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K E K E Aila Aquila Akila Ail A K E E

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You know that feeling where no matter

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what you do or where you go, you just

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don't fit in. Don't know the word for

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that. Alienation,

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estrangement, incompatibility.

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No, those ain't right. But there's got

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to be a word for it cuz it's how I feel

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all the time. My name's Akila Anderson

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and I'm 11 [music] years old. And this

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all starts at Crunchaw Middle School in

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South Los Angeles.

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You're all into seventh grade now and I

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know you can do better than this. So

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when I give you a list of words, study

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them. Akila,

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how long did you study for this spelling

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test?

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I didn't

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[laughter]

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>> see me after class.

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>> Okay, you two need to turn around.

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Enough.

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>> You know, you could be one of my very

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best students, but you don't turn in

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half your homework. Sometimes you don't

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even show up for class. What's going on?

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Have you heard of

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>> Have you heard of next week's spelling

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be?

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>> No.

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>> Well, I think you should sign up for it.

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>> Does he really think I'm going to be

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walking around with somebody in little

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shorts like that? He crazy. Oh, is Devon

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coming back today? Yeah, got it till a

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week later. Your brother's fine. I got

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it all figed out. Look, he gonna be the

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pilot on a big commercial jet and I'm

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gonna be the flight attendant. Hey,

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>> got an old man girl.

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>> Got me change myself.

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>> Damn Derek te.

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>> He been trying to get Terrence in

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trouble.

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>> Girl, your bro can get his own self in

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trouble. So, what crosswalk?

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>> Nothing. Just talking about some stupid

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ass belling me.

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>> You going to do it

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>> or you probably be good and get up in

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front of everybody?

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>> I'll probably be in my pants.

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>> So tell me about the boy in your class

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with shorts. I think he's cute.

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[singing]

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Haley, mama says go eat.

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>> I'm about to get a high score. One

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minute.

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>> I don't care. Mama says go eat.

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>> Oh yeah. I've been dreaming about your

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cooking for the past 5 months. Here, let

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me take that.

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>> At least I got one baby. Appreciate what

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I do around here.

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>> We all appreciate you. Hey, give me some

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sugar.

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>> Where is Terrence?

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>> I don't know. Maybe still a practice.

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>> Practice was over an hour ago. I knew

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one thing. He better not be hanging out

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with no Derek T.

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>> Derek T? That fool still alive?

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>> Not after you get done with him?

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>> That's right. Hey you.

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>> So, how many plants have you shut down

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supply

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>> so far? Zero. But you don't do too much

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shooting sitting behind a computer

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screen in Nevada.

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>> You look good. You stay on the ground.

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Let them white boys go up there. You

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stay down here where you belong.

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>> Mama, I'm going to have my wings and my

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college degree before you know it.

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Unless, of course, this one beats me to

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>> Not skipping class with Georgia Carana.

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>> Only PE.

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>> You better not be skipping no class.

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>> Kayla, go turn off that television.

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>> Hey. Hey. Flipped over ESPN real quick.

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Let me check out that leg score.

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No more poisonous.

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>> If you spell the next word correctly,

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you will be the champion.

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>> What's this?

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>> Kila, turn off the TV now.

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>> Bronius.

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E O U S. Bronius.

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>> Congratulations. You are the scripts

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national spelling be champion.

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[cheering]

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>> Aquila needs to listen. Turn it off now.

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Runnas.

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Runnas.

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Dark brown used chiefly scientifically.

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Well, why can't they just say brown?

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Daddy, have you ever heard of this word?

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probably did.

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Carter. C A U [music] T E R I Z E.

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Fortification. F O R T I F I C A T I O

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Hey man, I'll catch you later.

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>> Hey, freak.

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>> We want you to take care of English

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homework. Everybody say you a brainiac.

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>> I ain't no brainiac.

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>> Like hell you ain't. Always got them A's

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down right.

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>> she scared.

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>> Don't run away from

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>> I cannot thank you enough for coming

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down here today, Josh. I've got the

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district breathing down my back. The

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test scores have gone down again this

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year. As I said earlier, I appreciate

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your dilemma, Bob, but I really don't

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understand what it is I have to offer

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you.

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>> No, no. All All I want you to do is look

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at these kids and tell me if you think

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my idea is crazy. I think some of them

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have a lot of potential.

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>> Girls, why aren't you in class?

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>> She hold this up.

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>> Akila,

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>> are you signed up for the spelling be

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today?

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>> Want you to come to my office, please.

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So, Miss Cross tells me you've never

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missed a word on your spelling test, but

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your attendance record leaves a little

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to be desired.

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You're 11. Did you skip a grade?

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>> The second.

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>> Akila, have you ever heard of the

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scripts national spelling bee?

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>> I think it was on TV last week.

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year. Middle school students from all

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over the country compete in school,

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district, and regional spelling bees

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trying to make it to the national

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spelling bee in Washington DC next year.

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I want one of our students there. So,

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whoever wins the school B today gets to

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represent Crenshaw at the district B

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next month.

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>> Why would anybody want to represent a

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school that can't even put doors on the

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toilet stalls?

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Akquila, if we can't show our students

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can perform, we're not going to have

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money for books, let alone bathroom

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doors. Now, I want you to do the beat

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today. All right.

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>> So, everybody can call me a freak and a

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brainiac. No, I ain't down for no

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spelling be.

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>> Well, maybe you'd be down for spending

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the rest of the semester in detention

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for all your absences.

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>> I would like to welcome you all to

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Crunchaw's first schoolwide spelling

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bee. We have some very special students

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competing today. So, let's give them all

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a round of applause.

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[cheering]

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>> Okay, we drew numbers to see who'd go

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first, and that's Chucky Johnson from

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the eighth grade.

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>> Hey, hey, Chucky.

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>> Mr. Welch,

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>> I have a question about the basketball

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nets.

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>> Chucky,

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>> you need to pay attention. Now, we're

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going to start things off with gravel.

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>> Gravel like little rocks. [laughter]

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>> No, gravel like get down on your knees

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and gravel.

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>> Get down on my knees.

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>> What?

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>> Just spell the word.

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>> Uh, G R A V E L.

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>> Noah, Chucky, you spelled gravel. I

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meant gravel. G R O V E L. You weren't

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listening. Sorry, Chucky.

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>> Who cares?

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>> Okay, next up, Akquila Anderson.

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>> You go, girl.

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>> Akila, your word is doubt. Doubt.

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>> D O U B T.

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>> I'm sorry, Akila, you have to speak up.

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>> D O U Bt.

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>> Very good.

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>> Next, Calvin Baker. P L A S F I D.

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Placid.

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>> I'm sorry. It's P L A C I D.

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Okay, Aquila, if you get this word,

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you'll be the winner. Fanciful.

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F.

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>> F A N C I F U L.

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>> That is correct. And you have won

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Krenshaw's inaugural spelling be.

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Excuse [applause]

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me.

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Spell press the digitation.

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>> I'm sorry sir, but this girl is only 11

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and she's already one. Mr. Welch, what

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is this?

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>> Press the [music] digitation. Can you

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spell it?

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P R E S T I [music] D I G I T A T I O N

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>> Press to digitation.

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>> That's correct.

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>> Ambidextrous.

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>> A M B I D E X T R O U S.

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>> Pterodactyl. P t e r o e a c t y

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>> pokritude. [music]

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P

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U L C

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I T U D E.

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>> Hocatitude.

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>> That's incorrect. It's from the Latin

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root hulair. And there's an H after the

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C.

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>> C. She ain't so smart. [laughter]

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>> Akila. Wait. Where are you going? You

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did great. You were spelling words I

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don't know how to spell.

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>> Mr. Welch, I told you I didn't want to

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do this. They're laughing at me.

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>> They laugh because you intimidate them.

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But if you'd stood your ground, you

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might have earned their respect. Bob,

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the girl has potential, but she needs to

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be coached.

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>> Do you know who that was? That was Dr.

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Joshua Larabe. He used to chair the

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English department at UCLA. He and I

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went to college together. But get this.

276
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When he was a kid, you went all the way

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to the National Spelling Bee, and he

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thinks you have a chance of going there

279
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yourself.

280
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I'm sorry, but I ain't doing no more

281
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spelling bees.

282
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>> Aka,

283
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>> girl, you kicked some major booty on

284
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that stage today.

285
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>> But I couldn't spell poker, too.

286
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>> But you knocked all them mother words

287
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right back at that, too.

288
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>> They were just trick words. Everybody

289
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knows pterodactyl starts with the P.

290
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>> Girl, if I can spell like you, I know I

291
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could be a flight attendant. H

292
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Key. Hey, wake up.

293
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Hey,

294
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>> devil. You leaving?

295
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>> Yeah. Got to get back to the base.

296
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>> Hey, your principal called mama. Said

297
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you did real good in the spelling be

298
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last week.

299
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>> I messed up a word.

300
00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,920
>> Yeah, well, he said you got a lot of

301
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them right. He also said you got an

302
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opportunity to go to an even bigger

303
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contest next week.

304
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>> I don't want to do it.

305
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>> Why not?

306
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>> Everybody's going to be looking at me

307
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and there's going to be tons of words I

308
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don't know. So, you're scared, huh?

309
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Come on. How you think I felt the first

310
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time I had to jump out of an airplane? I

311
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mean, my whole body said don't do it.

312
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Sometimes your brain got to be smarter

313
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than your body, you know.

314
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>> But I don't like my school. Don't see

315
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why God do anything for him.

316
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>> Then do it for dad.

317
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I mean, you know how he was about words.

318
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He'd have loved to see you do something

319
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like this.

320
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>> What mama say about it? Well, [snorts]

321
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you know how mama is. She got a million

322
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things to worry about.

323
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Tell you what, just do this [music]

324
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contest and if you make it all the way

325
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to DC, I will parachute down to see you.

326
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Would you like that?

327
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That is a wonderful decision, Akquila. A

328
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wonderful decision.

329
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>> You think maybe the school could buy me

330
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a new outfit, you know, for the district

331
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B?

332
00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:08,320
>> Uh, I don't know. Maybe. Um, if you make

333
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it to the state regional, maybe

334
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something could be arranged. But you're

335
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going to have to finish in the top 10 at

336
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the district level first. And Akquila,

337
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you're going to be going up against kids

338
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from Santa Monica, Woodland Hills,

339
00:15:18,399 --> 00:15:21,839
Beverly Hills. Some of these kids have

340
00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,120
been doing this for years and never even

341
00:15:21,839 --> 00:15:24,800
made it to DC.

342
00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:27,440
>> Well, maybe I should just give up now.

343
00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:31,519
>> No, no, no, no. I I'm just saying you

344
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need to train hard with Dr. Larabe.

345
00:15:31,519 --> 00:15:34,959
>> What? I don't need any help from him. I

346
00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,880
could do this on my own.

347
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>> Akila, the best spellers in the world

348
00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,720
have coaches, and I finally got him to

349
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consider taking some time during his

350
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sbatical to work with you. Please just

351
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talk with him here.

352
00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:49,839
>> He doesn't live far from here.

353
00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:51,600
>> He lives in this neighborhood.

354
00:15:49,839 --> 00:15:53,360
I thought you said he was important.

355
00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,639
>> And take this. It's a copy of last

356
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year's spelling bee.

357
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>> Saxopform.

358
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>> May I have the definition, please?

359
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>> Resembling a pouch.

360
00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,199
>> May I have the language of origin,

361
00:16:00,639 --> 00:16:02,240
please?

362
00:16:01,199 --> 00:16:02,880
>> Latin.

363
00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:03,680
>> Latin.

364
00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,040
>> S A.

365
00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:05,600
>> I thought this was supposed to be

366
00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:10,279
English.

367
00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:10,279
>> I f O R.

368
00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:15,040
>> Can you tell it?

369
00:16:11,839 --> 00:16:16,959
>> Can I have the definition?

370
00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:20,480
>> Longus. [music]

371
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>> Jinglamus. I'm panach [music]

372
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into sception.

373
00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,240
>> Hey, what's that?

374
00:16:22,639 --> 00:16:25,040
>> Are there any alternate pronunciations?

375
00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:25,839
>> Where you been?

376
00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:27,040
>> I don't see any.

377
00:16:25,839 --> 00:16:28,480
>> Mama's worried.

378
00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:29,440
>> Mama should just chill. All right.

379
00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,399
>> Intoception.

380
00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,440
>> What you looking at?

381
00:16:30,399 --> 00:16:34,959
>> I spelling B.

382
00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,279
>> Oh yeah, I heard about that. You going

383
00:16:34,959 --> 00:16:38,480
up against a bunch of rich white kids.

384
00:16:37,279 --> 00:16:42,639
>> C E P.

385
00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:48,240
>> They going to tear your black ass up.

386
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into sception is I n tu ss ss u s c e p

387
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t i [music] o n

388
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[applause]

389
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You're late.

390
00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:30,000
>> He didn't answer the door.

391
00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:33,720
>> That's because you're late. Come in.

392
00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,720
Come. Come. Come.

393
00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:40,640
So,

394
00:17:39,039 --> 00:17:41,840
>> you want to learn how to spell?

395
00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,760
>> I know how to spell.

396
00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,600
>> Spell stafaloo coxy.

397
00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,440
>> Um,

398
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s t a f.

399
00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:52,720
>> There is no f. It's derived from the

400
00:17:49,840 --> 00:18:01,760
Greek, so there can't be an f. Staflo

401
00:17:52,720 --> 00:18:05,280
coxy. S t a p h y l o c o ci. Winning

402
00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:07,360
word. National Spelling Bee, 1987. The

403
00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:10,080
first thing most serious spellers do is

404
00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:11,200
learn all of the winning words and their

405
00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,320
origins.

406
00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:17,280
>> Well, maybe I ain't that serious.

407
00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:19,600
>> Maybe neither am I.

408
00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,320
>> So, why you home doing the day? Ain't

409
00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,000
you got a job?

410
00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,360
>> Do me a favor. Leave the ghetto talk

411
00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,360
outside. All right.

412
00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:27,840
>> Ghetto talk. I don't talk ghetto.

413
00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:30,000
>> Ain't you got no job? You use that

414
00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,760
language to fit in with your friends.

415
00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,919
here. You will speak properly or you

416
00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:36,240
won't speak at all. Understood?

417
00:18:33,919 --> 00:18:37,919
>> Yeah,

418
00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,440
whatever.

419
00:18:37,919 --> 00:18:40,160
>> You can leave now.

420
00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:41,679
>> Excuse me.

421
00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,720
>> I said you can leave.

422
00:18:41,679 --> 00:18:45,360
>> How come?

423
00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:47,039
>> Because I don't have time to waste on

424
00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:51,039
insulent little girls.

425
00:18:47,039 --> 00:18:53,360
>> Insolent? I ain't ins I mean, I'm not

426
00:18:51,039 --> 00:18:56,080
insulent. It's just the first thing you

427
00:18:53,360 --> 00:19:00,000
do is start dogging on

428
00:18:56,080 --> 00:19:01,679
criticizing the way I speak.

429
00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:04,679
I thought this was just about spelling

430
00:19:01,679 --> 00:19:04,679
words.

431
00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:09,000
>> Well, then fine.

432
00:19:15,039 --> 00:19:19,919
You know what?

433
00:19:17,039 --> 00:19:22,400
When I put my mind to it, I can memorize

434
00:19:19,919 --> 00:19:26,320
anything. And I don't need help from a

435
00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:28,720
dictatorial truckulent super sillious

436
00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:32,760
gardener.

437
00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:32,760
I'm sorry to be so insolent

438
00:19:41,039 --> 00:19:51,280
l y laboratory L A O R preglacial R I

439
00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:52,000
referable I R Rithoplastic E R Y micro

440
00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:55,360
zapore

441
00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:57,440
>> hey baby what are you still doing up

442
00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:58,960
>> got to learn more birds.

443
00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,240
>> You going to come see me in a district

444
00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:02,000
be this Saturday?

445
00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:04,400
>> What is that at your school?

446
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:07,440
>> Nah, Beverly Hills.

447
00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:10,320
>> Beverly Hills.

448
00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,600
>> Look, you got other homework. You need

449
00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,120
to focus on that. I don't want you

450
00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:15,039
spending all your time on this game.

451
00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:17,440
>> It ain't a game. Are you going to come

452
00:20:15,039 --> 00:20:19,280
see me in it?

453
00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:22,000
>> You know, I work at the hospital on

454
00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,679
Saturday. Maybe Kiana can go with you.

455
00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:26,884
>> As long as she don't bring that whining

456
00:20:23,679 --> 00:20:26,884
baby. [crying]

457
00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:32,069
COME ON, GIRLS. Let's go. We're going to

458
00:20:30,159 --> 00:20:34,089
be late.

459
00:20:32,069 --> 00:20:34,089
[crying]

460
00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:46,480
>> Dang.

461
00:20:43,679 --> 00:20:48,720
I hope they all hit a spell.

462
00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:50,080
>> Hey, go get your number. I'll be sitting

463
00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:53,480
back here.

464
00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,480
>> Good luck, Keely.

