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Local blind student in Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals
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spic-ole
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PostPosted: 02 Jun 2005 09:43 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

bemisnorris wrote:
spic-ole wrote:
bemisnorris wrote:
But honestly, is it really that big a deal that she's a blind speller? I'd be more impressed if she was a blind basketball player.


Spelling is visual. Just like reading. That's a pretty big handicap.


She reads braile...that's not visual.


Braile shmale.

When seeing folk try to spell words, they usually try to picture it in their heads.

When most people read, they recognize words like a picture, not letters. It's visual, obviously.

The fact that she can't visualize the words, probably makes it more difficult.
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PostPosted: 03 Jun 2005 08:18 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

spic-ole wrote:
When most people read, they recognize words like a picture, not letters. It's visual, obviously.


Spic-ole = A tall, white complex, chicano, who sports his Red Che shirt, and drives a foreign automobile.
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PostPosted: 03 Jun 2005 07:52 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

verbal wrote:
Spic-ole = A tall, white complex, chicano, who sports his Red Che shirt, and drives a foreign automobile.


So close.

Zapata shirt.
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PostPosted: 03 Jun 2005 10:45 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

spic-ole wrote:
verbal wrote:
Spic-ole = A tall, white complex, chicano, who sports his Red Che shirt, and drives a foreign automobile.


So close.

Zapata shirt.


i thought it was a "I Love CHS" shirt, like the one Verbal use to wear
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