It was ESPN3, I think, Dude, so not their main attraction or whatever. I find it amusing that it's on ESPN.
Iucounu, I did the bee circuit as a child. You can go pretty far on innate ability locally. To do well at the NSB, though, you do have to study your tail off. However, depending on where you live, it may not be that difficult to GET to the bee...as you can see if you watch the bee, many qualifiers are not prepared for the national level and quickly drop out. Which, IMO, is not so terrible. Depending on you and your child, you could view it as a fun opportunity to go to DC and not worry about actually winning.
My DD is a very good speller, but perhaps not as good as I was. I don't know if she has what it takes to do bees, but possibly. I sort of wish I could see some of my writing from when I was her age. She never gets anything wrong on her spelling tests, but in her free writing, she does make some errors.
Last edited by ultramarina; 06/01/12 08:07 AM.