465
00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:57,559
S A R [music] P

466
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L A T I

467
00:21:05,039 --> 00:21:09,640
>> Yes. Well, you got remember

468
00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:17,280
>> name? Um, Aquila Anderson

469
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,799
>> right here at the top. Huh?

470
00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,840
>> I think you're the first fellow we've

471
00:21:18,799 --> 00:21:25,280
ever had from Princeell Middle School.

472
00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:27,440
Um, how many kids are in this thing?

473
00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:30,440
>> 139.

474
00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,440
>> Next.

475
00:21:33,919 --> 00:21:38,159
>> Need some help?

476
00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:39,840
>> Don't worry, I won't impale you.

477
00:21:38,159 --> 00:21:41,280
>> This your first time?

478
00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,760
>> Yeah.

479
00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,080
>> You?

480
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:46,720
>> Second year. I made it to nationals last

481
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:48,880
year. Finished 13th.

482
00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,720
Lucky 13.

483
00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,919
>> You went all the way to DC. Three of us

484
00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,840
made it from high school in Woodland

485
00:21:51,919 --> 00:21:56,960
Hills.

486
00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:58,799
>> See that kid right there? That's Dylan

487
00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:00,799
Chew. He's coming second place in

488
00:21:58,799 --> 00:22:02,240
nationals for two years in a row. This

489
00:22:00,799 --> 00:22:04,000
is his last year and everybody thinks

490
00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:06,000
he's going to win.

491
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:08,159
>> Frankly, I'd like to shove him off

492
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,480
precipice.

493
00:22:08,159 --> 00:22:11,200
>> Hey, my name's Javier.

494
00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,400
>> I'm Akila.

495
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,919
>> Hope you make the top 10.

496
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,280
>> I hope I'm not the first one out.

497
00:22:13,919 --> 00:22:17,120
>> Will all the spellers take their

498
00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,400
positions on the stage, please? Now

499
00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:20,159
remember, if you don't know how to spell

500
00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,320
a word, spell it the way it sounds. Kids

501
00:22:20,159 --> 00:22:23,679
mess up all the time when they think

502
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,799
they're being thrown curveballs, and

503
00:22:23,679 --> 00:22:25,600
they're not. Good luck.

504
00:22:24,799 --> 00:22:26,880
>> Good luck to you, too.

505
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,880
>> Thank you.

506
00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,640
>> E

507
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,159
M

508
00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,000
B

509
00:22:32,159 --> 00:22:36,159
R

510
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:39,559
I

511
00:22:36,159 --> 00:22:39,559
C A

512
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:45,480
T I O N. Embation.

513
00:22:46,159 --> 00:22:49,159
A

514
00:22:49,620 --> 00:22:51,640
[applause]

515
00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:59,280
>> Reese's.

516
00:22:55,600 --> 00:23:03,120
>> Recess. May I have a definition, please?

517
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:04,960
>> A brownish yellow monkey of India.

518
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:09,840
>> Recess.

519
00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:11,891
R H E S U S. Reesus.

520
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,911
>> That's correct.

521
00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:13,911
[applause]

522
00:23:17,786 --> 00:23:19,806
>> [applause]

523
00:23:24,799 --> 00:23:28,200
>> Number 54.

524
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,840
>> Eminent.

525
00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:47,280
Did you hear the word?

526
00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:48,640
>> I'm not sure if you're saying eminent or

527
00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,720
eminent.

528
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:54,200
>> Would you like a definition?

529
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,200
>> That'd be cool.

530
00:23:55,360 --> 00:24:05,080
>> Eminent. Rising above other things or

531
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:05,080
places. High. Lofty. Eminent.

532
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:12,720
E M I N E N T.

533
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,771
Eminent.

534
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:16,791
>> That's correct.

535
00:24:14,771 --> 00:24:16,791
[applause]

536
00:24:19,356 --> 00:24:21,376
[applause]

537
00:24:22,631 --> 00:24:24,651
[music]

538
00:24:24,799 --> 00:24:29,236
>> That's correct.

539
00:24:27,216 --> 00:24:29,236
[music]

540
00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:37,919
Hypertrophic.

541
00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:39,039
>> H Y P E R T R O P H I C. [music]

542
00:24:37,919 --> 00:24:41,627
Hypertrophic.

543
00:24:39,039 --> 00:24:43,647
>> That's correct.

544
00:24:41,627 --> 00:24:43,647
[applause]

545
00:24:46,867 --> 00:24:48,887
[music]

546
00:24:49,039 --> 00:24:52,817
>> That's correct. [applause]

547
00:24:54,072 --> 00:24:56,092
[music]

548
00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,760
>> Concier.

549
00:24:58,159 --> 00:25:00,960
Is that like a guy who stands around in

550
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,880
a hotel?

551
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:05,760
>> Speak into the mic, please.

552
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:07,600
>> And yes, it's a headporter [music] or

553
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:13,279
doorkeeper.

554
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:15,687
>> C O N Z I E R G E.

555
00:25:13,279 --> 00:25:17,707
>> That's correct. [music]

556
00:25:15,687 --> 00:25:17,707
[applause]

557
00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:23,039
>> You're doing great.

558
00:25:21,279 --> 00:25:24,320
>> I'm getting lucky.

559
00:25:23,039 --> 00:25:27,320
>> I could be getting words like

560
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,320
>> polyactly.

561
00:25:28,132 --> 00:25:30,152
>> [applause]

562
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:36,320
>> We're down to 11 spellers. The top 10

563
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:40,577
qualify for the Southern California

564
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:42,597
Regional Finals in the next round.

565
00:25:40,577 --> 00:25:42,597
[crying]

566
00:25:43,039 --> 00:25:49,147
If you miss a word, do not leave the

567
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:49,147
stage [crying]

568
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:53,022
>> as you may have an opportunity to

569
00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:54,400
compete for any remaining places.

570
00:25:53,022 --> 00:25:58,919
[crying]

571
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,919
Kiana, get that baby out of here.

572
00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:03,557
>> So So

573
00:26:01,537 --> 00:26:03,557
[crying]

574
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:11,440
let's begin.

575
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:13,983
>> L O G I Z E. Siligize.

576
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:16,003
>> That's correct.

577
00:26:13,983 --> 00:26:16,003
[applause]

578
00:26:19,223 --> 00:26:21,243
>> [applause]

579
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,400
>> Sectici

580
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:35,559
synctoi.

581
00:26:32,559 --> 00:26:35,559
>> Sectici.

582
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:41,679
>> You want to tell me what that means? A

583
00:26:39,039 --> 00:26:45,279
figure of speech in which a part is used

584
00:26:41,679 --> 00:26:48,320
for a whole, an individual for a class,

585
00:26:45,279 --> 00:26:51,880
a material for a thing, or the reverse

586
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,880
of any of these.

587
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,880
We need you to spell the word

588
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,000
>> S.

589
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,240
I

590
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:15,600
N

591
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:18,320
E

592
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:21,960
C

593
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,960
D O

594
00:27:25,679 --> 00:27:31,640
K E Y

595
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,640
Sectici.

596
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:43,480
The correct spelling is s y n e c d o c

597
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,480
h e.

598
00:27:48,799 --> 00:27:54,880
>> If you spell this correctly,

599
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:57,880
you'll be our 10th and last finalist.

600
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,880
>> Carmen,

601
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:06,960
>> could I get a definition, please? a

602
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:08,480
lively song and street dance.

603
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,640
Um,

604
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:12,480
C

605
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:14,399
A

606
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:16,000
R

607
00:28:14,399 --> 00:28:19,000
M

608
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,000
A

609
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:35,520
G N O L E. Carmen Yule.

610
00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:37,600
>> That's correct. And that means you are

611
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:41,414
our 10th and last finalist for the

612
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,414
district B. [applause]

613
00:28:43,279 --> 00:28:49,520
>> They cheated. They cheated. I saw them.

614
00:28:47,039 --> 00:28:52,320
That boy's mama helped him out.

615
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:53,039
>> But excuse me,

616
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,360
who are you?

617
00:28:53,039 --> 00:28:56,960
>> I'm Keyy's sister. I was standing right

618
00:28:55,360 --> 00:29:00,559
back there and I saw that boy's mama

619
00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:02,960
give him the letter G. She was saying G.

620
00:29:00,559 --> 00:29:04,159
He knew the word. I I mean, it's one we

621
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,840
studied. You He knew it.

622
00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:09,679
>> Ma'am,

623
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:13,799
did you help your child spell the word?

624
00:29:09,679 --> 00:29:13,799
>> Ma'am, this is serious business.

625
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:20,000
>> You're damn right it's serious. You know

626
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:22,159
you are going to give these kids ulcers.

627
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:24,000
DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG HE HAS STUDIED for

628
00:29:22,159 --> 00:29:26,000
this? He knew that word.

629
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:29,320
>> No,

630
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,320
I didn't.

631
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:36,399
I'm sorry. Number 62,

632
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:40,240
you are disqualified from competition.

633
00:29:36,399 --> 00:29:43,440
Which means number 54, if you can spell

634
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:47,559
one more word correctly, you'll be our

635
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:47,559
10th and last finalist.

636
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,200
pastiche.

637
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:10,559
>> P A S [music] T I C H E pastiche.

638
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:12,399
>> That's correct. And that means you

639
00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:14,370
qualify for the Southern California

640
00:30:12,399 --> 00:30:16,390
Regional Final. [applause]

641
00:30:14,370 --> 00:30:16,390
[music]

642
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,039
>> Here's my number.

643
00:30:19,679 --> 00:30:22,080
>> We have a spelling club in my school.

644
00:30:21,039 --> 00:30:22,960
Maybe you should come practice with it

645
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:25,520
sometime.

646
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:27,360
>> Is that one? Yeah, it's cool.

647
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,000
>> Hey, there's my folks. I'll catch you

648
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,200
later.

649
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,919
>> Okay, bye

650
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:34,080
>> bye.

651
00:30:29,919 --> 00:30:35,919
>> Hey, check it out. Look at this. USC.

652
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:38,000
>> Just think, Akila. All you've got to do

653
00:30:35,919 --> 00:30:39,600
is place in the top three of the state

654
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:42,000
regionals.

655
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:44,720
You're going to Washington DC.

656
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:47,279
>> Not if I can't spell.

657
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:49,520
>> Uh oh. Y'all look

658
00:30:47,279 --> 00:30:51,679
at As long as you live in our house, you

659
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:54,559
going to do what I say and what I say.

660
00:30:51,679 --> 00:30:55,440
No drugs, no gang bang, and no $300

661
00:30:54,559 --> 00:30:56,880
watches. Take it off.

662
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,159
>> What? Derek T gave me this. Mom.

663
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:58,399
>> He did. And I'm going to give it right

664
00:30:58,159 --> 00:30:58,960
back.

665
00:30:58,399 --> 00:31:01,120
>> Mom,

666
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,000
>> what? You two get inside.

667
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,080
>> Take it off.

668
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,520
>> But mom, I made it.

669
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,600
>> Made what?

670
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,799
>> Made the cut. I'm going to the regional

671
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,240
be.

672
00:31:08,799 --> 00:31:12,240
>> Yeah. And while you doing that, I'm

673
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,960
going to be identifying your brother

674
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,159
here in Nemore.

675
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:16,000
>> No, you're not. Yes, I am. I'm getting

676
00:31:14,159 --> 00:31:18,159
aside before I really embarrass your

677
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,200
behind.

678
00:31:18,159 --> 00:31:22,320
Kila.

679
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:25,440
>> Kayla, get in here.

680
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:28,720
It's okay, Mr. Welch.

681
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:32,200
I'll see you later.

682
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,200
>> What is the problem?

683
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:37,080
>> Guess what?

684
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:42,200
>> I'm going to the regional beat.

685
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,399
I told

686
00:32:08,342 --> 00:32:10,362
>> [music]

687
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:37,640
>> crime. Cold blooded killers from the

688
00:32:31,519 --> 00:32:37,640
evil monster. Overdose like crazy.

689
00:32:41,747 --> 00:32:43,767
[music]

690
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:12,720
Dylan.

691
00:33:09,919 --> 00:33:15,960
>> Um,

692
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,960
>> I'm a

693
00:33:18,559 --> 00:33:21,519
Javier said I can come and join the

694
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:24,159
study group today.

695
00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:26,799
>> All those rejects do that. My father

696
00:33:24,159 --> 00:33:29,039
coaches me privately.

697
00:33:26,799 --> 00:33:30,880
Who's your coach?

698
00:33:29,039 --> 00:33:33,440
>> I don't got one.

699
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:37,320
>> How many spelling bees have you won?

700
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:37,320
>> Just the one at my school.

701
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,760
>> Spell enthosis.

702
00:33:41,279 --> 00:33:45,360
>> Z A.

703
00:33:42,159 --> 00:33:47,120
>> It starts with an X. If that idiot

704
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:50,919
hadn't been caught cheating, you

705
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,919
wouldn't have made the cut.

706
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:58,480
Euphoric.

707
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:59,919
>> Euphoric is an adjective. Origin Greek.

708
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:02,559
It means like feeling great in

709
00:33:59,919 --> 00:34:04,640
everything. Either spell the word or

710
00:34:02,559 --> 00:34:09,040
take a shot. If you miss either one, you

711
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:17,440
get a strike. Three strikes, you're up.

712
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:18,960
>> Euphoric. E U P H O R I C.

713
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:21,599
Euphoric.

714
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:24,480
Psoriasis. Are you taking Latin at your

715
00:34:21,599 --> 00:34:25,200
school? Psoriasis is a noun. Origin

716
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,119
Greek.

717
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:29,440
>> Are you kidding? My school barely has

718
00:34:27,119 --> 00:34:30,399
enough money for kickballs. There's no

719
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,800
Latin classes.

720
00:34:30,399 --> 00:34:34,879
>> Latin really helps you understand words.

721
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:36,240
Sir, I guess this is like itchy skin.

722
00:34:34,879 --> 00:34:37,359
>> Maybe your mom could drive you up here

723
00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:39,280
so you could take it with us.

724
00:34:37,359 --> 00:34:40,800
>> I don't know. This is all starting to

725
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:43,359
sound real heavy.

726
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:48,520
>> It is heavy. Spelling bees are serious

727
00:34:43,359 --> 00:34:48,520
 I think I'll take a shot.

728
00:34:53,919 --> 00:34:57,119
On second thought, could I spell the

729
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:59,200
word?

730
00:34:57,119 --> 00:35:01,200
>> At Cornshot, they think I'm a freak.

731
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,160
>> Don't worry. I think we're freaks here,

732
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,800
too.

733
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:08,320
>> Hey, there's my mom. Need a ride?

734
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:11,520
>> Oh, nah. My mom's going to pick me up.

735
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:13,200
She should be here soon.

736
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:16,400
>> Hey, I'm having a birthday party in a

737
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:17,839
few weeks. You You want to come?

738
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:19,119
>> Maybe.

739
00:35:17,839 --> 00:35:22,000
if I can.

740
00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:25,000
>> It was cool seeing you again, Akila. Bye

741
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,000
>> bye.

742
00:35:55,200 --> 00:36:00,240
Where the hell have you been?

743
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:03,839
>> Studying.

744
00:36:00,240 --> 00:36:04,960
>> Studying where?

745
00:36:03,839 --> 00:36:08,720
>> Woodland Hills.

746
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:10,480
>> Woodland Hills. What you doing there?

747
00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:12,400
They got a spelling club.

748
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:15,720
>> Did Mr. Welch take you? Cuz ain't nobody

749
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,720
called me.

750
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:23,359
>> I went by myself. I didn't think the bus

751
00:36:20,079 --> 00:36:26,400
route would take so long. I'm sorry,

752
00:36:23,359 --> 00:36:28,640
>> Akila Anderson. You done lost your mind.

753
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:30,560
You 11 years old. You don't be taking a

754
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:32,800
bus to Woodland Hills by yourself.

755
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:34,160
>> There's nobody around to take me.

756
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:36,720
>> That's cuz I work.

757
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:38,240
>> That's what you said on the weekend. All

758
00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:39,040
the other kids have their parents at the

759
00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:40,800
district B.

760
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:42,800
>> Well, maybe the other kids have parents

761
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,480
who got more time on their hands. Look,

762
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,480
I'm not having another child of mine

763
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:48,160
disappearing at all hours. So, if this

764
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,079
spelling thing means sneaking off to the

765
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,400
suburbs by yourself, I'm calling it all

766
00:36:50,079 --> 00:36:52,160
off.

767
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,960
>> We can't call it off. I'm going to the

768
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,720
regional be.

769
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,800
>> Not if you flunk out of school, you're

770
00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:58,560
not. I just got a letter saying you got

771
00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:00,000
to take summer school to make up for all

772
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:02,560
these classes you done skipped.

773
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:05,119
>> But mom, I hate Grenaw. It is so boring

774
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:07,599
there and nobody cares. But you think

775
00:37:05,119 --> 00:37:09,440
they care about you in Woodland Hills?

