When Instapundit featured the headline, “Knoxville girl wins regional spelling bee,” I sort of figured the Knoxville girl in question might be named Reynolds.
But in fact the winner was Ameena Iqbal, a fifth-grader at Blue Grass Elementary School in West Knoxville, who edged out Nithya Kanagasegar, an eighth-grader at Homestead Elementary School in Crossville.
Once these kids learned to spell their own names, the rest was easy . . .
As far as I can tell, the surname Iqbal is Muslim from Pakastan, and Kanagasegar is Hindu from India. The family origin of these brilliant children are not surprising. What is is that a homeschooled child wasn’t the winner.
As far as I can tell, the surname Iqbal is Muslim from Pakastan, and Kanagasegar is Hindu from India. The family origin of these brilliant children are not surprising. What is is that a homeschooled child wasn’t the winner.