These Kids Spent their Lives Preparing for a Spelling Bee That Just Got Cancelled
Posted
May 15, 2020
Views
29,813
Likes
352
Comments
250
Engagement
2.02%
May 15, 2020
29,813
352
250
2.02%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
4:21Now PlayingMuch like Olympians, the athletes who compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee prepare for years for an event they only have a few shots at winning.
But unlike the Olympics, the Spelling Bee isn’t getting postponed. It’s been canceled. That means a whole class of 8th graders won’t be able to compete next year. In 2021, they’ll have aged out.
Subscribe to VICE News here
Check out VICE News for more
Follow VICE News here:
More videos from the VICE network
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
