Prizes!

For the Regional bee, I won so many awards and prizes that I can't even remember some of them. However, at the end of the bee I won the Merriam Webster Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged. This dictionary, containing about 470,000 words, is essentially the "study list" for the National Bee. Any word contained in this massive, 12.5 pound book could bee in the National Bee.




Anyway, the best prize was undeniably the laptop (courtesy of Hannaford). I received the laptop in an interesting way, too. In school one day there was an assembly during study hall for all of Patroon 8-2 (the grouping of students that I am in at school, approx. 100 students. Out of the corner of my eye I saw representatives of Hannaford, and then I knew that I would probably receive the laptop here. I was right. They called me up and handed the laptop to me, and afterward everybody would ask, "Can I have your laptop?" I then brought the laptop to the main office to be picked up by my parents. Here is a picture of me using my laptop:



Scripps also sent me a pack of T-shirts and a commemorative watch in the mail several weeks before the bee.