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His mom appealed and l-o-s-t
By Kevin Fischer
Thursday, May 31 2007, 11:34 PM
Samir Patel, a 13-year-old Texan favored to win the National Spelling Bee didn't even make it to the nationally televised final round Thursday night. He slipped up on "clevis" (which he spelled in an entirely sensible way: C-L-E-V-I-C-E).
"I just outsmarted myself. It was an easy word. I just made a stupid mistake," he told reporters afterward.
Samir, known for his hyper-happy displays of emotion when he spelled words correctly, was denied in his fifth attempt to win the title. He's finished as high as second -- and finished third another year.
His mother appealed his ouster, but officials turned it down.
About that appeal, a person identified as Ladyjo wrote in to USA TODAY:
his mother appealed? because her kid spelled a word wrong?? Whats the matter with people accepting failure???? Why cant she just admit and accept her kid made a mistake and stop the blubbering and boo hooing like some spoiled little baby? Next thing you know its going to be some racial thing why he lost and there will be some lawsuit or some stupid thing like that, just so he can 'succeed'. Success cant be bought, or earned through lawyers and pouting. You get it through hard work and truthful determination. So the kid missed a word. DEAL WITH IT!!!!
Ladyjo may have a point.
