It's important to remember the larger impact of the Spelling Bee. 'It is all about words, and the power of words.'
Over her decades observing Bee participants — and judging them — the methods of studying have certainly changed, thanks to technology. It has helped the Bee overall, Brooks said.
"It’s amazing to me that their brains up on that stage almost act like watching a computer, a Google search, as they spin around, trying to find whatever little nugget they could grab onto, a word that might somehow help them if they’re totally unfamiliar with it," she said. "That just doesn’t go away – and that they are avid readers," Brooks said."It just does my heart good to still hear these kids talk about reading and books and how important they are in their lives.
As part of the Bee's switch in media partners from ESPN/ABC to ION, the network produced a documentary called"Road to the Bee," which profiled a handful of spellers . Watching that, Brooks said, would leave anyone with a renewed sense that young people of that caliber will better the world. "We are in good hands," she said. "We can stop stressing over the state of our world if these are the young people that are going to step up and do all the things they are capable of doing, not just because they’re a contestant in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but because they have those traits.
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