Spelling bee

This is almost too good to be true. One year my son decided to take part in a Spelling Bee. This is hilarious in our house because despite his almost photographic memory he can't spell his way out of a paper bag.  Even funnier, is his reason for taking part in the contest - because it will get him out of weekly spelling tests. That's right, Boy Wonder gave up learning 15 words a week in return for over twenty pages of vocabulary, some of which I have never even heard of, let alone spell.  Words such as aesthetician, archipelago, Assiniboine, phosphorescence and vituperative.

He doesn't stand a chance, whoever chose the words is an evil genius. Lest you think I am a less than supportive parent, this is the child, who until recently spelt any word containing a 'th' with an 'f', and let's not forget his graffiti art project where he spelt his name as "Gardy" much to the great amusement of his teacher.  I am 'finking' he is going to be in for a shock,