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I was talking to my niece the other week. She said that she was thinking of me as her Mom had gone through her childhood momentos. She found a spelling Bee word list from the second grade. We both remembered it well.
When I first moved to Chicago I stayed with my brother who had two daughters. When my 7 yr old niece came home from school with a notice about a Spelling Bee, Aunt Annette,(thats me) wanted to step in and make her a winner. I consulted with her and laid out my plan. I would be the tutor. After dinner she would have to give me one half hour - one hour each evening. The Spelling Bee was in about two weeks. She agreed.
All went well for about a week, then she began balking. She wanted to quit, and I reminded her of her agreement. She cried. One night she screamed at me, and begged her Mother to make me stop. Her mother told her I was in charge of Spelling. We finished the list and Aunt Annette took the day off from work to attend the school Spelling Bee. I was looking for my winner. Her competition was the whole school-- up to eighth grade.
She came in second. I was really so happy. It was great and she was so happy. My real lesson to her was that work paid off. But you had to do the work. Here comes the kicker---Her teacher forgot 2 pages of words. The word she missed was on the missing pages. Now, I was mad at the dumb teacher.
I wanted to protest by my brother and sister in law wouldn't let me. Honestly, the spelling comes up every five yrs or so. It was worth making her cry.
Aunt Annett--Tiger Aunt
My niece said she looked at the list last week. She said, OMG they were hard words. So at age 50, she has renewed pride in her acheivment.
I was talking to my niece the other week. She said that she was thinking of me as her Mom had gone through her childhood momentos. She found a spelling Bee word list from the second grade. We both remembered it well.
When I first moved to Chicago I stayed with my brother who had two daughters. When my 7 yr old niece came home from school with a notice about a Spelling Bee, Aunt Annette,(thats me) wanted to step in and make her a winner. I consulted with her and laid out my plan. I would be the tutor. After dinner she would have to give me one half hour - one hour each evening. The Spelling Bee was in about two weeks. She agreed.
All went well for about a week, then she began balking. She wanted to quit, and I reminded her of her agreement. She cried. One night she screamed at me, and begged her Mother to make me stop. Her mother told her I was in charge of Spelling. We finished the list and Aunt Annette took the day off from work to attend the school Spelling Bee. I was looking for my winner. Her competition was the whole school-- up to eighth grade.
She came in second. I was really so happy. It was great and she was so happy. My real lesson to her was that work paid off. But you had to do the work. Here comes the kicker---Her teacher forgot 2 pages of words. The word she missed was on the missing pages. Now, I was mad at the dumb teacher.
I wanted to protest by my brother and sister in law wouldn't let me. Honestly, the spelling comes up every five yrs or so. It was worth making her cry.
Aunt Annett--Tiger Aunt
My niece said she looked at the list last week. She said, OMG they were hard words. So at age 50, she has renewed pride in her acheivment.