WASHINGTON — Evan M. O'Dorney, a 13-year-old eighth-grader from Danville, Calif., won the 80th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, capping a day of furrowed brows, shocked expressions and tears poised to spill from the faces of youngsters not yet old enough to drive.
Evan, making his third consecutive appearance at the national bee, said he knew the final word — "serrefine," which means "a small forceps for clamping a blood vessel" — as soon as he heard it.
Although he confessed that he preferred the certainty of mathematics and the creativity of music to the memorization required to become a spelling champion, Evan, who is taught by his mother, Jennifer O'Dorney, through San Ramon's Venture School home study program, allowed that he now likes spelling "maybe a little bit."
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Note: It is interesting that few of the main stream television stations mentioned that the winner was "taught by his mother".
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