Last night, I watched the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee. I've always loved watching it even when I was a little girl. My love was renewed when I saw the movie, Akeleeh and the Bee. I almost won the 6th grade spelling bee but I misspelled the word "spur." I added an "e" to the end. Rookie mistake! I love words, I really do. But I'm not the best speller when it comes to complicated ones. During the spelling rounds, I was totally amazed how these kids could spell these words. I still … [Read more...]