‘Goodbye, Cruel World': Spellers Have Difficulty During Vocabulary Round in Semifinals
Walters' only pupil this year, four-time bee participant Harini Logan, made it through the vocabulary round and was one of a dozen finalists. She'll be joined on stage Thursday night by Sahasrad Satish, Ekansh Rastogi, Vikram Raju, Aliyah Alpert, Abhilash Patel, Sahana Srikath, Kirsten Santos, Nitya Kathiravan, Vihaan Sibal, Shijay Sivakumar and Saharsh Vuppala — Deetya's twin brother.
“The words that are sometimes asked may not necessarily be based on roots or easily decipherable, and so in that case it becomes a case of which kids are natural readers and have a lot of cultural capital, and which kids aren't as culturally sophisticated,” said Scott Remer, a former speller who coached 21 competitors this year, including Saharsh and Deetya. “Some words you're only going to pick up by reading newspapers, by reading certain books, and are not necessarily guessable.
“With the word meaning, it's a crapshoot,” said Arthur Seligman, Roy's father. “You and I know what ‘Stockholm syndrome’ means, but an 11- or 12-year-old?” A reliable narrator, Chris didn't make it through the next spelling round. He was given “sirtaki” — a Greek dance — and said, “OK, I think I'm going to get out on this one.” And he did, after guessing the word started with a “c.”Vocabulary has long been part of the bee, but only on written tests. The bee's new executive director, J.
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