776
00:37:07,599 --> 00:37:10,640
>> At least they got Latin classes and the

777
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,440
kids don't have to study in their

778
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,359
stairwells.

779
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:15,680
>> Well, good for them. But until you

780
00:37:13,359 --> 00:37:17,040
finish summer school at Crrenshaw, ain't

781
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:18,800
going to be no more spelling bees.

782
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:21,280
>> But mama, I got to get ready for the

783
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:22,640
state be during the summer.

784
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,680
>> Well, you just going to have to do that

785
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,800
next year now, aren't you?

786
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:29,800
>> But that's not fair.

787
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:29,800
>> Not only is it fair, it's final.

788
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:43,560
You'd let me do it.

789
00:37:44,361 --> 00:37:46,381
[snorts]

790
00:38:09,599 --> 00:38:17,200
1979, Macature, M A C U L A T U R E,

791
00:38:13,599 --> 00:38:21,839
Origins Latin. 1990, V Fibon, F I B R A

792
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:24,400
N E, French. 1996, Velper, V I V I S E P

793
00:38:21,839 --> 00:38:26,640
U L T U R E,

794
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:28,240
Latin.

795
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:29,760
I learned all the winning words since

796
00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:32,480
1925,

797
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:34,960
just like you said I should.

798
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:38,160
Sorry for being so insolent last time.

799
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:41,839
That's not going to happen no more any

800
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:43,119
more. I promise.

801
00:38:41,839 --> 00:38:47,880
So, I was wondering if you might

802
00:38:43,119 --> 00:38:47,880
reconsider coaching me for the state B.

803
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:51,960
Cuz I need a coach

804
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:58,640
bad

805
00:38:54,480 --> 00:39:01,800
>> badly. You need a coach badly.

806
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:01,800
Come in.

807
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:08,280
>> Come in. Come in.

808
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:17,359
>> That's a very pretty lady.

809
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:19,200
>> Is she your wife?

810
00:39:17,359 --> 00:39:21,359
>> Listen, you got very lucky at the

811
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:25,359
district B. The competition at state

812
00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:28,000
level is much stronger. So, if you and I

813
00:39:25,359 --> 00:39:30,400
were to prepare for that, we'd have to

814
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:32,240
do it on my schedule. So, we'd have to

815
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,839
work 3 hours each morning starting at

816
00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:36,560
9:00. Can you handle that?

817
00:39:33,839 --> 00:39:38,160
>> Well, I do have summer school, but Mr.

818
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,760
Welch said working with you can take the

819
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,839
place of it.

820
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:44,320
>> Isn't that for students who don't

821
00:39:41,839 --> 00:39:47,359
perform satisfactorily during the year?

822
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:50,000
>> Well, sometimes it's for kids who want

823
00:39:47,359 --> 00:39:56,017
to get ahead by next year.

824
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:58,037
>> Yes. Please put that down. Just Yeah.

825
00:39:56,017 --> 00:39:58,037
[sighs]

826
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:02,800
Have you uh have you got any goals?

827
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,480
>> H

828
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:07,040
>> goals. What would you like to be when

829
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:09,599
you grow up? A doctor, a lawyer, a

830
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:11,680
stand-up comic.

831
00:40:09,599 --> 00:40:14,839
>> I don't know. The only thing I'm good at

832
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,839
is spelling.

833
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:23,599
>> Go over there and read the quotation

834
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:23,599
that's on the wall.

835
00:40:25,359 --> 00:40:31,839
Read it aloud, please.

836
00:40:29,119 --> 00:40:33,680
>> Our deepest fear is not that we are

837
00:40:31,839 --> 00:40:36,480
inadequate.

838
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:38,480
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful

839
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:41,359
beyond measure.

840
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:44,960
We ask ourselves, who am I to be

841
00:40:41,359 --> 00:40:46,960
brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and

842
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,800
fabulous?

843
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:51,839
Actually,

844
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:54,640
who are you not to be?

845
00:40:51,839 --> 00:40:57,520
We were born to make manifest the glory

846
00:40:54,640 --> 00:41:00,240
of God that is within us. And as we let

847
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:02,240
our own light shine, we unconsciously

848
00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:05,240
give other people permission to do the

849
00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:05,240
same.

850
00:41:06,079 --> 00:41:10,880
>> Does that mean anything to you?

851
00:41:09,599 --> 00:41:14,079
>> I don't know.

852
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:17,440
>> It's written in plain English.

853
00:41:14,079 --> 00:41:19,440
What does it mean?

854
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:23,000
>> That I'm not supposed to be afraid.

855
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:23,000
Afraid of what?

856
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,920
>> Afraid of

857
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:31,000
>> me.

858
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:42,160
This national spelling bee is a tough

859
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:44,079
nut. I've seen it chew kids up and spit

860
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,760
them out. So, if you want to get there,

861
00:41:44,079 --> 00:41:47,359
you can't be a shrinking violet. You

862
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:49,119
have to stand up and show them what you

863
00:41:47,359 --> 00:41:52,280
can do.

864
00:41:49,119 --> 00:41:52,280
All right.

865
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:59,599
And I'll brook no nonsense. You show up

866
00:41:54,720 --> 00:42:02,599
on time with no attitude or it's over.

867
00:41:59,599 --> 00:42:02,599
Agreed.

868
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:06,200
>> Agreed.

869
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:20,400
>> Mama trip. She knew we bar the cop at

870
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:23,920
this.

871
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:27,319
>> That's why mama ain't going to know.

872
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:27,319
>> Come on, Georgia.

873
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:30,520
>> Um,

874
00:42:31,119 --> 00:42:35,040
>> I'mma go to the mall with Kiana.

875
00:42:33,599 --> 00:42:37,920
>> But I thought you went to go to this

876
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:40,920
party.

877
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,920
>> Hey,

878
00:42:43,839 --> 00:42:47,359
>> are you sure?

879
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:51,000
>> Yeah.

880
00:42:47,359 --> 00:42:51,000
Come on, let's go.

881
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:55,240
>> Oh, thank you.

882
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:05,359
>> How do you invite him? My dad's friends

883
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:06,400
with his dad. I'm surprised he showed

884
00:43:05,359 --> 00:43:08,319
up.

885
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:10,480
>> Hey, you want to see my house?

886
00:43:08,319 --> 00:43:13,280
>> Yeah, let's go.

887
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:14,960
>> This is my father's office. He's a

888
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:18,000
journalist and he's written like a bunch

889
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:20,560
of books.

890
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:23,119
What's your father do?

891
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:27,319
>> My daddy,

892
00:43:23,119 --> 00:43:27,319
>> he used to work for the city parks.

893
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:32,560
>> Man, you got a lot of friends. I never

894
00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:36,680
had a birthday party this big.

895
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:36,680
>> I'd think you'd have lots of friends.

896
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:44,640
>> Why'd you do that?

897
00:43:42,079 --> 00:43:46,079
>> I had an impulse.

898
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:49,079
Are you going to sue me for sexual

899
00:43:46,079 --> 00:43:49,079
harassment?

900
00:43:49,855 --> 00:43:51,875
[laughter]

901
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:57,280
>> That was

902
00:43:55,359 --> 00:43:59,599
>> What are they doing down here?

903
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:00,720
>> I don't know. Didn't brought a Scrabble

904
00:43:59,599 --> 00:44:02,160
games.

905
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:05,200
>> Scrabble.

906
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:08,000
>> I get 30 seconds for each board. We need

907
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:11,000
one more. Who wants to play? [music] I

908
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:11,000
will.

909
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:19,040
And right [cheering] out of the gate,

910
00:44:16,079 --> 00:44:20,660
Broy scores 32 points with Burke on the

911
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:23,760
double word score. Dylan counters

912
00:44:20,660 --> 00:44:25,359
[music] with immediate use of Z 439. Big

913
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,560
ones.

914
00:44:25,359 --> 00:44:28,880
Paulie test [music] the water with

915
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:31,040
Acorn.

916
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:34,000
And Dylan answers with a body blow

917
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:37,800
beacon for 20.

918
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:37,800
Holy canoli.

919
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:42,160
Right off the bat, Akita uses all her

920
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:48,040
letters, getting [music]

921
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:48,040
50 extra points for a whopping 82.

922
00:44:48,079 --> 00:44:54,079
>> What will turn into? He's fighting the

923
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:54,800
clock. You could cut the tension with a

924
00:44:54,079 --> 00:44:58,680
butter knife.

925
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:58,680
>> Shut up.

926
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:11,880
>> Shazam! Dylan gets his own bingo board.

927
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:11,880
76 points.

928
00:45:17,359 --> 00:45:21,760
It's come down to this. After having

929
00:45:19,599 --> 00:45:24,480
crushed off five opponents, Dylan has

930
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:27,200
only a kilo to beat. But she's ahead by

931
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:29,599
21 and has only a few letters left. Is

932
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:33,800
this an upset in the making?

933
00:45:29,599 --> 00:45:33,800
>> What kind of birthday party is this?

934
00:45:35,966 --> 00:45:37,986
>> [snorts]

935
00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:46,680
>> Yaoza using the triple word score. Dylan

936
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:46,680
charges ahead [music] by six.

937
00:45:52,079 --> 00:45:55,400
Just go.

938
00:46:03,119 --> 00:46:07,680
Oh yeah, Akila is in the lead by 12

939
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:11,880
points and has only one letter left. But

940
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:11,880
this could be Dylan's final play.

941
00:46:16,720 --> 00:46:20,520
>> Ree, sweetheart.

942
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:27,440
>> 12 points ties [music] the game, but

943
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:31,800
Dylan gets Tequila's last two points. He

944
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:31,800
wins a heartbreaker.

945
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:36,000
Wow, no one ever gets that close to

946
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:38,800
beating Dylan.

947
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:40,880
>> But I didn't beat him.

948
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:43,880
>> Girl, you pass up the mall to play

949
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:43,880
Scrabble.

950
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:49,680
>> She just got lucky.

951
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:52,000
>> If she can barely beat a little black

952
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:55,920
girl at a silly board game, how do you

953
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:57,920
expect to win the National B?

954
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:59,680
>> Listen,

955
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:00,960
we're not coming in second again this

956
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:04,480
year.

957
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:07,720
We're going to win.

958
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:07,720
Let's go.

959
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:14,640
>> He began to have a dim feeling that to

960
00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:17,280
attain his place in the world, he must

961
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:20,000
be himself and not another.

962
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:22,400
Dr. Larby, this book is too heavy.

963
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:23,760
>> Good. It'll develop your arm muscles.

964
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:24,480
>> I thought we were developing my

965
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,560
vocabulary.

966
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:28,160
>> We are. Please continue reading.

967
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:30,800
>> But I already know most of the words in

968
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:34,000
this speech. It's not a speech. It's an

969
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:35,760
essay by Web Dubo, the first black man

970
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,319
to receive a PhD from Harvard

971
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:37,760
University.

972
00:47:36,319 --> 00:47:39,040
>> Maybe we should be studying more big

973
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:40,960
words.

974
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:45,119
>> Spell cabalistic.

975
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:47,119
>> C A B A L I S T I C. Cabalistic.

976
00:47:45,119 --> 00:47:49,520
>> And when did you learn that one?

977
00:47:47,119 --> 00:47:52,160
>> About 2 minutes ago in this book. But in

978
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:53,760
the time it took to learn that one word,

979
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:55,760
Dylan probably learned 20.

980
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:58,720
>> And those 20 words won't mean anything

981
00:47:55,760 --> 00:48:00,640
to him. He's just a little robot

982
00:47:58,720 --> 00:48:03,680
memorizing lists of words. The people

983
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:06,720
we're studying, Dubo, Dr. King, JFK,

984
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:07,520
these people used words to change the

985
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:10,240
world.

986
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:13,520
>> And they didn't acquire their vocabulary

987
00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:15,440
by wrote memorization.

988
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:17,359
>> Okay.

989
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:20,160
But when I'm at the B and [snorts] they

990
00:48:17,359 --> 00:48:22,319
tell me to spell some little fish from

991
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:24,240
Australia or some weird bacteria on the

992
00:48:22,319 --> 00:48:26,559
moon, we're going to wish we done a

993
00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:29,680
little bit more rope memorizing and not

994
00:48:26,559 --> 00:48:33,640
so much essay.

995
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:33,640
If you don't mind me saying

996
00:48:34,319 --> 00:48:40,160
>> bacteria don't exist on the moon.

997
00:48:37,599 --> 00:48:42,319
Let me ask you something. Where do you

998
00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:46,040
think big words come from?

999
00:48:42,319 --> 00:48:46,040
>> People with big brains.

1000
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:50,720
All right.

1001
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:52,880
What do you see?

1002
00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:56,119
>> A bunch of big words. I don't know. Ah,

1003
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:56,119
>> look again.

1004
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:58,720
What kind of power do we get from the

1005
00:48:57,920 --> 00:48:59,359
sun?

1006
00:48:58,720 --> 00:49:01,920
>> Solar.

1007
00:48:59,359 --> 00:49:02,480
>> So, what does soul mean?

1008
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:05,200
>> Sun.

1009
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:05,839
>> What does terraneous sound like?

1010
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:08,079
>> Terrain

1011
00:49:05,839 --> 00:49:11,440
>> meaning the earth. Solid terraneous

1012
00:49:08,079 --> 00:49:13,920
means the sun and the earth working

1013
00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:14,720
together. So, where do big words come

1014
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:15,440
from?

1015
00:49:14,720 --> 00:49:17,680
>> Little words.

1016
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:18,559
>> And how many little words do you know?

1017
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:21,119
>> Tons.

1018
00:49:18,559 --> 00:49:25,040
>> Yes. And there are tons more for you to

1019
00:49:21,119 --> 00:49:28,880
learn. There are Greek ones. There are

1020
00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:31,680
Latin ones, French ones,

1021
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:36,200
and if you learn them all, you can spell

1022
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:36,200
any word, no matter how big.

1023
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:40,319
>> Maybe we should get back to the essay

1024
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:41,839
reading.

1025
00:49:40,319 --> 00:49:46,480
>> Well, what's the matter? I thought you

1026
00:49:41,839 --> 00:49:48,000
wanted to win the national spelling be.

1027
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:48,800
>> Maybe just getting there this time is

1028
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:52,079
good enough.

1029
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:54,800
>> Don't give me that.

1030
00:49:52,079 --> 00:49:57,119
>> You want to win it so badly, it keeps

1031
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:58,880
you up at night. Ever since you found

1032
00:49:57,119 --> 00:50:00,319
out there was such a thing as the

1033
00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:02,400
national spelling be. You've seen

1034
00:50:00,319 --> 00:50:03,920
yourself holding up that trophy. But if

1035
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:05,440
you can't say it, you can't win it. So

1036
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:06,400
say it.

1037
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:07,760
>> I want to win.

1038
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:08,640
>> Say it louder, please.

1039
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:09,839
>> I want to win.

1040
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:12,559
>> You want to win what?

1041
00:50:09,839 --> 00:50:14,480
>> I WANT TO WIN. NATIONAL spell on me.

1042
00:50:12,559 --> 00:50:16,079
>> Good.

1043
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:19,119
Good.

1044
00:50:16,079 --> 00:50:21,280
You'll win using my methods. By first

1045
00:50:19,119 --> 00:50:24,160
understanding the power of language,

1046
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:26,800
then by deconstructing it, breaking it

1047
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:30,240
down to its origins, to its roots.

1048
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:33,280
You'll consume it. You will own it. And

1049
00:50:30,240 --> 00:50:34,960
then you know what? You'll be

1050
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:38,319
>> tired.

1051
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:40,559
>> You'll be a champion.

1052
00:50:38,319 --> 00:50:44,280
Are you ready? I'm ready.

1053
00:50:40,559 --> 00:50:44,280
>> All right, let's go.

1054
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:52,160
>> Don't be late cuz we ain't got time to

1055
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:54,559
tell. [music]

1056
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:57,119
You and me, [singing] we're going out to

1057
00:50:54,559 --> 00:50:59,440
catch the baby.

1058
00:50:57,119 --> 00:51:01,599
Guaranteed [music] to blow your mind so

1059
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:03,119
high you won't come down.

1060
00:51:01,599 --> 00:51:06,319
>> Yes. [music]

1061
00:51:03,119 --> 00:51:09,040
>> Prepare yourself for a man. Not true,

1062
00:51:06,319 --> 00:51:12,640
>> man. You never [music] heard a sound

1063
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:14,660
like a man

1064
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:14,660
[music]

1065
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:18,520
start

1066
00:51:20,500 --> 00:51:25,040
[music] out of sight.

1067
00:51:22,720 --> 00:51:27,050
>> Everything he does

1068
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:29,040
>> seems [music] to come out right. Once I

1069
00:51:27,050 --> 00:51:31,200
[singing] went to hear them play at a

1070
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:33,760
club.

1071
00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:34,160
>> I was so surprised. I was hypnotized by

1072
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:38,359
the sound.

1073
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:38,359
>> I'm a moose. Amate

1074
00:51:38,720 --> 00:51:41,960
the school.

1075
00:51:44,079 --> 00:51:49,839
>> Why are you home so early?

