Indian origin kids have dominated the Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship. They have now won 7 years in a row and all but 4 of the last 15 years.
This blog and this picture is to recognize those kids. This is not a made up picture. This picture was taken in a school in the East Coast of USA. I just blacked out the faces and the names to protect the innocents.
(After thought) Please take a closer look at the word "spelling" in this picture.
(After thought) Please take a closer look at the word "spelling" in this picture.
Congratulations to all Spellimg Bee Champions.
Good to see Indians winning:)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Renu. You did not catch the spelling of "spelling" in the picture.
DeleteYes, have been seeing Indian kids acing this challenge. Kudos to all the winners.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Shilpa. Please look at the spelling for "Spelling" in this picture.
DeleteI saw that and wondered how that could be wrong for this competition. It's ironic, isnt it?!?
DeleteThanks Shilpa. Looks like the people who make the sign board made this mistake.
DeleteYes, either the sign board people or the image editor should have made the mistake!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Rajesh. Yes, you are correct. I thought it is funny to have a spelling mistake for a photo op for the spelling bee champions.
DeleteCommendable that Indian children are successful.
ReplyDeleteWhat could be the reason why US children rspecially American descent are not able to win since they should be stronger phonetically than others
Thanks for your comments Mr. KP. I have no idea why American kids are not able to win. The purpose of this post was to point out the spelling mistake in "spelling" on this picture.
DeleteI was aware but i could not make fun of it as I am myself guilty of typos in every line!
DeleteThat apart i wished to know the answer why spelling bee is the preserve of Indian kids.
Hahahaaa...how come they didn't notice it? It is on record now!
ReplyDeleteWe, Indian parents train our children from childhood to excel in the language...the children grasp easily...great!
Thanks for your comments Sandhya. Yes, they made a mistake.
DeleteHahaha. How can they have a wrong spelling while announcing results for a spelling contest?! :)) I am so glad to hear Indian kids are doing so well in this contest. We Indians are smart :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Ash. Yes, Indian kids are doing well in Spellimg Bee.
DeleteKudos to our Indian Kids who excel in almost everything. Interesting they have a spellimg error announcing the winner of the spellimg bee contest ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Dee. Spelling mistake, of all the places, here.
DeleteThanks for drawing my attention to the spelling of spelling or I would have missed it.Made me laugh.
ReplyDeleteYes Indian kids have always excelled in it:their expertise has often boggled me.One word was so very long and unheard of-very recently.
Thanks for your comments Indu. Very long word in English? It is very easy. That word is "smiles". There is a mile between the two Ss.
DeleteIndian origin kids have been doing well. Nothing for India to take credit here.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the misspelling. Obviously it wasn't kids who made that board. On second thoughts, was that a deliberate tongue-in-cheek mistake, by someone who wanted to pull a fast one!?
Rajan, because of those black squares on their faces, the kids look like criminals. (Usually when criminals are led away by the police, a black cloth is used to mask their faces). Maybe you could just blur the children's faces, to protect their privacy.
Thanks for your comments Pradeep. Excellent suggestion. I will remember this for the future.
DeleteIndian children fare well in spellings because they are good at 'mug-up' knowledge. It is a good exercise for brain for retention. That spell-error may be a purposeful test for the bright ones to notice it. Nice post.
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