Question 4: Do you have something in your life like the National Spelling Bee? Describe some of the pressure you feel.
Question 5: Should we still have spelling bees? Why? Why not?
After watching a little bit of the movie Spellbound, I immediately thought the plays and musicals I auditioned and I am going to audition. I thought how the first day I got to meet the partners I was going to work with for more than two months, and felt a little nervous to act in front of them due to the fact that I didn't knew some of them at all. But as the days went by that nervousness went away. But then it came back just a few days before the actual show. That anxiety I felt within me was something I have never felt before. But the actual days of the performance were really horrible. I at a point started to feel sick. By that point I had to calm down and think on something else because if I kept thinking on that I immediately felt sick again. But after the show ended though, that anxiety faded away.
I think we shouldn't hacve spelling bees anymore. This is because I believe that it is pathetic to make such a big of a deal out of proper spelling. That is why we have an english course which teaches us how to do this and that is why we have spelling quizes. The purpose of them is to grade our spelling and how we need to improve. I mean this poor kids pass through a lot of pressure and anxiety just to prove they can spell words. Plus the amount of money people have to pay in order to organize this event is very high. I understand the fact that some kids that participate in this event want to show there talent, but I mean that is not the only talent someone has. They have to be good at something at else. I believe this is ridiculous. Too much pressure for something anyone can do. Really pathetic.