1076
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:52,240
>> Just wasn't feeling well.

1077
00:51:49,839 --> 00:51:55,240
>> What you got there?

1078
00:51:52,240 --> 00:51:55,240
>> Homework.

1079
00:51:56,960 --> 00:52:01,119
>> You know the regional be is coming up

1080
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:01,359
soon and I was wondering if you might

1081
00:52:01,119 --> 00:52:02,960
want

1082
00:52:01,359 --> 00:52:04,240
>> Is that going to happen in Beverly Hills

1083
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,680
too?

1084
00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:07,440
I don't know.

1085
00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:08,559
>> I told you you passed summer school,

1086
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:09,280
then you can start worrying about

1087
00:52:08,559 --> 00:52:12,839
spelling bee.

1088
00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:12,839
>> But if you would just

1089
00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:16,839
not in the mood. All right.

1090
00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:33,599
>> So, how come you don't teach anymore?

1091
00:52:30,079 --> 00:52:35,839
>> I told you I do teach. I I administer

1092
00:52:33,599 --> 00:52:39,839
classes online.

1093
00:52:35,839 --> 00:52:42,240
Let's keep going. Effervescent.

1094
00:52:39,839 --> 00:52:46,680
>> E FF

1095
00:52:42,240 --> 00:52:46,680
E R V E

1096
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:51,359
>> S E N T F of S.

1097
00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:53,119
>> Come on. Come on. You know this word.

1098
00:52:51,359 --> 00:52:54,480
>> That dog is distracting me.

1099
00:52:53,119 --> 00:52:55,760
>> You're going to have much bigger

1100
00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:58,079
distractions when you get to the

1101
00:52:55,760 --> 00:53:00,160
National B in DC. Now, what is that

1102
00:52:58,079 --> 00:53:01,680
you're doing with your hand? Huh?

1103
00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:04,480
>> What?

1104
00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:07,119
with your hand. Your hand. You You You

1105
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:10,440
You tap like that. What is that?

1106
00:53:07,119 --> 00:53:10,440
>> I don't know.

1107
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:24,400
>> So, why do you got all these toys for?

1108
00:53:21,599 --> 00:53:26,720
>> They belong to my niece.

1109
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:29,520
>> Oh, so you got any kids you own?

1110
00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:30,880
>> You ask a lot of questions, don't you?

1111
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:34,160
I'm naturally inquisitive.

1112
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:36,960
>> Yes. Which is also sometimes confused

1113
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:39,440
with being naturally obnoxious. Here,

1114
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:40,720
>> let me see you jump rope.

1115
00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:44,280
>> Just jump.

1116
00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:44,280
>> Yes, just jump.

1117
00:53:50,240 --> 00:53:54,119
>> Is there a point to this?

1118
00:53:56,880 --> 00:54:00,319
>> Yes, there is. Keep going.

1119
00:54:04,559 --> 00:54:09,200
I said keep going.

1120
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:11,040
>> Concentrate. Stay focused. Spell

1121
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:13,520
effrovescent. Don't think about anything

1122
00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:16,400
else. Come on. Go.

1123
00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:23,520
>> E F

1124
00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:26,160
R. Good. E S C E N T. Effrovescent.

1125
00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:28,640
>> You see that? That's your trick. That's

1126
00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:30,640
your pneummonic device. Jumping rope.

1127
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:32,420
>> Keeping time. Keeping time. You see kids

1128
00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:34,400
at the bee, they do all kinds of

1129
00:54:32,420 --> 00:54:36,880
[snorts] things. They They sway back and

1130
00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:39,680
forth. They turn around. Turn around in

1131
00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:42,559
circles. Anything they have to do to

1132
00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:44,880
stay focused. You keep time. And I bet

1133
00:54:42,559 --> 00:54:48,800
you if you learned the words while you

1134
00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:49,599
kept time, you would remember them even

1135
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:52,599
better.

1136
00:54:49,599 --> 00:54:52,599
>> Hallelujah.

1137
00:54:54,800 --> 00:55:00,040
Welcome to [music]

1138
00:54:56,480 --> 00:55:00,040
Q U.

1139
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:05,200
>> Good. But you can

1140
00:55:02,559 --> 00:55:08,200
c

1141
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:08,200
I

1142
00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:16,280
game

1143
00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:16,280
I G A N.

1144
00:55:16,958 --> 00:55:20,160
[music]

1145
00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:23,160
So, what you going to do when things get

1146
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:23,160
hot?

1147
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:27,920
>> It's too bad your mother had to work

1148
00:55:26,319 --> 00:55:29,040
today in Kilo. But did she get to see

1149
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:31,200
the new dress?

1150
00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:32,559
>> Oh, yeah. She thought it was cool.

1151
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:34,880
>> Oh,

1152
00:55:32,559 --> 00:55:37,359
>> this is a very exciting day for us here

1153
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:39,760
because our top three spellers will be

1154
00:55:37,359 --> 00:55:43,813
representing Southern California at the

1155
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:46,640
National Spelling Bee in Washington DC.

1156
00:55:43,813 --> 00:55:49,280
[applause and cheering] Yes.

1157
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:51,599
So, what do you say? Let's spell.

1158
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:52,880
>> Well, Josh, you think she's got a shot

1159
00:55:51,599 --> 00:55:55,359
at it?

1160
00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:56,720
>> We'll see.

1161
00:55:55,359 --> 00:56:00,640
>> Alfresco.

1162
00:55:56,720 --> 00:56:04,173
>> A L F R E S C O. Alfresco. [music]

1163
00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:04,173
>> That's correct. [applause]

1164
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:07,920
>> Quacious.

1165
00:56:06,160 --> 00:56:10,920
Aspel.

1166
00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:10,920
>> Jambalaya.

1167
00:56:12,079 --> 00:56:17,079
>> Could you repeat the words, please?

1168
00:56:14,079 --> 00:56:17,079
Malosismic.

1169
00:56:17,280 --> 00:56:23,520
>> M

1170
00:56:19,359 --> 00:56:26,480
A L O

1171
00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:30,000
S E

1172
00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:40,599
I S [music] M I C.

1173
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:40,599
>> Melismic is M A L L O S E I S M I C.

1174
00:56:40,799 --> 00:56:42,819
>> [applause]

1175
00:56:44,079 --> 00:56:52,040
>> D O U B L U R E.

1176
00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:52,040
>> That's correct.

1177
00:56:55,920 --> 00:57:00,319
>> Somdy.

1178
00:56:57,599 --> 00:57:03,680
>> Definition, please.

1179
00:57:00,319 --> 00:57:05,440
>> Somy means the practice or art

1180
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:07,119
>> of singing in songs.

1181
00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:09,440
>> I want my daughter off that stage right

1182
00:57:07,119 --> 00:57:11,040
now.

1183
00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:13,440
PSA.

1184
00:57:11,040 --> 00:57:15,280
>> I don't care what she I want her off

1185
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:16,400
that stage. I didn't know she was here

1186
00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:19,400
and I didn't get

1187
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:19,400
>> l

1188
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:23,680
No. I told her she was expected not to

1189
00:57:21,680 --> 00:57:26,079
be here and you don't take my child

1190
00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:27,920
anywhere without my permission.

1191
00:57:26,079 --> 00:57:29,680
>> Dy

1192
00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:31,889
somebody.

1193
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:33,359
>> That's correct.

1194
00:57:31,889 --> 00:57:35,599
[applause]

1195
00:57:33,359 --> 00:57:37,760
>> All right. Next, please.

1196
00:57:35,599 --> 00:57:39,760
>> Excuse me. I'm sorry. Uh, the mother of

1197
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:41,760
one of the spellers needs to speak with

1198
00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:44,880
her. It's rather urgent.

1199
00:57:41,760 --> 00:57:46,880
>> Um, okay. But she must be back on the

1200
00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:48,559
stage before her next turn or she'll be

1201
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:52,040
disqualified.

1202
00:57:48,559 --> 00:57:52,040
>> She'll be back.

1203
00:58:05,839 --> 00:58:08,960
I swear we thought you were on board

1204
00:58:07,839 --> 00:58:10,240
with this, Mrs. Anderson.

1205
00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:12,240
>> You want to tell me what the heck is

1206
00:58:10,240 --> 00:58:14,559
going on here? Because I never signed a

1207
00:58:12,240 --> 00:58:16,000
consent form.

1208
00:58:14,559 --> 00:58:19,400
>> I signed Daddy's name.

1209
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:19,400
>> You did what?

1210
00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:25,839
How do you think I felt when Javier's

1211
00:58:23,839 --> 00:58:27,920
mother calls me to see if I need a ride

1212
00:58:25,839 --> 00:58:29,119
to USC? I don't know who she is or what

1213
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:32,240
she's talking about.

1214
00:58:29,119 --> 00:58:34,720
>> Sorry, mama. I just want to do the V

1215
00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:36,799
>> by lying, by going behind my back for

1216
00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:38,000
the last six months. You might as well

1217
00:58:36,799 --> 00:58:39,680
say goodbye to your little friends,

1218
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:40,240
Achila, because this is your last spell

1219
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:42,480
in B.

1220
00:58:40,240 --> 00:58:45,920
>> I beg you, Mrs. Anderson, to reconsider

1221
00:58:42,480 --> 00:58:48,880
this. She deserves this opport.

1222
00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:50,880
>> Mrs. Anderson's right. Akquila does not

1223
00:58:48,880 --> 00:58:53,200
deserve to go to the B this year.

1224
00:58:50,880 --> 00:58:57,040
>> What?

1225
00:58:53,200 --> 00:59:01,240
>> Next speller, please. [applause]

1226
00:58:57,040 --> 00:59:01,240
Come on up to the mic, please.

1227
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:09,480
A little faster.

1228
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:09,480
Come on.

1229
00:59:10,799 --> 00:59:14,880
>> I apologize, Mrs. Anderson, if we've

1230
00:59:13,359 --> 00:59:16,079
contributed to any anguish you may be

1231
00:59:14,880 --> 00:59:17,760
feeling.

1232
00:59:16,079 --> 00:59:20,160
>> And who are you exactly?

1233
00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:22,799
>> My name is Joshua Laravey, ma'am. And

1234
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:25,440
I've been well I've been helping Akquila

1235
00:59:22,799 --> 00:59:27,119
prepare herself for the spelling be.

1236
00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:29,599
>> Akquila's been getting extra school

1237
00:59:27,119 --> 00:59:32,240
credit for working with Dr. Laravey. We

1238
00:59:29,599 --> 00:59:33,920
designed an entire program specifically

1239
00:59:32,240 --> 00:59:35,920
for her.

1240
00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:38,160
>> Why'd you tell me about this?

1241
00:59:35,920 --> 00:59:40,799
>> Mama hated going behind your back. But

1242
00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:43,200
every time I brought the bee, you didn't

1243
00:59:40,799 --> 00:59:46,559
want to hear it.

1244
00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:49,040
I didn't know what to do.

1245
00:59:46,559 --> 00:59:51,760
>> Can I get the pronunciation again? He's

1246
00:59:49,040 --> 00:59:54,000
given it to you five times. You need to

1247
00:59:51,760 --> 00:59:55,839
spell the word.

1248
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:58,480
>> Could you use it in a sentence?

1249
00:59:55,839 --> 01:00:00,480
>> He's already used it in a sentence.

1250
00:59:58,480 --> 01:00:01,359
>> I mean, a different sentence than used

1251
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:04,079
before.

1252
01:00:01,359 --> 01:00:07,880
>> You only get one sentence.

1253
01:00:04,079 --> 01:00:07,880
>> What's up with this kid?

1254
01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:12,319
>> Well, you must want this thing pretty

1255
01:00:10,799 --> 01:00:14,640
bad because you ain't never lied to me

1256
01:00:12,319 --> 01:00:16,079
before in your life.

1257
01:00:14,640 --> 01:00:17,760
So maybe you can tell me what you think

1258
01:00:16,079 --> 01:00:20,760
a good punishment would be for what you

1259
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:20,760
did.

1260
01:00:23,359 --> 01:00:27,200
>> I guess I got to miss the beat.

1261
01:00:25,040 --> 01:00:28,880
>> But I don't just punish you. Mr. Welch

1262
01:00:27,200 --> 01:00:30,960
and Dr. Larry don't put a lot of time

1263
01:00:28,880 --> 01:00:33,960
into this too. So you think of something

1264
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:33,960
else.

1265
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:43,160
>> Maybe double chores for the month. for

1266
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:43,160
the next three months.

1267
01:00:43,520 --> 01:00:47,280
She still got time to get back up on

1268
01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:50,240
that stage.

1269
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:54,599
>> Uh, if we move very quickly. Yes.

1270
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:54,599
>> Well, I guess you better get a move on.

1271
01:00:59,200 --> 01:01:02,920
>> Come on. Come on.

1272
01:01:03,920 --> 01:01:09,839
>> Thank you, mama.

1273
01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:09,839
All right.

1274
01:01:12,079 --> 01:01:15,839
Dr. Larabe, is it?

1275
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:17,839
>> Yes.

1276
01:01:15,839 --> 01:01:21,119
>> So, you actually think Akila has a

1277
01:01:17,839 --> 01:01:22,640
chance to win the national spelling be?

1278
01:01:21,119 --> 01:01:26,440
>> Yes.

1279
01:01:22,640 --> 01:01:26,440
Yes, I think she does.

1280
01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:31,119
>> Well,

1281
01:01:28,720 --> 01:01:34,119
could you use it in a song?

1282
01:01:31,119 --> 01:01:34,119
>> What?

1283
01:01:34,720 --> 01:01:39,839
>> Never mind. Ratatouille. R A T A T O U I

1284
01:01:38,160 --> 01:01:43,119
L L E Ratatouille.

1285
01:01:39,839 --> 01:01:43,920
>> Uh, that's correct. Where's number 73,

1286
01:01:43,119 --> 01:01:48,040
please?

1287
01:01:43,920 --> 01:01:48,040
>> Number two.

1288
01:01:51,119 --> 01:01:55,440
>> Thank you.

1289
01:01:52,240 --> 01:01:57,040
>> Start tap dancing.

1290
01:01:55,440 --> 01:01:58,960
>> Okay.

1291
01:01:57,040 --> 01:02:00,559
Pliosity.

1292
01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:04,400
>> Can I get a definition, please?

1293
01:02:00,559 --> 01:02:07,760
>> Pliosity means a state characterized by

1294
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:07,760
much rain. Okay.

1295
01:02:13,359 --> 01:02:21,760
Plioity.

1296
01:02:15,599 --> 01:02:25,388
P L U V I O S I T Y. Pliosity.

1297
01:02:21,760 --> 01:02:25,388
>> That's correct. [applause]

1298
01:02:28,608 --> 01:02:30,628
>> [music]

1299
01:02:36,468 --> 01:02:38,488
[applause]

1300
01:02:40,398 --> 01:02:44,400
[music]

1301
01:02:42,160 --> 01:02:48,480
>> I'd like to uh thank you all for coming

1302
01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:51,480
out today to honor our own Akila

1303
01:02:48,480 --> 01:02:51,480
Anderson.

1304
01:02:54,808 --> 01:02:56,799
[cheering]

1305
01:02:56,118 --> 01:02:58,720
[applause]

1306
01:02:56,799 --> 01:03:01,720
Um,

1307
01:02:58,720 --> 01:03:01,720
thanks

1308
01:03:02,160 --> 01:03:05,998
>> a lot.

1309
01:03:03,978 --> 01:03:05,998
[cheering]

1310
01:03:08,400 --> 01:03:13,440
>> Oh, girl, you're like a movie star now.

1311
01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:14,400
>> I know. It's pretty crazy. Hey, my mama

1312
01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:17,200
said she want to take us out to

1313
01:03:14,400 --> 01:03:19,599
celebrate tonight.

1314
01:03:17,200 --> 01:03:20,640
>> Javier's pants are taking me out, but

1315
01:03:19,599 --> 01:03:22,400
you know, maybe we can

1316
01:03:20,640 --> 01:03:24,000
>> Excuse me. I'm sorry. There's a reporter

1317
01:03:22,400 --> 01:03:25,920
here and she wants to talk to you.

1318
01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:28,079
>> I don't want to talk to no reporter. Are

1319
01:03:25,920 --> 01:03:30,880
you kidding? This is exactly the kind of

1320
01:03:28,079 --> 01:03:34,000
good publicity Krenshaw needs. Excuse

1321
01:03:30,880 --> 01:03:35,599
us. Sorry.

1322
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:37,200
>> Hi, this is Lauren Sanchez reporting

1323
01:03:35,599 --> 01:03:39,520
from South Los Angeles. I'm here with

1324
01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:41,599
11-year-old Akquila Anderson. She's a

1325
01:03:39,520 --> 01:03:43,440
seventh grader from Cshaw Middle School

1326
01:03:41,599 --> 01:03:45,119
who's heading to the National Spelling

1327
01:03:43,440 --> 01:03:46,799
Bee. How does it feel now that you're

1328
01:03:45,119 --> 01:03:47,599
going to be going to Washington DC?

