Beeline: what spelling bees reveal about generation Z's new path to success

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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. Shankar argues that, far from being simply overstressed and overscheduled, Gen Z spelling bee competitors are learning crucial twenty-first-century skills from their high-powered lives, displaying a sophisticated understandi…

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Full title :Beeline : what spelling bees reveal about generation Z's new path to success / Shalini Shankar.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2019
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Basic Books
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

The Physical Object

Description:vii, 327 pages ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780465094523, 046509452X
oclc:on1048445457
LC Classification:BF723.S77
Dewey Decimal:155.4/19

Introduction -- Kids today -- Brain sports & kid competitions -- Spelling bees -- Gen Z kids -- Parents of Gen Z kids -- Bee week -- Becoming elite -- Making spellebrities -- Professionalizing childhoods -- Conclusion: Gen Z futures.

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Achievement motivation in children FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Education Génération Z. Motivation d'accomplissement chez l'enf… Nonfiction Orthographe -- Concours Performance in children POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Imm… Rendement chez l'enfant SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Children's Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Ameri… Spelling bees -- Social aspects SPORTS & RECREATION / Children's & Yout… Succès chez l'enfant Success in children