Carol Peracchio "We know very little about President Obama's youth, but it's hard to imagine young Barack competing in a spelling bee, or an archery competition, or any activity where success or failure depends solely on him (including bowling). On a basketball team, responsibility for failure can be spread among all the players. Even a loss at chess or poker can be excused by attempting to claim cheating by one's opponent. But a spelling bee is different. When my son just couldn't remember how to spell "biscuit," he had to accept that he was wrong. He couldn't blame the moderator, his parents, his teacher, or the dictionary."
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