I read a great deal when growing up. How much did I read? Well, one summer my sister and I were temporarily banned from the library as part of a program to get Sue and I more physically active. We read so much we were never outside. As an aside, it worked...I did a lot of bike riding, basketball and baseball playing every summer after that...but I still read a lot.
And one thing reading does is help your spelling. I was an excellent speller. By the time I was in third grade I made it to the semi-finals of a school-wide 1st through 6th grade spelling bee. Sadly, the word I missed that kept me out of the finals was an easy one...business. Yes, I still remember it. I would have gotten it right except I corrected myself...and the correction was wrong. I did not trust myself. :-) as if it matters...
But I continued to be a strong speller. In fact, in 5th grade I represented Columbia County in spelling. I won the County contest and went to state where I finished third. I still have that newspaper clipping. And it is quite a hilarious clipping. It reported, and I quote, "Andy Barton finished in third palce"
Now, I am not sure what a "palce" is...but in a report on spelling bee results, is there a better time to misspell something?
4 years ago
1 comment:
That's terrible and hilarious at the same time! Andy? :)
I was in a spelling bee in fourth grade. I don't remember which word knocked me out of the loop but I was in the top 9. I forget sometimes that spelling doesn't come easy to everyone...I *hate* seeing things that are spelled incorrectly when I think it should be obvious, and I tend to poke at people who make grammatical mistakes in their first language.
Post a Comment