1329
01:03:46,799 --> 01:03:49,359
>> It's pretty cool.

1330
01:03:47,599 --> 01:03:50,640
>> You excited? All right. Well, let's

1331
01:03:49,359 --> 01:03:52,240
check out the word that Akquila spells

1332
01:03:50,640 --> 01:03:55,520
here at the Southern California Finals

1333
01:03:52,240 --> 01:04:00,520
that got her to the national withite.

1334
01:03:55,520 --> 01:04:00,520
E R Y

1335
01:04:08,799 --> 01:04:11,839
>> spell Aphen Pincher.

1336
01:04:10,480 --> 01:04:14,319
>> Aphen what?

1337
01:04:11,839 --> 01:04:17,200
>> Gatorial.

1338
01:04:14,319 --> 01:04:18,880
>> G R A L A T.

1339
01:04:17,200 --> 01:04:19,760
>> Shakard.

1340
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:23,200
>> Dr. Larby,

1341
01:04:19,760 --> 01:04:25,280
>> spell the word Jakard.

1342
01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:27,920
J A Q U.

1343
01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:29,920
>> What about the C? These are all words

1344
01:04:27,920 --> 01:04:31,760
that were missed in last year's national

1345
01:04:29,920 --> 01:04:32,319
spelling be and you can't spell one of

1346
01:04:31,760 --> 01:04:33,760
them.

1347
01:04:32,319 --> 01:04:34,160
>> Maybe because we haven't studied them

1348
01:04:33,760 --> 01:04:36,640
yet.

1349
01:04:34,160 --> 01:04:38,160
>> Why did you cancel yesterday? Hm. Were

1350
01:04:36,640 --> 01:04:39,200
you doing another interview? Flaunting

1351
01:04:38,160 --> 01:04:40,000
yourself in front of the television

1352
01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:42,880
cameras?

1353
01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:45,440
>> No, I was at the mall.

1354
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:46,480
>> Look, I wasn't dissing you. I was

1355
01:04:45,440 --> 01:04:48,079
Christmas shopping.

1356
01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:50,640
>> Dissing? I thought we didn't use words

1357
01:04:48,079 --> 01:04:54,240
like that. I thought we only used words

1358
01:04:50,640 --> 01:04:54,240
from the dictionary in here.

1359
01:05:01,039 --> 01:05:05,039
Dising

1360
01:05:02,880 --> 01:05:07,599
to treat with disrespect or contempt to

1361
01:05:05,039 --> 01:05:11,640
find fault with. New words get added to

1362
01:05:07,599 --> 01:05:11,640
the dictionary every year.

1363
01:05:16,319 --> 01:05:22,559
>> Look, I didn't get to the national be

1364
01:05:19,200 --> 01:05:26,160
until I was 14 years old. I had no help.

1365
01:05:22,559 --> 01:05:27,839
I had no training. I had nothing. By the

1366
01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:32,000
time I got to the third round, I was

1367
01:05:27,839 --> 01:05:35,880
out. You have an opportunity

1368
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:35,880
to win this thing.

1369
01:05:36,480 --> 01:05:43,599
>> But all we've done for 8 months is study

1370
01:05:40,240 --> 01:05:46,000
words. Why can't we take a break, go to

1371
01:05:43,599 --> 01:05:47,280
a movie, to a basketball game? Why can't

1372
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:48,799
we have fun? I

1373
01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:52,039
>> told you, Denise, you can have fun after

1374
01:05:48,799 --> 01:05:52,039
the beat.

1375
01:05:52,880 --> 01:05:56,720
Who's Denise?

1376
01:05:55,119 --> 01:06:01,240
>> What?

1377
01:05:56,720 --> 01:06:01,240
>> Denise. You call me Denise. Who's that?

1378
01:06:02,720 --> 01:06:06,680
>> Dr. Larry, are you okay?

1379
01:06:07,680 --> 01:06:14,039
>> Yes.

1380
01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:14,039
>> Yes, I'm fine.

1381
01:06:15,520 --> 01:06:20,880
Listen, I spent all last week making

1382
01:06:18,515 --> 01:06:21,680
[music] these for you.

1383
01:06:20,880 --> 01:06:23,599
What are they?

1384
01:06:21,680 --> 01:06:25,280
>> They're flash cards. 5,000 new words.

1385
01:06:23,599 --> 01:06:26,720
The types that you will [music] run into

1386
01:06:25,280 --> 01:06:28,319
at the finals.

1387
01:06:26,720 --> 01:06:29,760
>> 5,000.

1388
01:06:28,319 --> 01:06:31,520
But we've only got a few months left.

1389
01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:34,720
What? You're going to coach me 24/7?

1390
01:06:31,520 --> 01:06:36,559
>> Uh, no. You're going to um learn these

1391
01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:38,160
on your own.

1392
01:06:36,559 --> 01:06:41,160
There's nothing left for me to teach

1393
01:06:38,160 --> 01:06:41,160
you.

1394
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:45,000
>> What?

1395
01:06:45,359 --> 01:06:49,839
>> You You've got it all, Akila. We've got

1396
01:06:47,200 --> 01:06:52,400
word construction down, etmology,

1397
01:06:49,839 --> 01:06:58,079
memorization techniques. What you need

1398
01:06:52,400 --> 01:07:00,799
to do now is just focus on the words.

1399
01:06:58,079 --> 01:07:01,440
>> I can't learn 5,000 new words all by

1400
01:07:00,799 --> 01:07:03,280
myself.

1401
01:07:01,440 --> 01:07:04,559
>> Yes, you can. You've got a brain like a

1402
01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:05,760
sponge. You just sit down [music] and

1403
01:07:04,559 --> 01:07:08,400
you study them.

1404
01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:10,640
>> Dr. Ley, I swear. I promise I won't miss

1405
01:07:08,400 --> 01:07:14,640
any more sessions and I'll do whatever

1406
01:07:10,640 --> 01:07:16,240
you say. You can't stop coaching me now.

1407
01:07:14,640 --> 01:07:17,920
>> I told Mr. Welch, I'd get you through

1408
01:07:16,240 --> 01:07:19,440
the regionals, and I've done that. Now,

1409
01:07:17,920 --> 01:07:22,051
I don't have anything else I can teach

1410
01:07:19,440 --> 01:07:23,359
you. You need to just take those words

1411
01:07:22,051 --> 01:07:26,520
[music] and study them, and you'll be

1412
01:07:23,359 --> 01:07:26,520
all right.

1413
01:07:36,160 --> 01:07:40,920
This is why I was at the mall.

1414
01:07:42,079 --> 01:07:45,400
Merry Christmas.

1415
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:05,839
Hello.

1416
01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:07,920
>> Hey, girl.

1417
01:08:05,839 --> 01:08:10,319
>> What you doing?

1418
01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:13,119
>> Watching TV.

1419
01:08:10,319 --> 01:08:14,240
You want to go skating this weekend? Why

1420
01:08:13,119 --> 01:08:16,719
don't you go with your friends from

1421
01:08:14,240 --> 01:08:19,679
Woodland Hills?

1422
01:08:16,719 --> 01:08:21,839
>> What? Girl, what's wrong with you?

1423
01:08:19,679 --> 01:08:23,759
>> Nothing.

1424
01:08:21,839 --> 01:08:26,759
>> I got homework to do. I'll see you

1425
01:08:23,759 --> 01:08:26,759
later.

1426
01:08:30,159 --> 01:08:34,799
Kaye,

1427
01:08:32,719 --> 01:08:36,719
>> Kaye, come on out here.

1428
01:08:34,799 --> 01:08:39,199
>> Girl, you on TV.

1429
01:08:36,719 --> 01:08:41,600
>> Akila Anderson's National Spelling Bee

1430
01:08:39,199 --> 01:08:43,199
has captivated her community. All of Los

1431
01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:44,799
Angeles is talking about her.

1432
01:08:43,199 --> 01:08:45,920
>> Well, if she wins a spell and be, it's

1433
01:08:44,799 --> 01:08:47,199
going to be like everybody in the

1434
01:08:45,920 --> 01:08:50,159
neighborhood wins.

1435
01:08:47,199 --> 01:08:52,319
>> I think it'll be real positive, you

1436
01:08:50,159 --> 01:08:55,717
know, good for the community.

1437
01:08:52,319 --> 01:08:57,737
>> I'm already saving for next year's.

1438
01:08:55,717 --> 01:08:57,737
[laughter]

1439
01:08:59,199 --> 01:09:04,480
>> What is wrong with Akila? What's wrong?

1440
01:09:02,799 --> 01:09:06,400
>> I don't want to do the B no more.

1441
01:09:04,480 --> 01:09:07,920
>> You don't want to do the B?

1442
01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:09,679
>> Why not?

1443
01:09:07,920 --> 01:09:11,839
>> Dr. Larry don't want to coach me no

1444
01:09:09,679 --> 01:09:15,199
more. George don't want to hang out with

1445
01:09:11,839 --> 01:09:19,279
me and all these people are expecting me

1446
01:09:15,199 --> 01:09:20,480
to win and it's just too hard. Mama, I

1447
01:09:19,279 --> 01:09:22,560
want it all to stop.

1448
01:09:20,480 --> 01:09:23,839
>> Baby, please.

1449
01:09:22,560 --> 01:09:27,480
Please.

1450
01:09:23,839 --> 01:09:27,480
>> All right. All right.

1451
01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:40,040
I certainly didn't mean to upset her. I

1452
01:09:40,080 --> 01:09:47,080
Well, I honestly thought I was

1453
01:09:43,040 --> 01:09:47,080
doing the best thing for her.

1454
01:09:55,199 --> 01:10:01,440
You know, Dr. Laramie,

1455
01:09:58,239 --> 01:10:03,199
my child is only 11 years old

1456
01:10:01,440 --> 01:10:04,960
and she has been through so much

1457
01:10:03,199 --> 01:10:07,040
already.

1458
01:10:04,960 --> 01:10:08,880
Her father was killed when she was six.

1459
01:10:07,040 --> 01:10:11,760
Somebody shot him on his way home from

1460
01:10:08,880 --> 01:10:13,520
work. Do you have any idea what it's

1461
01:10:11,760 --> 01:10:16,520
like for a girl to lose her father that

1462
01:10:13,520 --> 01:10:16,520
way?

1463
01:10:18,480 --> 01:10:23,040
>> I can imagine.

1464
01:10:20,719 --> 01:10:23,920
>> Then why do you want to cause this child

1465
01:10:23,040 --> 01:10:25,920
any more grief?

1466
01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:30,080
>> It's an unfair accusation, Mrs.

1467
01:10:25,920 --> 01:10:33,280
Anderson. As I've told you, I'm I'm just

1468
01:10:30,080 --> 01:10:34,800
not in a place where I can be of any

1469
01:10:33,280 --> 01:10:36,880
more help to Akila right now.

1470
01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:38,080
>> But she needs you.

1471
01:10:36,880 --> 01:10:39,520
She does.

1472
01:10:38,080 --> 01:10:43,400
>> Becked different for Mrs. Anderson. It's

1473
01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:43,400
not me that Aka needs.

1474
01:10:45,280 --> 01:10:50,239
>> Remember when he used to take us out to

1475
01:10:47,120 --> 01:10:53,280
the ball games, take us to the movies?

1476
01:10:50,239 --> 01:10:55,440
We'd have popcorn fights.

1477
01:10:53,280 --> 01:10:57,360
>> Dad again.

1478
01:10:55,440 --> 01:11:01,159
>> Sure.

1479
01:10:57,360 --> 01:11:01,159
>> I want to tell you something.

1480
01:11:03,440 --> 01:11:07,440
You know why I didn't want you to do the

1481
01:11:04,880 --> 01:11:10,000
be at first?

1482
01:11:07,440 --> 01:11:13,040
Cuz I saw that video of yours and I saw

1483
01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:14,719
one winner and 200 losers.

1484
01:11:13,040 --> 01:11:17,719
And I didn't want you to be one of those

1485
01:11:14,719 --> 01:11:17,719
losers.

1486
01:11:17,760 --> 01:11:23,760
Did you know your mama

1487
01:11:20,560 --> 01:11:25,199
went to college right after high school?

1488
01:11:23,760 --> 01:11:27,360
>> No.

1489
01:11:25,199 --> 01:11:31,159
>> I had a scholarship.

1490
01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:31,159
I was going to be a doctor.

1491
01:11:31,280 --> 01:11:34,600
What happened?

1492
01:11:36,080 --> 01:11:40,400
>> I just felt so out of place at that

1493
01:11:38,480 --> 01:11:43,280
school.

1494
01:11:40,400 --> 01:11:46,560
I convinced myself

1495
01:11:43,280 --> 01:11:48,400
that I was going to fail.

1496
01:11:46,560 --> 01:11:51,199
So before that could happen, I dropped

1497
01:11:48,400 --> 01:11:53,040
out.

1498
01:11:51,199 --> 01:11:56,520
I don't want you to do the same thing

1499
01:11:53,040 --> 01:11:56,520
with this beat.

1500
01:12:07,199 --> 01:12:14,800
Gabro.

1501
01:12:08,960 --> 01:12:18,719
A group of dark, heavy rocks.

1502
01:12:14,800 --> 01:12:21,600
Can you spell it for me?

1503
01:12:18,719 --> 01:12:23,679
>> G A

1504
01:12:21,600 --> 01:12:27,285
B R O

1505
01:12:23,679 --> 01:12:29,305
Cro. Actually, it's got two B's.

1506
01:12:27,285 --> 01:12:29,305
[laughter]

1507
01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:36,000
>> You know, Aquila, you ain't short on

1508
01:12:33,199 --> 01:12:38,640
people who want to help you. I bet you

1509
01:12:36,000 --> 01:12:40,640
just look around. You got 50,000 [music]

1510
01:12:38,640 --> 01:12:44,280
coaches

1511
01:12:40,640 --> 01:12:44,280
starting with me.

1512
01:12:45,840 --> 01:12:51,040
>> Mama,

1513
01:12:47,600 --> 01:12:54,280
you think that maybe you might go back

1514
01:12:51,040 --> 01:12:54,280
to college?

1515
01:12:55,920 --> 01:13:00,745
I just might

1516
01:12:58,725 --> 01:13:00,745
[laughter]

1517
01:13:01,040 --> 01:13:04,960
love you.

1518
01:13:02,080 --> 01:13:08,880
>> I love you too. I love you too.

1519
01:13:04,960 --> 01:13:11,120
>> Cracular. C R A Q U E L.

1520
01:13:08,880 --> 01:13:12,719
>> Hey yo, so why y'all punking out on the

1521
01:13:11,120 --> 01:13:14,880
spelling be? Huh? What you afraid of all

1522
01:13:12,719 --> 01:13:17,600
the suburb kids now?

1523
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:19,120
>> No.

1524
01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:21,280
>> Hey,

1525
01:13:19,120 --> 01:13:27,440
>> so how you spell all these words anyway?

1526
01:13:21,280 --> 01:13:28,480
>> I study them. Whatever me go my ride.

1527
01:13:27,440 --> 01:13:30,159
>> Hey, what up dirt?

1528
01:13:28,480 --> 01:13:32,480
>> What up, Terence?

1529
01:13:30,159 --> 01:13:34,480
>> Who that?

1530
01:13:32,480 --> 01:13:36,880
>> Ain't nobody just my little sister.

1531
01:13:34,480 --> 01:13:39,760
>> What up, little thing? Been seeing you

1532
01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:41,360
on TV. Trying to win some big contest,

1533
01:13:39,760 --> 01:13:43,199
huh?

1534
01:13:41,360 --> 01:13:45,840
>> Answer the man.

1535
01:13:43,199 --> 01:13:47,360
>> You know, I won something once. Fifth

1536
01:13:45,840 --> 01:13:50,080
grade.

1537
01:13:47,360 --> 01:13:52,320
Wrote a poem. Even got myself a blue

1538
01:13:50,080 --> 01:13:53,840
ribbon, too.

1539
01:13:52,320 --> 01:13:54,239
Yeah, that's good. You wrote yourself a

1540
01:13:53,840 --> 01:13:58,800
poem.

1541
01:13:54,239 --> 01:14:00,400
>> Shut up, dog. What you think rap is?

1542
01:13:58,800 --> 01:14:02,640
What's that in your hand?

1543
01:14:00,400 --> 01:14:04,239
>> Ain't nothing. Just some stupid word.

1544
01:14:02,640 --> 01:14:08,760
>> Oh, you helping her?

1545
01:14:04,239 --> 01:14:08,760
>> Nah, man. I'm chilling with you, Ray.

1546
01:14:11,920 --> 01:14:15,400
>> Nah, man.

1547
01:14:15,840 --> 01:14:18,080
>> Stay here and help your sis.

1548
01:14:17,600 --> 01:14:20,560
>> Why?

1549
01:14:18,080 --> 01:14:24,199
>> Cuz I say so.

1550
01:14:20,560 --> 01:14:24,199
Let's break out.

1551
01:14:27,360 --> 01:14:32,159
>> What's up?

