r2d2 Posted June 1, 2019 Report Posted June 1, 2019 7 out of the eight winners are Indian Americans..and three are from North Dallas... vey soon we will see @LastManStanding cheering his kid 1 Quote
Rushabhi Posted June 1, 2019 Report Posted June 1, 2019 27 minutes ago, r2d2 said: 7 out of the eight winners are Indian Americans..and three are from North Dallas... vey soon we will see @LastManStanding cheering his kid @LastManStanding will not do that. His kids will grow more dynamic Quote
r2d2 Posted June 1, 2019 Report Posted June 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, Rushabhi said: @LastManStanding will not do that. His kids will grow more dynamic Past Winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee: Where They Are Now Fourteen-year-old eighth grader William Cashore of Norristown, Pennsylvania, gets congratulated by television personality Ed Sullivan. (Right: Willard Widerberg, selected Teacher of the Year by the National Education Association.) Bettmann—Getty Images BY OLIVIA B. WAXMAN MAY 25, 2016 Founded in 1925, the Scripps National Spelling Bee prepares to crown its 2016 champion live on ESPN this Thursday. TIME talked with eight former champions from the long history of the bee to see what they did next, where they are today and how the study prep for bees helped them get there. Most of these well-rounded professionals described the moment of victory as their 15 minutes of fame, but some did say their winning words have come up throughout their lives in the most unexpected and hilarious ways. Here are their stories: Get your history fix in one place: sign up for the weekly TIME History newsletter Write to Olivia B. Waxman at [email protected]. 1954 Name: William Cashore, 76, East Greenwich, R.I. Winning word: Transept (n. “the section forming the short arm of a church with a cross-shaped floor plan”) Occupation: Neonatology specialist and professor emeritus at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School Nicknamed “speller” in high school, he was pre-med at the University of Notre Dame and went to the University of Pennsylvania for medical school. He credits the spelling bee with giving him the confidence to compete and to speak out in public, which came in handy for teaching and lecturing later in life. Correctly spelling the championship word even inspired a lifelong interest in architecture. “I’m a fan of period styles of architecture. Walking into a church in Europe,” he says, “I’ll say, ‘Here’s the transept, the nave, the apse, et cetera.” A few years ago, he came in second in a charity spelling bee with hospital co-workers—but he blames his ears, not his spelling chops for his runner-up status: “I had developed a bit of hearing loss. I couldn’t always hear the words quite clearly.” Complete article Quote
kevinUsa Posted June 1, 2019 Report Posted June 1, 2019 36 minutes ago, r2d2 said: 7 out of the eight winners are Indian Americans..and three are from North Dallas... vey soon we will see @LastManStanding cheering his kid was thinking to post this Quote
snoww Posted June 1, 2019 Report Posted June 1, 2019 43 minutes ago, r2d2 said: 7 out of the eight winners are Indian Americans..and three are from North Dallas... vey soon we will see @LastManStanding cheering his kid Dallas Quote
Rushabhi Posted June 1, 2019 Report Posted June 1, 2019 13 minutes ago, r2d2 said: Past Winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee: Where They Are Now Fourteen-year-old eighth grader William Cashore of Norristown, Pennsylvania, gets congratulated by television personality Ed Sullivan. (Right: Willard Widerberg, selected Teacher of the Year by the National Education Association.) Bettmann—Getty Images BY OLIVIA B. WAXMAN MAY 25, 2016 Founded in 1925, the Scripps National Spelling Bee prepares to crown its 2016 champion live on ESPN this Thursday. TIME talked with eight former champions from the long history of the bee to see what they did next, where they are today and how the study prep for bees helped them get there. Most of these well-rounded professionals described the moment of victory as their 15 minutes of fame, but some did say their winning words have come up throughout their lives in the most unexpected and hilarious ways. Here are their stories: Get your history fix in one place: sign up for the weekly TIME History newsletter Write to Olivia B. Waxman at [email protected]. 1954 Name: William Cashore, 76, East Greenwich, R.I. Winning word: Transept (n. “the section forming the short arm of a church with a cross-shaped floor plan”) Occupation: Neonatology specialist and professor emeritus at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School Nicknamed “speller” in high school, he was pre-med at the University of Notre Dame and went to the University of Pennsylvania for medical school. He credits the spelling bee with giving him the confidence to compete and to speak out in public, which came in handy for teaching and lecturing later in life. Correctly spelling the championship word even inspired a lifelong interest in architecture. “I’m a fan of period styles of architecture. Walking into a church in Europe,” he says, “I’ll say, ‘Here’s the transept, the nave, the apse, et cetera.” A few years ago, he came in second in a charity spelling bee with hospital co-workers—but he blames his ears, not his spelling chops for his runner-up status: “I had developed a bit of hearing loss. I couldn’t always hear the words quite clearly.” Complete article Good for them but I still can't change my opinion about this. Probably the only good thing about spelling bee competition is learning to compete and work under pressure. Very much like our kids back in India striving to compete for IITs Quote
r2d2 Posted June 2, 2019 Report Posted June 2, 2019 1 minute ago, Rushabhi said: Good for them but I still can't change my opinion about this. Probably the only good thing about spelling bee competition is learning to compete and work under pressure. Very much like our kids back in India striving to compete for IITs your opinion is respected.. my intention was to say that they are not mere 'curry leaves'... Quote
LastManStanding Posted June 2, 2019 Report Posted June 2, 2019 54 minutes ago, r2d2 said: 7 out of the eight winners are Indian Americans..and three are from North Dallas... vey soon we will see @LastManStanding cheering his kid 25 minutes ago, Rushabhi said: @LastManStanding will not do that. His kids will grow more dynamic 17 minutes ago, kevinUsa said: was thinking to post this 10 minutes ago, snoww said: Dallas Hahaha! Andaru kalisi aadukuntunnaru kadha! North Dallas ante nenu unde area ne..lol. Nice to know Quote
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