Behind the Headlines

I covered and judge the Monroe County Intermediate School District’s Spelling Bee last night.

The winner, Marc Schwartz, an eighth-grader from Cantrick Middle School easily won the competition after spelling “perdition” and “motley” correctly.

After receiving his trophy and medal, I asked him what he thought about beating out 38 other participants.

He shrugged his shoulders and said he didn’t try all that hard to win and he thought the majority of his 14 words were easy to spell.

I am surprised how little he seemed to care about winning. Although, I should not have been so surprised. Every time he went to the microphone to spell a word, he looked really bored.
Looking back, I should have asked him if he would have rather been someplace else last night. I’m sure he would have been more enthusiastic about that.