Yesterday was the big spelling bee.
There's Sarah, looking as nervous as I felt.
Practice round. Easy word: "nice".
Round 1. "Thrilling". I was worried, because she's always had troubling remembering when to double the consonant. She remembered the rule I taught her and spelled it correctly.
Round 2. The word was "superb". She got it.
Round 3. The word is "tete a tete". I think I scoffed out loud. How is she supposed to know a French word?! She listened to the definition, asked for a sentence, took a reasonable guess, and got dinged. At least she went out on an impossible word instead of one that would haunt her for the rest of her days. I'm proud of her.
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