littleghettoblaster

I was the 4th grade champion of my school for the Spelling Bee. I remember that they gave me the word “balk” and I didn’t know it, then they told me it was a 6th grade level word, and we hadn’t gotten that far yet, so I was back in. Blah, blah, I won. So did a 6th grader. Then I went to the district Bee, and lost. Early. On the word “vanilla”. Vanilla. Can you believe it? I was kicking myself.

I was always a good speller, but over the years my gut instinct has waned in frequency and accuracy.

I blame the decline in my spelling and spelling confidence to what this study suggests.

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