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St. Margaret’s annual spelling bee was today. Unfortunately, it was my last. If I had won the oral spell down I would have been able to go on to the city bee, but alas, I have been mispronouncing the word hamster all my life, which caused me to spell it h-a-m-p-s-t-e-r.
This is the word list for the written portion of the bee:
baton
gestapo
pollimer (polymer)
spherical
autopsy
hydralic, (hydraulic)
finale
physique
rhetoric
platou (plateau)
shrapinal (shrapnel)
angstrum (angstrom)
susceptible
tritium
segue (pronounced segway)
idiom
harpsichord
cauliflower
charlotton (charlatan)
archipelago
quiche
camouflage
Fahrenheit
sasparilla (sarsaparilla)
dashund (dachshund)
The written spelling bee went much better for me, as usual. I won, with 17 out of 25 words correct. I have won first in the written section five times, and second once. I have only gotten first in the oral bee once, and I also got third place once. That one time I won in 6th grade enabled me to go the the city bee, where I tied for fourth out of ninety three 5th-8th graders. I won a two foot tall trophy.
My last geography bee was on Dec. 2. It takes two wrong questions to get out, and I didn’t know what state had Myrtle Bay in it (South Carolina), or where General Lee had surrendered to General Grant, (Virginia). I won last year, and went to the state bee where I answered five out of eight questions right.
Here is a picture of the medals and ribbons I have won in the past:
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Hi Sarah,
I enjoyed reading your post. Sorry you won’t be advancing in the spelling bee. You did great on the written! I’m sure I would have missed some of those words.
You have a beautiful trophy for your efforts.
I can tell you for sure I did not know the answer to your geography questions! Ha, ha.
It’s not so much about winning as staying the course.
Congratualtions on your fine efforts.
Love, Grandma Frederes