THIS is THE WEEKEND we've been waiting for!!

Frank Z
Frank Z Posts: 5,860
edited March 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Some of you may remember the thread I started about my daughter winning the District spelling bee...
http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25555&highlight=spelling+bee

This morning we are leaving for Denver to compete in the State Spelling Bee, there was no regional meet for my daughter, she advanced directly to the state level. We have no idea how this is going to go, the information we got indicates that she might have to go head to head against 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students, which I think is abit unfair, but we'll take it a step at a time. The kids have to take a written test before the competition to determine the actuall contestants in the final round. We are all nervous wrecks!! Rebecca is really stressing out but we are so proud of the effort she has made that what happens on Saturday isn't really that big a deal to us anymore.

Saturday? Why leave a day early for a spelling be?

Good question! Seems that while our daughter was doing the spelling bee thing, my son was in a Vocabulary Bee as well. He only mentioned it to Deb and I in passing and all of a sudden we're getting stuff in the mail about Daniel competing in the State-level competition! So Friday afternoon we get to watch our son compete...

http://www.rd.com/nwpc/about.jhtml

and Saturday it's Rebecca's state level competition...
http://www.spellingbee.com/

You folks behave yourselves while I'm gone.:)
9/11 - WE WILL NEVER FORGET!! (<---<<click)
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited March 2005
    Congrats! Sounds like both your kids would throttle my butt in those topics. I still have trouble forming complete sentances and the i before e thing...
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited March 2005
    Originally posted by Frank Z
    take a written tast before the competition to determine the actuall contestants

    I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that she learned to spell from her Mom.


    Congrats, and good luck!
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited March 2005
    Originally posted by jdhdiggs
    sentances

    :D:D:D
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited March 2005
    Fat fingers I guess, but I swear I ran my post through MSWord's spell-checker before posting...
    I'm so ashamed!:(
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited March 2005
    Don't feel bad. I lost the spelling bee on the word "insipid". I spelled it "incipid". Six months of training down the drain. :mad:
    Never Forget
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited March 2005
    Hey now, English is my second language. As soon as someone figures out what my first language is, let me know. ;)
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited March 2005
    Go Zkids, GO!
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,056
    edited March 2005
    Some one in that family has to be the smart one , another the audionut !! :D Congrats somthing to be proud of all the best to your daughter !!
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited March 2005
    congrats to the kids. good luck to all. thats something to be very proud of. obviously they are better spellers than many of the people on this forum :D
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited March 2005
    I wish the kids luck, and you try to stay calm! LOL

    Have fun!:D
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  • ninerbj
    ninerbj Posts: 870
    edited March 2005
    giv dem hell Z kids! I awayz wanted too be in a spling be!!
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited March 2005
    That's great. I got into our school's spelling bee one time and placed 4th. I spelled cauliflower wrong. heh good times. Spelling and vocab are vital, atleast to me anyways, since I'm going to pursue a career in writing I think.

    In 40 days I graduate high school and a forth of the kids in my class can't even spell... that's pathetic.

    good luck to you and your kids!

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2005
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2005
    Go for the jugular. J U G U L A R

    Take no prisoners.

    Good luck too.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited March 2005
    Thanks all!! Heading out as soon as I log off. I'll try to post an update if I can get to a cimpieter..corntuter, camppoter... a PC.:)
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  • Mazeroth
    Mazeroth Posts: 1,585
    edited March 2005
    "Spelling and vocab are vital, atleast to me anyways"

    "In 40 days I graduate high school and a forth of the kids in my class can't even spell... that's pathetic."

    Might want to rethink that career choice! :p

    The devil made me do it!
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited March 2005
    Wow! What a stressful couple of days.

    First off I need to pass on a huge Thank You!! from both Daniel and Rebecca. I printed out this thread and they read it on the way to Denver. They were tickled that people they had never met were wishing them luck. You folks really helped them stay focused.


    Daniel's contest was a wee bit disorganized and space was at a premium. The 100 contestants were divided into groups of twenty and usher out of the main auditorium into smaller rooms for the first round. Parents were not allowed in due to the small rooms. We had to sit around for about 2 two hours before all the scores were tabulated and the winners were announced for the Final Field of 10. Before any announcements were made we were told that eight people had been selected and that a Tie-Breaker round was going to be held to select the final two. The eight students that were tied were lined up in front of the assembled family and friends and they battled through ten rounds before there were two students left. We know knew who the last two were and were about to find out who the first eight were. The first name was called....not our son. The second name was called......not our son. The third name was called....not our son. Oh No! Five spots left!! The fourth name....Daniel Z!!!!! YEAH Baby!! I got some from looks from expressing myself a touch to loudly.

    After seating the kids they started in on the questions. The answers were multiple choice and the kids were given cards with the letters A, B, C, & D to hold up to indicate there answer. Their backs were to us so we had no idea what their responses were for the first few rounds. Finally one of the people involved with the competition figured out that the parents didn't have a clue as to what the answers were or whether or not their child was right or wrong. After they started again they told us which kids were correct and which were wrong. The final round was double elimination and Daniel did very well. Although he did not win first place he did place fourth and handled it with grace and dignity, far more than most adults could. He was hard on himself until we explained the odds of winning the first time out of the gate. He was competing against kids from the 4th grade through 8th grades. Daniel is in 6th.


    Rebecca's day started at 6 am. We had to make it to the Convention Center by 8 o'clock to register. After getting settled in the room where the competition was to start we (parents) were asked to leave the room so that testing could began promptly at 8:30. Deb and I didn't like the idea of leaving, but rules are rules. After leaving the room we talked to a few other parents and compared "Spelling Bee Horror Stories." We counted the total number of kids listed as competitors...253!! That's a lot of kids, but was more surprising was that there were only thirteen 4th graders, Rebecca included. The competition was for students in the 4th through 8th grades. (I can't say that I was really pleased with this format. At the school/district level the kids competed against each other at basically the same level.) Following the written test we had to wait around for a couple of hours to here the finalists announced. Thirty-five students made it to the final Oral Round; sadly Rebecca was not one of them. She was heartbroken at not having made a better showing and shed a few tears that mom and dad helped clear.

    We couldn't be more proud of our kids. They took it upon themselves to enter these contests and readily accepted the addition responsibilities of studying and keeping up with their school work at the same time. To be one of the top 253 spellers in the state at age 9 is quite a feat. Top be ranked 4th in the state in a vocabulary bee is impressive too.

    Thanks again for the support!!
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited March 2005
    That's great, maybe they can tutor swerve!!


    Originally posted by swerve
    and a forth of the kids in my class can't even spell... that's pathetic.




    :D:D:D
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited March 2005
    Beeeeeautiful Thug!! Kynde of stiques out lyche a soar thum doesn't it?

    Congrats Frank!

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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited March 2005
    THIS is THE WEEKEND we've been waiting for!!

    And here I thought this was another March Madness post :o

    Congrats!
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