6 awkward National Spelling Bee moments

A. Isaac Senior Editor

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Are you ready for socially awkward kids spelling words that aren’t in 99% of the country’s vernacular? Then tune in for tonight’s final of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. TV programming that will undoubtedly bring monster ratings for ESPN.

Here’s some moments from past spelling bees and champions that make you wonder if home schooled kids need a little more recess time.

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CNN Anchor Kiran Chetry gets some serious attitude from the 2007 Champion. Possibly the most awkward interview you’ll ever see.

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This is what happens when you lock your kids inside your home for months at a time. They quote unfunny movies like Napoleon Dynamite

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Sums up the oddity of the entire spelling bee process. A contestant faints and not a single one of his competitors nor any of the organizers bother helping him.

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Well, at least one of them has a sense of humor. Young Samir here thinks they’ve asked him to spell numb-nut.

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In defense of this girl, I believe she has some kind of obsessive compulsive disorder. That still doesn’t give her free reign to scare the crap out of everyone

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If somebody asked me to spell some stupid ass word like sardoodledom, I would pull down my pants, point at my crotch and say, “That’s a sardoodledom”.

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