1552
01:14:29,520 --> 01:14:35,440
>> I want to read your poem

1553
01:14:32,159 --> 01:14:38,840
>> after you win the contest.

1554
01:14:35,440 --> 01:14:38,840
>> Let's go, man.

1555
01:14:41,280 --> 01:14:45,800
>> You ain't got to help me if you don't

1556
01:14:42,640 --> 01:14:45,800
want to.

1557
01:14:47,440 --> 01:14:51,760
Infranchisement.

1558
01:14:50,080 --> 01:14:53,040
>> You mean infranchisement?

1559
01:14:51,760 --> 01:14:56,600
>> Hey, whatever.

1560
01:14:53,040 --> 01:14:56,600
>> Can you spell it?

1561
01:14:59,360 --> 01:15:03,159
>> 50,000 coaches.

1562
01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:09,040
>> ENF.

1563
01:15:07,120 --> 01:15:12,239
>> Wake up everybody. [music and singing]

1564
01:15:09,040 --> 01:15:14,800
No more sleeping in bed.

1565
01:15:12,239 --> 01:15:17,360
No more back thinking. [music] Time for

1566
01:15:14,800 --> 01:15:20,159
thinking ahead.

1567
01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:22,080
The world has changed so very much from

1568
01:15:20,159 --> 01:15:24,560
what it used [music] to be.

1569
01:15:22,080 --> 01:15:27,280
>> Terry goat.

1570
01:15:24,560 --> 01:15:29,120
>> That right there goat.

1571
01:15:27,280 --> 01:15:31,997
>> Maybe you shouldn't show me the cards.

1572
01:15:29,120 --> 01:15:34,017
>> Oh yeah. Sorry.

1573
01:15:31,997 --> 01:15:34,017
[singing]

1574
01:15:35,679 --> 01:15:40,719
Wake up [music]

1575
01:15:36,800 --> 01:15:43,120
teachers. Time to teach a new way.

1576
01:15:40,719 --> 01:15:45,679
Maybe then [singing] they'll listen to

1577
01:15:43,120 --> 01:15:47,760
what you have to say.

1578
01:15:45,679 --> 01:15:50,960
They're the ones who's coming [music] up

1579
01:15:47,760 --> 01:15:53,280
and the world is in their hands. When

1580
01:15:50,960 --> 01:15:56,159
you teach the children, teach them the

1581
01:15:53,280 --> 01:15:58,960
very best you can.

1582
01:15:56,159 --> 01:16:03,719
R

1583
01:15:58,960 --> 01:16:03,719
>> you go to make us proud.

1584
01:16:27,760 --> 01:16:33,679
5,000. I learned them all, but I had

1585
01:16:31,520 --> 01:16:38,199
some help.

1586
01:16:33,679 --> 01:16:38,199
>> You should be very well prepared then.

1587
01:16:38,880 --> 01:16:44,880
>> You know, Dr.

1588
01:16:41,120 --> 01:16:48,520
When I was a little girl,

1589
01:16:44,880 --> 01:16:48,520
my daddy died.

1590
01:16:51,199 --> 01:16:55,560
I used to cry all the time.

1591
01:16:56,000 --> 01:16:59,080
But then

1592
01:16:59,280 --> 01:17:04,320
I found something that helped.

1593
01:17:02,480 --> 01:17:07,920
>> What was that?

1594
01:17:04,320 --> 01:17:11,120
>> I spelled over and over again and I'd

1595
01:17:07,920 --> 01:17:11,120
feel better.

1596
01:17:13,520 --> 01:17:19,840
Maybe when you're thinking of her,

1597
01:17:16,880 --> 01:17:23,320
you can try spelling.

1598
01:17:19,840 --> 01:17:23,320
It might help.

1599
01:17:37,040 --> 01:17:40,239
A killer.

1600
01:17:42,159 --> 01:17:46,000
I told you.

1601
01:17:44,080 --> 01:17:50,520
>> You did.

1602
01:17:46,000 --> 01:17:50,520
You call me by her name, Denise.

1603
01:17:55,760 --> 01:18:02,120
That's a jump rope, isn't it?

1604
01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:02,120
>> Yes.

1605
01:18:03,840 --> 01:18:07,640
>> Was she a little girl?

1606
01:18:14,480 --> 01:18:18,280
What happened to her?

1607
01:18:26,080 --> 01:18:32,880
She got very sick.

1608
01:18:29,760 --> 01:18:36,520
She was only a couple years younger than

1609
01:18:32,880 --> 01:18:36,520
you when she passed.

1610
01:18:40,960 --> 01:18:48,640
Where's your mama?

1611
01:18:44,080 --> 01:18:51,360
>> She moved to another city. And uh

1612
01:18:48,640 --> 01:18:54,239
after it happened,

1613
01:18:51,360 --> 01:18:57,280
my wife

1614
01:18:54,239 --> 01:19:00,600
Trisha and I

1615
01:18:57,280 --> 01:19:00,600
found it

1616
01:19:01,440 --> 01:19:05,600
slowly

1617
01:19:03,520 --> 01:19:09,320
became very

1618
01:19:05,600 --> 01:19:09,320
difficult to be.

1619
01:19:16,960 --> 01:19:23,960
Anyway, this is

1620
01:19:19,920 --> 01:19:23,960
this is Patricia's garden.

1621
01:19:24,800 --> 01:19:31,040
You see, I need I need a lot of order in

1622
01:19:28,239 --> 01:19:34,080
my life. That's why I don't teach in the

1623
01:19:31,040 --> 01:19:37,199
classrooms anymore.

1624
01:19:34,080 --> 01:19:39,199
It's just too unpredictable.

1625
01:19:37,199 --> 01:19:41,040
Like you,

1626
01:19:39,199 --> 01:19:43,120
this whole spelling bee business now has

1627
01:19:41,040 --> 01:19:47,640
become

1628
01:19:43,120 --> 01:19:47,640
a little too unpredictable as well.

1629
01:19:51,280 --> 01:19:54,600
>> Dr. Larry,

1630
01:19:54,880 --> 01:20:00,000
>> I I can't go to DC without you.

1631
01:19:57,920 --> 01:20:01,280
>> Yes, you can, Akila. You can do anything

1632
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:02,400
you want.

1633
01:20:01,280 --> 01:20:05,360
>> I can't beat Dylan.

1634
01:20:02,400 --> 01:20:07,520
>> Don't say that. It's true. It doesn't

1635
01:20:05,360 --> 01:20:09,520
matter how many words I learn, he'll

1636
01:20:07,520 --> 01:20:13,360
always know more.

1637
01:20:09,520 --> 01:20:16,239
>> Let me tell you about Dylan.

1638
01:20:13,360 --> 01:20:19,920
There's only one person who can push him

1639
01:20:16,239 --> 01:20:22,560
to spell as well as he possibly can.

1640
01:20:19,920 --> 01:20:26,159
It's not his dad. It's not the spelling

1641
01:20:22,560 --> 01:20:29,600
be people. It's not even himself.

1642
01:20:26,159 --> 01:20:31,840
That person is you.

1643
01:20:29,600 --> 01:20:37,360
So,

1644
01:20:31,840 --> 01:20:39,199
when you and I get to DC,

1645
01:20:37,360 --> 01:20:41,440
let's make sure we give him a run for

1646
01:20:39,199 --> 01:20:44,440
his money.

1647
01:20:41,440 --> 01:20:44,440
Okay.

1648
01:20:47,710 --> 01:20:49,730
[music]

1649
01:21:02,960 --> 01:21:07,920
Hey.

1650
01:21:05,920 --> 01:21:10,320
>> Hi.

1651
01:21:07,920 --> 01:21:12,480
>> I'm off to DC tomorrow.

1652
01:21:10,320 --> 01:21:14,480
>> Yeah, well, have fun.

1653
01:21:12,480 --> 01:21:16,080
>> I'm sorry I've been so busy. It's just

1654
01:21:14,480 --> 01:21:18,000
this whole spelling thing's been real

1655
01:21:16,080 --> 01:21:21,480
intense.

1656
01:21:18,000 --> 01:21:21,480
But you know what?

1657
01:21:21,520 --> 01:21:24,960
I'd give it all up if it meant you and

1658
01:21:23,120 --> 01:21:27,440
me could hang again.

1659
01:21:24,960 --> 01:21:31,880
That's stupid. Why is it stupid?

1660
01:21:27,440 --> 01:21:31,880
>> Cuz people want to see you do good.

1661
01:21:32,080 --> 01:21:36,120
>> I want to see you do good.

1662
01:21:36,480 --> 01:21:41,440
>> You know what, Georgia? You're my best

1663
01:21:39,120 --> 01:21:44,719
friend and you always tell me I can do

1664
01:21:41,440 --> 01:21:47,679
things even when I think I can't.

1665
01:21:44,719 --> 01:21:49,520
But I got to tell you something. If you

1666
01:21:47,679 --> 01:21:51,280
want to be a flight attendant, you first

1667
01:21:49,520 --> 01:21:54,159
got to ride on a plane.

1668
01:21:51,280 --> 01:21:57,719
>> I will someday.

1669
01:21:54,159 --> 01:21:57,719
How about tomorrow?

1670
01:21:58,451 --> 01:22:00,471
[screaming]

1671
01:22:01,760 --> 01:22:06,400
>> I got to I got to talk to the captain.

1672
01:22:04,239 --> 01:22:09,199
Oh, forget flight attendant. I'm going

1673
01:22:06,400 --> 01:22:10,480
to be the pilot.

1674
01:22:09,199 --> 01:22:12,560
>> What's wrong with him?

1675
01:22:10,480 --> 01:22:14,880
>> He has an aversion to heights.

1676
01:22:12,560 --> 01:22:17,440
>> It's an aversion to plummeting.

1677
01:22:14,880 --> 01:22:20,239
>> I may puke. My brother's in the Air

1678
01:22:17,440 --> 01:22:22,880
Force and he says that [music] fear is

1679
01:22:20,239 --> 01:22:25,360
all in your head. here. He gave me this

1680
01:22:22,880 --> 01:22:28,480
for good luck. Don't worry, I won't

1681
01:22:25,360 --> 01:22:30,400
impale you. You know, I never really

1682
01:22:28,480 --> 01:22:32,560
thanked you for helping me at the state

1683
01:22:30,400 --> 01:22:37,480
be. No biggie.

1684
01:22:32,560 --> 01:22:37,480
>> Actually, it was very chivalous.

1685
01:22:39,920 --> 01:22:47,159
>> Well, not thinking about playing it all

1686
01:22:42,719 --> 01:22:47,159
now. Well, in that case,

1687
01:22:49,120 --> 01:22:54,800
>> of your tears,

1688
01:22:52,080 --> 01:22:58,320
there's a smile.

1689
01:22:54,800 --> 01:22:59,840
There's a smile

1690
01:22:58,320 --> 01:23:03,280
behind

1691
01:22:59,840 --> 01:23:06,400
all [music] of the praise.

1692
01:23:03,280 --> 01:23:09,679
There's a sunshine

1693
01:23:06,400 --> 01:23:11,199
and my

1694
01:23:09,679 --> 01:23:12,719
everything. [music]

1695
01:23:11,199 --> 01:23:15,920
Everything.

1696
01:23:12,719 --> 01:23:18,480
You mean everything.

1697
01:23:15,920 --> 01:23:21,280
You mean [music] everything.

1698
01:23:18,480 --> 01:23:23,920
Everything to me.

1699
01:23:21,280 --> 01:23:25,040
Everything to me.

1700
01:23:23,920 --> 01:23:28,360
Everything [music]

1701
01:23:25,040 --> 01:23:28,360
to me.

1702
01:23:29,497 --> 01:23:31,679
[laughter]

1703
01:23:29,920 --> 01:23:33,600
>> Tony doesn't make it.

1704
01:23:31,679 --> 01:23:34,159
>> Kayla, I thought you guys supposed to be

1705
01:23:33,600 --> 01:23:34,800
studying.

1706
01:23:34,159 --> 01:23:36,880
>> We are.

1707
01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:38,320
>> Uh-uh. It sound like a party in here.

1708
01:23:36,880 --> 01:23:39,440
Come on now. You got a big day tomorrow.

1709
01:23:38,320 --> 01:23:43,199
Y'all better call it a night.

1710
01:23:39,440 --> 01:23:44,880
>> How more? 15 minutes.

1711
01:23:43,199 --> 01:23:47,360
>> What do you think Dylan's doing now?

1712
01:23:44,880 --> 01:23:48,719
>> Trying to learn ancient Greek.

1713
01:23:47,360 --> 01:23:51,760
>> Maybe we should invite him over.

1714
01:23:48,719 --> 01:23:54,760
>> That turn juggler. Forget it.

1715
01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:54,760
>> I

1716
01:23:56,480 --> 01:24:00,040
>> Is Dylan here?

1717
01:24:00,719 --> 01:24:06,159
>> He's busy.

1718
01:24:03,280 --> 01:24:08,480
Well, um, me and some of the other kids

1719
01:24:06,159 --> 01:24:10,639
are hanging out in my room, drinking

1720
01:24:08,480 --> 01:24:12,719
soda pop and watching movies. We thought

1721
01:24:10,639 --> 01:24:14,400
maybe he'd like to come over.

1722
01:24:12,719 --> 01:24:15,280
>> I'm sorry, but tomorrow is the spelling

1723
01:24:14,400 --> 01:24:16,960
bee.

1724
01:24:15,280 --> 01:24:19,280
>> Well, you know, sometimes it's okay to

1725
01:24:16,960 --> 01:24:21,040
take a little rest right before the big

1726
01:24:19,280 --> 01:24:22,960
event, you know.

1727
01:24:21,040 --> 01:24:25,120
>> Well, perhaps that is your strategy, but

1728
01:24:22,960 --> 01:24:28,239
not ours.

1729
01:24:25,120 --> 01:24:31,639
>> Wait, wait.

1730
01:24:28,239 --> 01:24:31,639
This for Dylan.

1731
01:24:35,920 --> 01:24:38,920
Okay.

1732
01:24:39,600 --> 01:24:44,400
Our deepest fear is not that we are

1733
01:24:42,320 --> 01:24:46,480
inadequate.

1734
01:24:44,400 --> 01:24:50,239
Our deepest fear [music] is that we are

1735
01:24:46,480 --> 01:24:53,920
powerful beyond measure.

1736
01:24:50,239 --> 01:24:57,600
We ask ourselves who am I to be

1737
01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:59,760
brilliant, gorgeous, talented and

1738
01:24:57,600 --> 01:25:01,440
fabulous.

1739
01:24:59,760 --> 01:25:06,760
Actually,

1740
01:25:01,440 --> 01:25:06,760
who are you not to be?

1741
01:25:21,040 --> 01:25:25,960
Check. Check. One, two.

1742
01:25:27,399 --> 01:25:29,419
>> [music]

1743
01:25:40,480 --> 01:25:43,719
>> It's okay.

1744
01:25:57,840 --> 01:26:02,239
I'm Ted Saunders here with Katie Kerwin

1745
01:26:00,000 --> 01:26:04,480
McCrimman broadcasting live from the

1746
01:26:02,239 --> 01:26:06,400
main ballroom of the Grand Hyatt

1747
01:26:04,480 --> 01:26:08,159
Washington. Now Katie, as a former

1748
01:26:06,400 --> 01:26:09,520
spelling be champ yourself, who do you

1749
01:26:08,159 --> 01:26:11,120
think we should be looking for to do

1750
01:26:09,520 --> 01:26:13,199
well in this year's competition?

1751
01:26:11,120 --> 01:26:15,760
>> Several of the kids placed very high in

1752
01:26:13,199 --> 01:26:18,320
last year's beat, especially Dylan Chu.

1753
01:26:15,760 --> 01:26:18,800
He's come in second two years in a row.

1754
01:26:18,320 --> 01:26:21,040
You wouldn't believe.

1755
01:26:18,800 --> 01:26:21,920
>> Kick his butt. Aquila. B U T T T T T T T

1756
01:26:21,040 --> 01:26:23,520
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T butt.

1757
01:26:21,920 --> 01:26:25,694
>> But the speller I've really got my eye

1758
01:26:23,520 --> 01:26:27,040
on is little Aquila Anderson from Los

1759
01:26:25,694 --> 01:26:29,199
[cheering] Angeles.

1760
01:26:27,040 --> 01:26:31,040
>> She's become a bit of a media sensation.

1761
01:26:29,199 --> 01:26:32,800
Hey, that's my sister. That's

1762
01:26:31,040 --> 01:26:35,800
>> her first try at the spelling be

1763
01:26:32,800 --> 01:26:35,800
circuit.

1764
01:27:16,130 --> 01:27:18,150
>> [music]

1765
01:27:23,990 --> 01:27:26,010
[music]

1766
01:27:40,719 --> 01:27:44,480
>> Could you repeat the word, please?

1767
01:27:42,880 --> 01:27:46,239
>> Rashioinate.

1768
01:27:44,480 --> 01:27:49,280
Radiosinate.

