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One of the winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
- The Scripps National Spelling Bee has been around since 1925.
- Every year, hundreds of kids across the country come together to compete for the coveted honor of being the best speller in America.
- Many of these winners go on to have future success. Some even return to the Spelling Bee to work there as adults.
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You obviously have to be pretty bright and extremely dedicated to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But does that lead to future success?
For the most part, yes. Among the winners, there are lots of graduates of top schools and plenty of other successes. Unsurprisingly, many of them go into brainy professions, becoming doctors and lawyers. One even became a prominent journalist and was part of a newspaper team that won a Pulitzer Prize.
Max Nisen contributed to a previous version of this post.