Word Nerd: Dispatches From the Games, Grammar, and Geek Underground by John D. Williams Jr

Author:John D. Williams Jr [Williams, John D. Jr]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Personal Memoir, Retail
ISBN: 9780871407733
Amazon: 0871407736
Publisher: Liveright
Published: 2015-06-22T04:00:00+00:00

Although the events were fully funded, it’s important to note that every team paid its own way to the National School SCRABBLE Championship. The typical contingent from a school would be two kids, a coach, two parents, and a handful of siblings, so there was a fair amount of money involved. Sometimes teams were underwritten by a PTA or school activities budget. Often the school would hold bake sales or a car wash to raise the necessary funds.

It was inspirational to see schools, classmates, and the community getting behind this mission. In many areas, the NSSC competitors were considered as important as any athletic team headed off to a big tournament. One of the coolest scenarios was when a winning school returned home to a rally in which the National School SCRABBLE Championship silver cup was placed in the school’s trophy case along with those of the football, baseball, and gymnastic teams!

This played to our core message to the kids: that you could get recognition, travel, win money, and take part in serious competition even if you could not run fast, jump high, or throw a ball with accuracy. Hey, if I can convince one kid that Smart Is Cool, I will have justified my time on earth.

So by 2009, the National School SCRABBLE Championship had grown to the point that first prize was $10,000 for the winning team. Even better, we were about to make both the kids and adult experts TV stars!

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