Yesterday Ma-lak was in his school's spelling bee!! We are so proud of him, he did GREAT!!! He was a little nervous, as I'm sure they all were.... Including his little friend Jenny who sat beside him, clinging to him the better part of the event (cue smothered laughter and giggles from parents, here!)
The first round, he spelled "wooden", and the second round was "walnut". No problem. The hiccup came in the third round with the word "scissors".... They allowed the kids to write the word down first if they wanted to, which did two things: 1. It made the whole thing move really reeeeaaaalllly slow..... And 2. I think it confused them! I know when I write something, sometimes I think "Well that just doesn't look right!" But if you'd ask me to spell it I could rattle it off.
So he took a full minute to write down the word "scissors" - I'm certain I could hear crickets chirping. He picked up the mic and started to spell it, and said "s-i-s, I mean s-c-i....." DING!!!! You aren't allowed to start spelling a word and then start over. And the bummer of it all was he totally had it written correctly on his little paper!! Awwwww.... Audible groans from the audience, none greater than ours. (sigh)
Next year!! But wow, what a great experience for him!
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