1769
01:27:46,239 --> 01:27:58,480
>> What in the hell kind of word is that? R

1770
01:27:49,280 --> 01:28:00,671
A T I O C I N A T E. Rashiate.

1771
01:27:58,480 --> 01:28:02,691
That's correct.

1772
01:28:00,671 --> 01:28:02,691
[applause]

1773
01:28:03,946 --> 01:28:05,966
[cheering]

1774
01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:10,560
>> That's just amazing. [applause]

1775
01:28:08,159 --> 01:28:13,360
>> But watch out. One wrong letter and

1776
01:28:10,560 --> 01:28:14,880
that's it.

1777
01:28:13,360 --> 01:28:16,239
>> Earthstead.

1778
01:28:14,880 --> 01:28:18,320
>> What's the language of origin?

1779
01:28:16,239 --> 01:28:19,679
>> It's from a Danish name. Now I can't

1780
01:28:18,320 --> 01:28:21,520
stand this Korean kid.

1781
01:28:19,679 --> 01:28:24,906
>> He's Chinese. He's uppidity.

1782
01:28:21,520 --> 01:28:26,926
>> O E R S T E D. That's correct.

1783
01:28:24,906 --> 01:28:26,926
[applause]

1784
01:28:29,491 --> 01:28:31,511
[applause]

1785
01:28:32,719 --> 01:28:37,040
>> What's the definition?

1786
01:28:34,400 --> 01:28:38,880
>> Xyle is a complex tissue in the vascular

1787
01:28:37,040 --> 01:28:43,040
system of higher plants.

1788
01:28:38,880 --> 01:28:46,576
>> Zyllem. X Y L E M. Zyllem.

1789
01:28:43,040 --> 01:28:46,576
>> That's correct. [applause]

1790
01:28:48,239 --> 01:28:52,239
They thought they had me, but I was too

1791
01:28:50,159 --> 01:28:56,239
much, bro.

1792
01:28:52,239 --> 01:28:58,320
>> T H O E P Y. [music]

1793
01:28:56,239 --> 01:29:00,000
>> That's correct.

1794
01:28:58,320 --> 01:29:01,520
>> Voxilation is originally Latin.

1795
01:29:00,000 --> 01:29:02,639
>> Could you use it in a sentence, please?

1796
01:29:01,520 --> 01:29:03,760
>> Losellation.

1797
01:29:02,639 --> 01:29:05,040
>> Can I have a definition, please? [music]

1798
01:29:03,760 --> 01:29:05,760
>> That's correct.

1799
01:29:05,040 --> 01:29:07,520
>> Lobcout.

1800
01:29:05,760 --> 01:29:10,320
>> The language of origin, please.

1801
01:29:07,520 --> 01:29:14,040
>> The alternate pronunciations gastron.

1802
01:29:10,320 --> 01:29:14,040
>> You have a definition, [music] please.

1803
01:29:14,239 --> 01:29:18,159
Esperotic

1804
01:29:16,239 --> 01:29:19,120
>> radical. That's correct. Can

1805
01:29:18,159 --> 01:29:20,800
>> I have the definition please?

1806
01:29:19,120 --> 01:29:21,600
>> Earliest known time.

1807
01:29:20,800 --> 01:29:24,800
>> Aboriginal

1808
01:29:21,600 --> 01:29:26,476
>> correct. Language of origin

1809
01:29:24,800 --> 01:29:26,880
and bleommenium.

1810
01:29:26,476 --> 01:29:29,120
[music]

1811
01:29:26,880 --> 01:29:29,760
>> Any ratio without separation of two

1812
01:29:29,120 --> 01:29:32,320
phases?

1813
01:29:29,760 --> 01:29:34,400
>> I loo.

1814
01:29:32,320 --> 01:29:36,159
>> If you're just joining us, we're here in

1815
01:29:34,400 --> 01:29:38,000
the eighth round of the national

1816
01:29:36,159 --> 01:29:41,040
spelling [music] be with only 30

1817
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:46,181
spellers remaining. U

1818
01:29:41,040 --> 01:29:46,181
R S U S excursus. [music]

1819
01:29:48,639 --> 01:29:52,159
>> Argulacious.

1820
01:29:50,960 --> 01:29:54,080
>> Excuse me.

1821
01:29:52,159 --> 01:29:56,000
>> Argulacious.

1822
01:29:54,080 --> 01:29:59,040
>> Can I have the definition, please?

1823
01:29:56,000 --> 01:30:01,440
>> Argulacious means of, relating to, or

1824
01:29:59,040 --> 01:30:02,800
containing clay or clay minerals.

1825
01:30:01,440 --> 01:30:03,280
>> May I have the language of origin,

1826
01:30:02,800 --> 01:30:03,760
please?

1827
01:30:03,280 --> 01:30:05,440
>> Latin.

1828
01:30:03,760 --> 01:30:07,360
>> Man, that's a white word if I ever heard

1829
01:30:05,440 --> 01:30:09,840
one. It's a trick. Stop playing. It's a

1830
01:30:07,360 --> 01:30:12,320
suffix that would trip up most people.

1831
01:30:09,840 --> 01:30:13,520
They would tend to spell it t i o u s or

1832
01:30:12,320 --> 01:30:16,080
c i o u s.

1833
01:30:13,520 --> 01:30:17,360
>> Is it derived from the Latin word argula

1834
01:30:16,080 --> 01:30:20,679
meaning clay?

1835
01:30:17,360 --> 01:30:20,679
>> That's correct.

1836
01:30:23,120 --> 01:30:26,719
A

1837
01:30:24,719 --> 01:30:31,040
R

1838
01:30:26,719 --> 01:30:35,239
G I L

1839
01:30:31,040 --> 01:30:35,239
L A.

1840
01:30:36,960 --> 01:30:40,040
Come on.

1841
01:30:51,679 --> 01:30:55,199
Can I start over?

1842
01:30:53,199 --> 01:30:59,159
>> You may, but you cannot change the

1843
01:30:55,199 --> 01:30:59,159
letters you've already spelled.

1844
01:31:14,639 --> 01:31:27,520
A R G I L

1845
01:31:20,159 --> 01:31:30,520
A C E O U S. Argulacious. That's

1846
01:31:27,520 --> 01:31:30,520
correct.

1847
01:31:30,928 --> 01:31:32,948
[applause]

1848
01:31:33,548 --> 01:31:35,568
>> [cheering]

1849
01:31:35,679 --> 01:31:40,808
>> That's my little sister. [applause]

1850
01:31:38,788 --> 01:31:40,808
[cheering]

1851
01:31:45,993 --> 01:31:49,323
[applause]

1852
01:31:47,303 --> 01:31:49,323
[music]

1853
01:31:53,840 --> 01:31:58,400
>> Well, it's the 12th round, folks. And

1854
01:31:56,000 --> 01:32:01,199
the five remaining spellers are Mary

1855
01:31:58,400 --> 01:32:04,080
Calvaretti, age 12, 13-year-old Rajie

1856
01:32:01,199 --> 01:32:06,080
Submonian, 12-year-old Javier Menddees,

1857
01:32:04,080 --> 01:32:07,280
Dylan Chu, also of Woodland Hills. Wow,

1858
01:32:06,080 --> 01:32:10,228
they really crank them out down there,

1859
01:32:07,280 --> 01:32:12,248
don't they? Of course. Akila Anderson.

1860
01:32:10,228 --> 01:32:12,248
[cheering]

1861
01:32:12,639 --> 01:32:15,040
>> Could you use the word in the sentence,

1862
01:32:14,400 --> 01:32:17,440
please?

1863
01:32:15,040 --> 01:32:19,760
>> The Maravvenian kings were known for

1864
01:32:17,440 --> 01:32:22,960
having long red hair.

1865
01:32:19,760 --> 01:32:25,679
>> Okay. Uh,

1866
01:32:22,960 --> 01:32:30,560
M

1867
01:32:25,679 --> 01:32:37,320
A R O V

1868
01:32:30,560 --> 01:32:37,320
I N G I A N. Meian.

1869
01:32:39,840 --> 01:32:48,239
>> Maravvenian is spelled M E R O V I N G I

1870
01:32:45,120 --> 01:32:51,239
A N.

1871
01:32:48,239 --> 01:32:51,239
Congratul

1872
01:32:56,639 --> 01:33:04,760
13 last year, good this year. Next year

1873
01:32:59,840 --> 01:33:04,760
I'll take it all. Now it's your turn.

1874
01:33:06,559 --> 01:33:08,579
[applause]

1875
01:33:10,480 --> 01:33:13,880
I Smatism

1876
01:33:14,719 --> 01:33:19,040
>> P I S C N C E recipipus.

1877
01:33:18,159 --> 01:33:24,480
>> That's correct. [music]

1878
01:33:19,040 --> 01:33:28,480
>> F I R E. Vitrifire

1879
01:33:24,480 --> 01:33:32,159
I N O U Sigenous.

1880
01:33:28,480 --> 01:33:32,159
>> That's correct. [music]

1881
01:33:32,759 --> 01:33:34,779
[applause]

1882
01:33:39,964 --> 01:33:41,984
>> [music]

1883
01:33:42,480 --> 01:33:46,400
>> We're going to take a small break before

1884
01:33:44,480 --> 01:33:50,360
Akila and Dylan commence with the

1885
01:33:46,400 --> 01:33:50,360
championship level words.

1886
01:33:58,960 --> 01:34:00,980
[snorts]

1887
01:34:01,520 --> 01:34:04,520
Pretty

1888
01:34:06,000 --> 01:34:09,239
good, huh?

1889
01:34:11,920 --> 01:34:18,239
>> You know what happened last year. Make

1890
01:34:14,880 --> 01:34:21,280
sure you stay focused, right?

1891
01:34:18,239 --> 01:34:23,840
This is your last national spelling bee.

1892
01:34:21,280 --> 01:34:27,679
If you lose to that girl, you're second

1893
01:34:23,840 --> 01:34:29,360
place your whole life. No way. You hear

1894
01:34:27,679 --> 01:34:32,400
me? No way.

1895
01:34:29,360 --> 01:34:34,239
>> Peeking on someone.

1896
01:34:32,400 --> 01:34:36,239
Just wishing Dylan good luck.

1897
01:34:34,239 --> 01:34:39,520
>> You've done a superb job. I'm so proud

1898
01:34:36,239 --> 01:34:41,840
of you. Now listen, they're going to hit

1899
01:34:39,520 --> 01:34:43,280
you with every trick word they've got.

1900
01:34:41,840 --> 01:34:45,199
You just remember the things that we've

1901
01:34:43,280 --> 01:34:48,000
studied. You can take these words apart,

1902
01:34:45,199 --> 01:34:49,920
even if you've never seen them, right?

1903
01:34:48,000 --> 01:34:51,280
>> But if I don't beat Dylan, has the guy

1904
01:34:49,920 --> 01:34:53,679
next to you, right?

1905
01:34:51,280 --> 01:34:55,199
>> Well, of course you do. Although I don't

1906
01:34:53,679 --> 01:34:57,920
know how much time we'll have to train

1907
01:34:55,199 --> 01:35:01,840
together. I've been asked to come back

1908
01:34:57,920 --> 01:35:02,719
and teach at UCLA and I've said yes.

1909
01:35:01,840 --> 01:35:05,199
>> Really?

1910
01:35:02,719 --> 01:35:08,320
>> Well, far be it from me to deny the next

1911
01:35:05,199 --> 01:35:11,960
web de boys the benefits of my Serbic

1912
01:35:08,320 --> 01:35:11,960
witness hour disposition.

1913
01:35:19,679 --> 01:35:24,000
What's the matter?

1914
01:35:21,679 --> 01:35:26,080
>> Nothing, Dr. Ley.

1915
01:35:24,000 --> 01:35:29,679
I should get back.

1916
01:35:26,080 --> 01:35:32,080
No matter what happens,

1917
01:35:29,679 --> 01:35:35,600
I want you to know that I couldn't have

1918
01:35:32,080 --> 01:35:38,320
gotten this far without you.

1919
01:35:35,600 --> 01:35:40,639
Akila, baby, there you are. Come on. I

1920
01:35:38,320 --> 01:35:44,600
got to go.

1921
01:35:40,639 --> 01:35:44,600
They're about to start up again.

1922
01:35:54,800 --> 01:36:00,360
Don't look so nervous. So, I hear she

1923
01:35:56,719 --> 01:36:00,360
had a pretty good coach.

1924
01:36:00,880 --> 01:36:05,520
>> You know, I just found out that the bee

1925
01:36:02,480 --> 01:36:09,920
only gives each kid two plane tickets. I

1926
01:36:05,520 --> 01:36:09,920
was wondering how we ended up with six.

1927
01:36:10,560 --> 01:36:17,520
Perhaps it was some unexpected laress on

1928
01:36:14,560 --> 01:36:20,800
part of the be.

1929
01:36:17,520 --> 01:36:24,280
Or perhaps a keyless coach is also

1930
01:36:20,800 --> 01:36:24,280
pretty generous.

1931
01:36:26,159 --> 01:36:31,199
Thanks

1932
01:36:28,320 --> 01:36:32,880
for everything.

1933
01:36:31,199 --> 01:36:34,639
>> You're welcome.

1934
01:36:32,880 --> 01:36:38,480
>> Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome

1935
01:36:34,639 --> 01:36:40,719
Akquila and Dylan back to the stage.

1936
01:36:38,480 --> 01:36:42,880
Now remember, if either speller misses a

1937
01:36:40,719 --> 01:36:45,520
word, the other has to spell that missed

1938
01:36:42,880 --> 01:36:47,920
word plus another to win. Right.

1939
01:36:45,520 --> 01:36:50,880
>> That's right. And we could exhaust all

1940
01:36:47,920 --> 01:36:52,639
25 championship words. But it's never

1941
01:36:50,880 --> 01:36:54,159
happened. The championship words are

1942
01:36:52,639 --> 01:36:55,840
just too difficult.

1943
01:36:54,159 --> 01:36:57,440
>> Filopiotistic.

1944
01:36:55,840 --> 01:36:59,760
>> Can I have the definition, please?

1945
01:36:57,440 --> 01:37:02,880
>> Of or relating to an often excessive

1946
01:36:59,760 --> 01:37:05,440
veneration of ancestors or tradition.

1947
01:37:02,880 --> 01:37:07,520
>> Filopatistic.

1948
01:37:05,440 --> 01:37:10,639
F I

1949
01:37:07,520 --> 01:37:15,400
L I O

1950
01:37:10,639 --> 01:37:15,400
P I E T I S.

1951
01:37:22,012 --> 01:37:24,032
[music]

1952
01:37:24,632 --> 01:37:26,652
[applause]

1953
01:37:29,760 --> 01:37:33,560
Akila, you're up.

1954
01:37:38,800 --> 01:37:42,239
Xanthosis.

1955
01:37:40,880 --> 01:37:46,199
>> Zanthosis.

1956
01:37:42,239 --> 01:37:46,199
>> It starts with an X.

1957
01:38:03,440 --> 01:38:06,760
Miss Anderson

1958
01:38:13,600 --> 01:38:16,600
Zenthosis.

1959
01:38:16,880 --> 01:38:25,280
Z A N T H O

1960
01:38:21,617 --> 01:38:28,280
[music] S I S.

1961
01:38:25,280 --> 01:38:28,280
Zenthosis.

1962
01:38:29,478 --> 01:38:31,498
>> [cheering]

1963
01:38:42,000 --> 01:38:45,880
>> Dylan, it's your turn.

1964
01:38:50,960 --> 01:38:53,960
Zanthosis.

1965
01:39:06,880 --> 01:39:13,360
Zanthosis. [music] X A N

1966
01:39:11,199 --> 01:39:16,679
T H

1967
01:39:13,360 --> 01:39:16,679
O S

1968
01:39:17,840 --> 01:39:22,440
E S. Zanthosis.

1969
01:39:24,719 --> 01:39:33,000
Zanthosis is spelled X A N T H O S I S.

1970
01:39:34,000 --> 01:39:38,254
C can I get some water, please? Can we

1971
01:39:36,239 --> 01:39:40,274
please get both spellers some water?

1972
01:39:38,254 --> 01:39:40,274
[applause]

1973
01:39:45,040 --> 01:39:47,199
>> What are you doing?

1974
01:39:46,159 --> 01:39:48,400
>> What are you doing?

1975
01:39:47,199 --> 01:39:49,600
>> You just threw that word.

1976
01:39:48,400 --> 01:39:52,159
>> So did you.

1977
01:39:49,600 --> 01:39:55,440
>> You're just going to give this all away?

1978
01:39:52,159 --> 01:39:57,600
Your dad will be happy.

1979
01:39:55,440 --> 01:40:00,159
>> Who cares? He's never won anything in

1980
01:39:57,600 --> 01:40:02,239
his life. I won the regionals three

1981
01:40:00,159 --> 01:40:04,159
times in a row. And I finished second in

1982
01:40:02,239 --> 01:40:06,400
the nationals twice.

1983
01:40:04,159 --> 01:40:07,760
>> And now you can finish first.

1984
01:40:06,400 --> 01:40:10,000
>> I could do it next year.

