Well yesterday I was in the spelling bee. I was doin great, in the final round when the director asks me how to spell,\n"CONVALESCE" Well I spell it right but then they buzz me out cause they said that I was supposed to spell convalent! AND finally the kid who won got mosaic and samurai! WHAT THE ****!
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That's so frustrating. Not to mention unfair. But that's the way things happen. You could fight it. Was anyone taping it? You could file a grievance or some kind of formal protest making them to look at the tape and determine whether the person giving the words wasn't clear. \n\nIf nothing's done about it. Chalk it up to a hard knock in your experiences and move on. It's not worth your negative energy. YOU know you did your best.
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Not your finest performance in spelling is it?
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Please, please, please, please, a SPELLING BEE.
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I did not see the particular episode you're referring to... BUT I do have a thought to share on the subject.  I've met quite a few children who were home schooled who have NO social skills whatsoever. (in other words, they are quite shy around others, and are in capable of interacting on the same level as someone who attends a structured school.)  Also, unless the parents who are home schooling children are qualified to teach children, I have a VERY difficult time agreeing that these children are receiving the best education possible.\n Also, just to correct your grammar... it's "As a home schooled....", not "As an home schooled...."\n\n****\nTo "answer faerie" .... since when has the word "home" been a word beginning with a consonant but starting with a vowel sound???  \nSimple misspellings happen to everyone ... even Harvard grads.... but not knowing or understanding basic grammar, because your schooling didnt' provide for it, is quite hurtful in the long run to the children.
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Sure, Here goes...\n\nI was UNDAUNTED in my task to get someone else to do my homework for me. If I were ever found out I would most certainly be LYNCHED by my teacher. Several people ADMONISHED me for my plan. If I succeeded I could GLOAT over my victory but I would be very EMBITTERED if I were found out as a dummy. I've had to MORTGAGE my intelligence and I was SODDEN at my ignorance. My only CONCESSION in this pack of lies was that at least mom wouldn't shove a bar of IVORY soap in my mouth for lying. I, Being a cheating MAVERICK had DONNED my best confident look. My RESILIENCY as firm as a stretched TARPAULIN. I was being UNDERHANDED because my brain was LAGGED to the point of pinging out.\n\nHow's that?
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Oh my freaking god I know! I am not sure why all the questions are mis-spelled and with such bad grammar that it makes me cringe just to look. I do remember one time I didn't type for accuracy. I was hanging upside-down in a cave of vampire bats with my dad's laptop taped to my arms as I was getting the blood slowly sucked from my feet by baby bats. Then there was the time that I was frozen to the floor in the freezer and banging on the door for 6 hours yelling for help... I don't like to talk about it.
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wow, that sucks, but seriously, I'm sure you would've done great in the part, but what can you do now?? If they need an understudy for it, you should ask for the part, that way if the other guy gets sick, you'll be able to take the part. But there was obviously a reason you didn't get it, maybe you should ask why you didn't so you can work on improving for the next highschool musical. But for now, be content with whatever part you serve in the play, go and watch it, enjoy yourself, take a couple of friends or something! Don't get yourself down, there will be other opportunities, apparently this opportunity just wasn't the one for you! And you don't sound whiny....lol :) Chin up Mr. Wonderful! hehehe
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Hmm not sure but how old is your daughter?  I would think trying to make a sentence that loops around itself and makes sense is abit much for someone that is still using "spelling words".  Could be wrong though as basing it on my own education where we had a tin of words to practice in infants school :o)\n\nSure it doesn't just mean a full sentence?  Like string a sentence together?
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Mmmm. have you tried spelling your names backwards :D ?
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a high school student asked me a very serious question during the hieght of the bird flu disease.... she asked: "Sir, is "bird flu" the past tense of "bird fly?" She was very serious!!!! \nAnother thing is resigning from a stable job and opening up a business without any knowledge about it!!! That's me!!! hehehehehe.........
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good lord, i hope you stay in skewl with spelling like that..and was there a question in there somewhere?
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As I study the Queens English, I would find it most embarrassing to make a grammatical error! I use the spell check simply to confirm that which I already know: I have made no spelling errors. Unfortunately, there is no grammar check on here.
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I wish it had a mandatory spell check. Like, martial law spelling corrections! Yeah...
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Perhaps I can speak from a teacher's point of view: Spelling is taught in American schools however; they usually teach it in conjunction with grammar and vocabulary. I agree that our students have some issues with spelling because there are so many rules. I have a hard time trying to teach my students to memorize the rules. (i before e; etc.) If you memorize spelling rules and apply them, spelling can be a breeze. I also believe that spelling is a subject that you just "have to like". Just like with Math. Everyone does not like math. As for me, I love the language of English. I study it, I read, I define words, I investigate the linguistics of the language but everybody does not find this their main focus. Finally, I don't think that the statement can be limited to "all" Americans. That's too general.  I'll bet there are some pretty bad spellers in Dennmark, Norway, Africa, Russia, The Netherlands, Egypt, Ireland, Alaska...well..you get my drift. (smile)
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Hahah.  Hellllllll yeah, there's this one Yahoo! Answers person named anneandjessie.  Man, they're hilarious with their spelling and question asking.  Who the freak spells "does" like "dous" everytime...even when people tell them that "does" is spelled like "d-o-e-s."  Orrrr, they ask "Dous poupl like me?"  UGGGGH, those freaks of nature...
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Wow tahts raelly itersenitng!\nThat's pretty cool the way our minds work... even though the words are scrambled, they're still understandable because the first and last letters.
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Get off your high horse...this is a forum for anyone who wants to participate in it, not just for smart people who proofread.  Misspelled words aren't necessarily a sign of poor education as much as laziness (not to suggest that laziness is any better).  Just get over it.