Updated, 8:20 a.m.Good morning on this flawless Friday. While many New Yorkers are taking the holiday weekend to unplug, a handful will be furiously rereading the dictionary and flipping through stacks of flash cards. They’re the New York City students heading to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Dante (fifth grade, Kinneret Day School in the Bronx): “I write down the word and its definition, and for really hard words, I develop a mnemonic device. “For example, the word ‘cassoulet’ sounds like the word ‘casserole.’”

Source: New York Times May 25, 2018 09:56 UTC