
At last: A win for smart kids.
Any former ‘brainy kid’ can tell you how it’s not always easy to be clever in school.
Bookworms and mathletes have always been lumped into the ‘too geeky for words’ pile — leaving popularity to be enjoyed by sporty, pretty types who wouldn’t touch a textbook with a ten-foot pole.
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But The Great Australian Spelling Bee burst onto television screens last night, and it could be the to change all that. Because not only is the series a victory for Channel 10 (as evidenced by the series’ dominant ratings across the capital cities last night) but it’s a win for clever kids across the country.
Yep, Spelling Bee is all about celebrating the smarts. And that’s simply not something we see on television often enough.
