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Remember This? #37 Spelling Test
6Jan2009 Filed under: Remember This? Author: MeliaIf you do, leave a comment!
Spelling was my best subject throughout school, and this was a useful skill to have in the days before spellcheck. My biggest claim to fame is placing 11th in the California State Spelling Bee in 1993, during the spring of 7th grade. All my childhood trophies have bees on them instead of athletes. (Nerd alert! Nerd alert!)
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At the age of 28, I went back to kindergarten. I needed to get my life back on track, and I wanted to start over from the very beginning.
Over several months, I repeated my education, from kindergarten to college. I spent the months that followed learning how to grow up. I'm still learning.
This site is a place for me to tell my story of education, and for you to tell yours: our experiences past and present, and our vision for how it could look in the future.
— Melia Dicker
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Margaret
January 7th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Hey, bigger nerd alert = Monterey Diocese Spelling Bee Winner in 7th grade. CATHOLIC SCHOOL speller. I think I got ya beat there.
But yes, I do remember the folded piece of paper, “hot dog fold.” A surprising dose of paper conservationism in the ‘good ol’ days’ of ignorance! lol.
Alicia C.
January 7th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
I almost have you both beat: I was the Santa Rosa Diocese Spelling Bee Winner in the FOURTH grade! The second place winner was a sixth grader. However, in the Sonoma County Spelling Bee I placed a lousy 15th. I choked horribly. That was hard on my ego.
Siobhan
January 7th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
In school, I loved to read, and I loved words, but I freaking HATED spelling. Friday was spelling test day. What a way to ruin a great day! The worst form of torture was when we had to pass our spelling tests to a “neighbor” for grading. That was AWFUL. I remember being SO happy about going to high school because it meant NO MORE SPELLING TESTS!!!