Pretty interesting story of a kid who passed out or something while trying to spell a word. Catch the excitement on ESPN2!
lol I was watching that earlier. The kid who passed out made it to the final two. These kids are under all kinds of stress and for what? To spell some damn words that no one uses? Not worth it to me.
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Dr Baghead
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quote:These kids are under all kinds of stress and for what? To spell some damn words that no one uses? Not worth it to me.
It's more then just "to spell some damn words that no one uses"... that's just a logical person's way of looking at it...
It's all about the parents, who likely are hitting their mid-life crisises and starting to think they never amount to anything... they're stuck in their go no where job in accounting, if only they had gotten better grades so they could get to a better college, if only they could have afforded that better college! they wouldn't be an accountant, they'd be a manager! driving his fast car with his hot wife, that's the life denied to them!!! So naturally the parent will force their child to do well in spelling bees, then the good colleges will see they're good! and they'll win schoolarships to pay for the good colleges... but of course one isn't enough so they'll have to 'tour'to a bunch of bees to collect a bunch of schoolarships. Sure it seems like a lot of pressure to put on kids but they're thankful later on... and they'll buy you a fast car and a retirement house in Florida and a sexy nurse maid so you can live out your final years in peace because you made them a success!
but my father was boarding on that level of insanity (decides not to tell stories of his 'funderful' childhood) so I'm probably just assuming every child who has to learn things they don't want to is forced to by parents unhappy they aren't living the life they wanted...
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Why are we leaping to assume that it was stress and/or parental abuse? He could've just gotten a virus and decided that he would rather take a vacation to Washington and go to the finals than stay home in bed. I know plenty of people who have gone out of state for various types of competitions and championships when they're sick, hoping that they'll be better by the time they get there. And they usually aren't.
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Haha, I saw this on the news.
The hilarious thing is when the kid fell down, NOBODY tried to help him up. Nobody even moved. What a classy competition.
And the kid that won, he looked like he was about to have an asthma attack right there during the final word.
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That nonsense is sad. Here at M. Bison Hat Club, we feel no sympathy for the weak, and take pride in the philosophy of Darwinism!
However, inspired by such scenarios, the M. Bison Hat Club is going to sponsor a world-wide spelling bee contest, neverminding the many different languages. And we will take over the world through it, muh huh huh!
That will give us the energy we need to feed our psycho drive back into life. Muh, huh, huh.
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quote:That will give us the energy we need to feed our psycho drive back into life. Muh, huh, huh.
Oh no! You gave away the scenario SNKP kept hidden for Kof 2004 ! Now they will have to use the scenario B. AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT !
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quote: That nonsense is sad. Here at M. Bison Hat Club, we feel no sympathy for the weak, and take pride in the philosophy of Darwinism!
However, inspired by such scenarios, the M. Bison Hat Club is going to sponsor a world-wide spelling bee contest, neverminding the many different languages. And we will take over the world through it, muh huh huh!
That will give us the energy we need to feed our psycho drive back into life. Muh, huh, huh.
This also sounds like some kind of Sailor Moon plot from the first season.
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, posted Fri 4 Jun 05:31
Yeah, I saw this on the news too. I think the kid was just buyig himself sometime so he could think about the word he was supposed to spell.
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, posted Fri 4 Jun 09:15
you can see the video at espn.com
you got to download their motion video thingy and have to look under the home section of the videos
I think he just had an attack of some sort brought on by nerves. Or he could have locked his knees, which apparently will bring you down as well. I remember a teacher telling us not to lock our knees at some school forced choir singing thing, because one kid in the class passed out because of it.
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, posted Fri 4 Jun 13:36
quote: Why are we leaping to assume that it was stress and/or parental abuse? He could've just gotten a virus and decided that he would rather take a vacation to Washington and go to the finals than stay home in bed. I know plenty of people who have gone out of state for various types of competitions and championships when they're sick, hoping that they'll be better by the time they get there. And they usually aren't.
Okay fine, I'll give you it could have been a virus....
but why do youy assume it was HIS choice to go when he had such a virus and not his parents forcing him to? Hmmmmmmmmm?
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, posted Fri 4 Jun 13:49
Death by spelling! The national high school spelling bee champ or something went to our college at some point so a friend had the infamous video of her winning and letting out a PRIMAL scream (not a "shriek of joy" but a carnal roar). Watch out.
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quote:Okay fine, I'll give you it could have been a virus....
but why do youy assume it was HIS choice to go when he had such a virus and not his parents forcing him to? Hmmmmmmmmm?
Well, he could have just wanted the "fame" associated with being in the spelling bee. You know, the "I wanna be on TV!!!" mindset. And he probably thought he'd get money too or something.
quote: Death by spelling! The national high school spelling bee champ or something went to our college at some point so a friend had the infamous video of her winning and letting out a PRIMAL scream (not a "shriek of joy" but a carnal roar). Watch out.
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"To crush your enemies at the spelling bee... see them driven before you... and to hear the lamentations of their parents."
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In military ceremonies, the formations are more often than not instructed to never lock their knees when standing at the position of Parade Rest or Attention, for doing so would cut the circulation to their brain. This is a random bit of trivia brought to you by the M.Bison Hat Club.
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, posted Fri 4 Jun 18:14
quote: In military ceremonies, the formations are more often than not instructed to never lock their knees when standing at the position of Parade Rest or Attention, for doing so would cut the circulation to their brain. This is a random bit of trivia brought to you by the M.Bison Hat Club.
Yeah, my wife and I were informed by the minister not to lock our knees during our wedding. Lots of people do and end up passing out during the ceremony. Wiggling your toes also helps keep the blood flow'n.
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, posted Sat 5 Jun 01:35
quote: In military ceremonies, the formations are more often than not instructed to never lock their knees when standing at the position of Parade Rest or Attention, for doing so would cut the circulation to their brain. This is a random bit of trivia brought to you by the M.Bison Hat Club.
Man, I'm glad someone else had heard of this too... I was wondering about that.
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