home-schooled eighth-grader easily aced "serrefine" – a noun describing small forceps – to become the last youngster standing at the 80th annual bee. He triumphed after a tense duel with Nate Gartke of Spruce Grove, Alberta, who was trying to become the first Canadian to win.
I don't want to sound rude, but why was a Canadian competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee anyway?
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