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Re:What Happens to Spelling Bee Champions When They Grow Old? by paulcole on Sunday July 14, 2019 @12:17PM (#20434227)
They are memorizing (most of) the meanings as well as the roots, patterns in the languages of origins, etc. Why else do you think they always ask the pronouncer for the definition?

Commitment to a years-long slog of seemingly endless and pointless repetition and stressful competition? If that doesn’t scream doctor/lawyer I don’t know what does.

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Re:What Happens to Spelling Bee Champions When They Grow Old? by double0jimb0 on Sunday July 21, 2019 @09:39PM (#20494826)
Most doctors will tell you that they only use about 10% of what they learned in medical school or had to memorize for boards.
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