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Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal about Generation Z's New Path to Success

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An anthropologist uses spelling bees as a lens to examine the unique and diverse traits of Generation Z—and why they are destined for success

At first glance, Generation Z (youth born after 1997) seems to be made up of anxious overachievers, hounded by Tiger Moms and constantly tracked on social media. One would think that competitors in the National Spelling Bee — the most popular brain sport in America — would be the worst off. Counterintuitively, anthropologist Shalini Shankar argues that...