The Bee has strict rules for maximum ages, and after hearing this story, I think it’s time they instituted a minimum one.
http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/03/06/five-year-old-qualifies-national-spelling-bee
Does this child even know what she’s really doing?
Do any of them? Or are they just fantastic at memorising lists of words?
And what the hell language is ‘jnana’ a word from?
Sanskrit
Let me guess, she’s home schooled? Because I know what my kid was doing in public school kindergarten. Kind of embarrassing for the jr. high kids that lost.
Yup.
Makes me wonder what else she’s being taught, other than spelling words. :rolleyes: I also wonder when her birthday is; she may very well be a pre-K student.
ETA: Several years ago, they had a 6-year-old who made it into the televised rounds. Don’t know if she’s been back.
And then there are the Shivashankar sisters, both of whom won and one of them showed up for the first time when she was about 8 years old.
“Five years old? My, you’re practically a lady.”