tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post7726080562804545767..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: CongratulationsJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-23934956459755475102009-06-05T16:01:02.933-04:002009-06-05T16:01:02.933-04:00It's rote memorization and the reason for dict...It's rote memorization and the reason for dictionaries.<br /><br />Nevertheless, a local loon asserted in the local newspaper that the champion should have an asterisk, like the steroid athletes, because eighth-graders who had passed more than two college-credit courses were not eligible to compete. <br /><br />So we should assign our so-called gifted children to memorizing "Joyful Alternativehttp://badattitudes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-30598297451094060472009-06-01T09:23:57.093-04:002009-06-01T09:23:57.093-04:00Now go kiss some boys. Or girls. Or both.I got tha...<I>Now go kiss some boys. Or girls. Or both.</I>I got that exact advice after winning my first regional spelling bee, but before getting any trophies. I have to say I've never regretted it, but I'm less ambitious than many.D. Sidhenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-41067123539287090142009-06-01T09:01:06.187-04:002009-06-01T09:01:06.187-04:00I can spell Caerphilly, but I was born twenty mile...I can spell Caerphilly, but I was born twenty miles away.Jeff Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-67307568563577341072009-05-29T23:01:38.584-04:002009-05-29T23:01:38.584-04:00SO awesome, she was on Rachel Maddow's show. I'm a...SO awesome, she was on Rachel Maddow's show. I'm a word-nut (crossword puzzle addict (NYTimes sunday puzzle ONLY), boggle champion, avid reader, etc.) so I love seeing the youngsters excelling at this AND it being put front and center.HelenWheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709287737262543974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-58126174383405739442009-05-29T18:56:48.254-04:002009-05-29T18:56:48.254-04:00Leave it to the whingers: Right Pundits published ...Leave it to the whingers: <I>Right Pundits</I> published a column -- "Kavya Shivashankar Can Spell, Obama Cannot" -- which, yes indeed, included <A HREF="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FbaTT_Aky10/SiBliwUG50I/AAAAAAAAASw/snv5R-PNikI/s1600-h/INEVITABLE.jpg" REL="nofollow">a misspelled word.</A>Grace Nearinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-79298293087398314572009-05-29T15:13:42.343-04:002009-05-29T15:13:42.343-04:00Thank you. I love watching these kids, thought Spe...Thank you. I love watching these kids, thought <I>Spellbound</I> was nifty, and one of my favorite radio shows -- now on teevee if you can find it -- is <I>From the Top</I>. This is probably because we are childless and want to pretend that such multi-talented and future wealth-producing prodigies are how our children would have turned out, instead of the more likely meth-addled serial killer R. Porrofattonoreply@blogger.com