1985
01:40:07,760 --> 01:40:13,520
>> You do your best this year.

1986
01:40:10,000 --> 01:40:15,600
>> Dylan, you do your best.

1987
01:40:13,520 --> 01:40:19,000
>> I don't want it.

1988
01:40:15,600 --> 01:40:19,000
>> Here's your water.

1989
01:40:24,719 --> 01:40:27,920
That's kind of amazing, isn't it, that

1990
01:40:26,159 --> 01:40:29,600
both of these incredible spellers would

1991
01:40:27,920 --> 01:40:31,280
stumble on that that word.

1992
01:40:29,600 --> 01:40:32,639
>> I think we've got some pretty nervous

1993
01:40:31,280 --> 01:40:35,639
kids up there.

1994
01:40:32,639 --> 01:40:35,639
>> Elor,

1995
01:40:41,520 --> 01:40:50,800
E F L E U R A G E F.

1996
01:40:47,840 --> 01:40:50,800
>> That's correct.

1997
01:40:52,000 --> 01:40:55,440
I'm telling you, this is just like

1998
01:40:53,360 --> 01:40:57,440
watching two star tennis players at the

1999
01:40:55,440 --> 01:40:58,800
net returning volleys. I mean, these

2000
01:40:57,440 --> 01:41:01,440
kids are incredible.

2001
01:40:58,800 --> 01:41:03,199
>> L A G N I A P P P P P P P P P P P P P P

2002
01:41:01,440 --> 01:41:04,480
P P P P P P P E L.

2003
01:41:03,199 --> 01:41:07,119
>> Could you use it in a sentence, please?

2004
01:41:04,480 --> 01:41:08,000
>> Is that a verb?

2005
01:41:07,119 --> 01:41:09,520
>> That's correct.

2006
01:41:08,000 --> 01:41:10,480
>> Frostia.

2007
01:41:09,520 --> 01:41:11,119
>> Is that Greek?

2008
01:41:10,480 --> 01:41:13,280
>> But that

2009
01:41:11,119 --> 01:41:15,440
>> What's the language of wardrobe, please?

2010
01:41:13,280 --> 01:41:17,119
>> Dwayne,

2011
01:41:15,440 --> 01:41:19,119
>> that's correct.

2012
01:41:17,119 --> 01:41:20,639
These kids are chewing through these

2013
01:41:19,119 --> 01:41:21,920
super tough words like they were

2014
01:41:20,639 --> 01:41:23,920
breakfast cereal.

2015
01:41:21,920 --> 01:41:26,159
>> You know, they could actually go the

2016
01:41:23,920 --> 01:41:29,119
distance. And most people consider that

2017
01:41:26,159 --> 01:41:31,280
unthinkable. We are now 13 words into

2018
01:41:29,119 --> 01:41:33,360
the championship level. If you make it

2019
01:41:31,280 --> 01:41:35,679
through the remaining 12 words, you'll

2020
01:41:33,360 --> 01:41:38,480
be co-ch champions. That's never

2021
01:41:35,679 --> 01:41:40,800
happened before. Vinegaroon.

2022
01:41:38,480 --> 01:41:42,960
>> Ethicis.

2023
01:41:40,800 --> 01:41:44,480
>> That's correct. [music]

2024
01:41:42,960 --> 01:41:45,119
and Akquila are trying to stage a

2025
01:41:44,480 --> 01:41:46,800
miracle here.

2026
01:41:45,119 --> 01:41:53,480
>> And to make it to the finish line, they

2027
01:41:46,800 --> 01:41:53,480
need each other to succeed. E R A Z

2028
01:41:58,080 --> 01:42:03,665
A D I A N. Shahadian.

2029
01:42:01,840 --> 01:42:05,685
>> That's correct.

2030
01:42:03,665 --> 01:42:05,685
[applause]

2031
01:42:06,800 --> 01:42:12,800
L O G I

2032
01:42:11,280 --> 01:42:17,420
C

2033
01:42:12,800 --> 01:42:19,440
A L. Polinological. That's correct.

2034
01:42:17,420 --> 01:42:19,440
[applause]

2035
01:42:23,040 --> 01:42:28,560
>> Ladies and gentlemen, we are down to the

2036
01:42:25,040 --> 01:42:30,480
final two championship words. One or

2037
01:42:28,560 --> 01:42:33,840
both of our spellers will walk away with

2038
01:42:30,480 --> 01:42:36,840
the first place trophy. Dylan, you're

2039
01:42:33,840 --> 01:42:36,840
up.

2040
01:42:41,760 --> 01:42:45,600
>> Loggeria.

2041
01:42:43,360 --> 01:42:48,320
>> May I have the definition, please?

2042
01:42:45,600 --> 01:42:52,199
>> Loggeria is excessive and often

2043
01:42:48,320 --> 01:42:52,199
incoherent talkiveness.

2044
01:42:54,101 --> 01:42:56,121
[sighs]

2045
01:42:57,040 --> 01:43:00,040
Loggeria.

2046
01:43:01,360 --> 01:43:05,840
L

2047
01:43:04,159 --> 01:43:07,520
O

2048
01:43:05,840 --> 01:43:10,159
G

2049
01:43:07,520 --> 01:43:13,239
O

2050
01:43:10,159 --> 01:43:13,239
R R

2051
01:43:13,360 --> 01:43:19,360
H

2052
01:43:14,880 --> 01:43:21,440
E A. Loggeria.

2053
01:43:19,360 --> 01:43:24,886
Congratulations, Dylan. You've won the

2054
01:43:21,440 --> 01:43:26,906
strict national spelling.

2055
01:43:24,886 --> 01:43:26,906
[applause]

2056
01:43:30,126 --> 01:43:32,146
>> [applause]

2057
01:43:36,676 --> 01:43:38,696
[applause]

2058
01:43:38,960 --> 01:43:44,591
>> Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated

2059
01:43:40,880 --> 01:43:44,591
for Akila's turn. [applause]

2060
01:43:48,880 --> 01:43:54,600
Polocritude.

2061
01:43:51,600 --> 01:43:54,600
Hulkritude.

2062
01:43:59,040 --> 01:44:05,520
It's derived from the Latin word pair

2063
01:44:03,440 --> 01:44:06,480
>> meaning beautiful,

2064
01:44:05,520 --> 01:44:08,880
isn't it?

2065
01:44:06,480 --> 01:44:09,600
>> That's correct.

2066
01:44:08,880 --> 01:44:11,920
>> P

2067
01:44:09,600 --> 01:44:14,080
>> U [music] L C

2068
01:44:11,920 --> 01:44:14,719
>> H R I

2069
01:44:14,080 --> 01:44:15,600
>> T

2070
01:44:14,719 --> 01:44:16,400
>> U

2071
01:44:15,600 --> 01:44:17,520
>> T

2072
01:44:16,400 --> 01:44:19,920
>> E

2073
01:44:17,520 --> 01:44:21,872
>> Pokeitude.

2074
01:44:19,920 --> 01:44:22,719
Congratulations

2075
01:44:21,872 --> 01:44:25,719
[music]

2076
01:44:22,719 --> 01:44:25,719
Akila.

2077
01:44:28,422 --> 01:44:30,442
[music]

2078
01:44:33,760 --> 01:44:38,400
>> You know that feeling where everything

2079
01:44:35,679 --> 01:44:40,159
feels right? Where you don't have to

2080
01:44:38,400 --> 01:44:41,840
worry about tomorrow [music] or

2081
01:44:40,159 --> 01:44:44,159
yesterday?

2082
01:44:41,840 --> 01:44:46,719
Where you feel safe and know you're

2083
01:44:44,159 --> 01:44:49,280
doing the best you can. There's a word

2084
01:44:46,719 --> 01:44:50,960
for that feeling. It's [music] called

2085
01:44:49,280 --> 01:44:55,679
love.

2086
01:44:50,960 --> 01:44:59,360
L O V E. And it's what I feel for all my

2087
01:44:55,679 --> 01:45:02,960
vendor and all my coaches in my

2088
01:44:59,360 --> 01:45:06,412
neighborhood where I come from where I

2089
01:45:02,960 --> 01:45:08,432
learned how to spell.

2090
01:45:06,412 --> 01:45:08,432
[music]

2091
01:45:15,582 --> 01:45:17,602
>> [music]

2092
01:45:24,752 --> 01:45:28,840
[music]

2093
01:45:25,360 --> 01:45:28,840
>> We did it.

2094
01:45:31,957 --> 01:45:33,977
[music]

2095
01:45:39,162 --> 01:45:41,182
[music]

2096
01:45:41,280 --> 01:45:44,280
Write

2097
01:45:46,080 --> 01:45:55,199
it down a thousand times for a little

2098
01:45:50,298 --> 01:45:59,360
[singing] word that makes me cry.

2099
01:45:55,199 --> 01:46:02,639
How I feel about it, I can't decide.

2100
01:45:59,360 --> 01:46:05,360
No, I don't know. So, I'll [singing]

2101
01:46:02,639 --> 01:46:09,948
improvise.

2102
01:46:05,360 --> 01:46:13,840
Is it living in our heart or in

2103
01:46:09,948 --> 01:46:16,480
[singing] our mind? And I don't know.

2104
01:46:13,840 --> 01:46:18,719
So world ready. [singing]

2105
01:46:16,480 --> 01:46:21,040
I'm not [music]

2106
01:46:18,719 --> 01:46:23,679
here. I go

2107
01:46:21,040 --> 01:46:26,080
searching for the answer.

2108
01:46:23,679 --> 01:46:28,400
>> And [music and singing] I'm not

2109
01:46:26,080 --> 01:46:30,960
going to stop

2110
01:46:28,400 --> 01:46:35,360
till I find

2111
01:46:30,960 --> 01:46:39,199
where it lives inside me. How does it

2112
01:46:35,360 --> 01:46:42,043
come [singing] to be?

2113
01:46:39,199 --> 01:46:43,920
What should it mean [music] to me?

2114
01:46:42,043 --> 01:46:47,283
[singing]

2115
01:46:43,920 --> 01:46:50,558
Teach me the definition

2116
01:46:47,283 --> 01:46:52,578
[music] of true love.

2117
01:46:50,558 --> 01:46:52,578
[singing]

2118
01:46:59,360 --> 01:47:05,679
I was so afraid I'd never [singing]

2119
01:47:01,760 --> 01:47:09,440
succeed. But you made me feel [music] I

2120
01:47:05,679 --> 01:47:11,840
could do anything.

2121
01:47:09,440 --> 01:47:16,320
Memorize the things you would say and

2122
01:47:11,840 --> 01:47:19,199
do. Must be loving the strength that I

2123
01:47:16,320 --> 01:47:23,440
found in you. [singing]

2124
01:47:19,199 --> 01:47:29,080
Either living in our heart [singing] or

2125
01:47:23,440 --> 01:47:29,080
in our mind. [music] I don't know.

2126
01:47:30,320 --> 01:47:35,040
You're [singing] already

2127
01:47:32,960 --> 01:47:37,440
on.

2128
01:47:35,040 --> 01:47:40,320
Here I go, [singing]

2129
01:47:37,440 --> 01:47:42,480
searching for the answer. [music] And

2130
01:47:40,320 --> 01:47:44,960
I'm not

2131
01:47:42,480 --> 01:47:46,234
going to stop.

2132
01:47:44,960 --> 01:47:47,440
Terriied [singing]

2133
01:47:46,234 --> 01:47:51,474
[music]

2134
01:47:47,440 --> 01:47:55,520
where it lives inside me. How does it

2135
01:47:51,474 --> 01:48:00,320
[singing] come to me?

2136
01:47:55,520 --> 01:48:03,919
What should you need to leave? [singing]

2137
01:48:00,320 --> 01:48:07,679
Teach [music] me the definition

2138
01:48:03,919 --> 01:48:13,679
[singing] of true love.

2139
01:48:07,679 --> 01:48:19,760
Love my lonely feels good. True love

2140
01:48:13,679 --> 01:48:21,604
always believes and it gives without

2141
01:48:19,760 --> 01:48:25,000
a sacrifice

2142
01:48:21,604 --> 01:48:25,000
[music] unconditionally.

2143
01:48:28,239 --> 01:48:35,360
Oh, here I go. [music and singing]

2144
01:48:31,760 --> 01:48:37,199
Searching for

2145
01:48:35,360 --> 01:48:39,040
[music and singing]

2146
01:48:37,199 --> 01:48:41,600
stop

2147
01:48:39,040 --> 01:48:45,840
till I find [singing]

2148
01:48:41,600 --> 01:48:46,800
where it lives inside of me

2149
01:48:45,840 --> 01:48:50,119
[music and singing]

2150
01:48:46,800 --> 01:48:50,119
to be

2151
01:48:50,480 --> 01:48:57,520
a name to me.

2152
01:48:54,639 --> 01:49:00,520
Teach me the [music] breath

2153
01:48:57,520 --> 01:49:00,520
shore.

2154
01:49:05,040 --> 01:49:09,800
>> Oh yeah.

2155
01:49:06,159 --> 01:49:09,800
>> Searching for

2156
01:49:14,159 --> 01:49:20,600
our mind

2157
01:49:16,159 --> 01:49:20,600
where we live inside

2158
01:49:21,210 --> 01:49:26,800
[music] to be.

2159
01:49:24,159 --> 01:49:30,080
What should it name? [singing] Tell me

2160
01:49:26,800 --> 01:49:33,656
what should it name? Teach me [music]

2161
01:49:30,080 --> 01:49:37,600
the death

2162
01:49:33,656 --> 01:49:40,600
[singing] of true

2163
01:49:37,600 --> 01:49:40,600
love.

2164
01:49:43,440 --> 01:49:46,679
Thank you.

2165
01:49:49,119 --> 01:49:57,119
I ain't too young to [singing] know

2166
01:49:53,040 --> 01:49:59,856
that life has it high and lows

2167
01:49:57,119 --> 01:50:05,000
and things won't [music] always turn

2168
01:49:59,856 --> 01:50:05,000
[singing] out quite like I think

2169
01:50:05,751 --> 01:50:14,080
[music] and though I have much to learn

2170
01:50:09,920 --> 01:50:16,719
to weather the twist and turns

2171
01:50:14,080 --> 01:50:21,199
I [music] know that I'm capable

2172
01:50:16,719 --> 01:50:23,280
to deal with what life brings me.

2173
01:50:21,199 --> 01:50:25,679
I'm [music] strong.

2174
01:50:23,280 --> 01:50:31,159
I'm ready

2175
01:50:25,679 --> 01:50:31,159
to be on my [singing] own.

2176
01:50:31,760 --> 01:50:40,960
Let [music] me spread my wings.

2177
01:50:36,560 --> 01:50:44,400
Let [music] me go.

2178
01:50:40,960 --> 01:50:48,480
Oh, hold so tight

2179
01:50:44,400 --> 01:50:51,199
cuz I can't fly alone.

2180
01:50:48,480 --> 01:50:57,280
I need [music] you to trust me. Have

2181
01:50:51,199 --> 01:50:59,760
faith and let me make it on my own.

2182
01:50:57,280 --> 01:51:01,520
Please let [music and singing] me your

2183
01:50:59,760 --> 01:51:04,520
baby

2184
01:51:01,520 --> 01:51:04,520
go.

2185
01:51:17,802 --> 01:51:19,822
>> [music]

2186
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>> Still [music] so many answers I don't

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know.

2188
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There are so many answers. Realize that

2189
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to question is how we grow.

2190
01:51:41,440 --> 01:51:48,440
To question is to grow. So I [music]

2191
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stand out of the ordinary.

2192
01:51:48,800 --> 01:51:52,960
I can feel myself [music]

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01:51:50,639 --> 01:51:56,560
ascending.

2194
01:51:52,960 --> 01:51:58,080
I'm on my way. Can't stop [music] me

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now.

2196
01:51:58,080 --> 01:52:02,199
You can do the same.

2197
01:52:02,800 --> 01:52:08,560
What have you done today [music] to make

2198
01:52:05,280 --> 01:52:10,719
you feel to make you feel right? Let me

2199
01:52:08,560 --> 01:52:14,080
hear you. Let me hear you. [music] Let

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01:52:10,719 --> 01:52:18,159
me hear you. So what have you done today

2201
01:52:14,080 --> 01:52:21,040
to make you feel [music] proud?

2202
01:52:18,159 --> 01:52:26,000
Yeah. Yeah.

2203
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Cuz you could [music] be so many people

2204
01:52:26,000 --> 01:52:33,040
if you make that fre.

2205
01:52:30,400 --> 01:52:36,560
So, what have [music] you done today to

2206
01:52:33,040 --> 01:52:39,760
make you feel proud? What have you done

2207
01:52:36,560 --> 01:52:42,480
today? Yeah, here. [music]

2208
01:52:39,760 --> 01:52:45,599
What have you done today?

2209
01:52:42,480 --> 01:52:50,320
What have you done today? What have you

2210
01:52:45,599 --> 01:52:53,560
done today to make you feel?

2211
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Oh, yeah.