Calvin is based at the Schweinfurt American Middle School in Schweinfurt, Germany, where his father Frederic Lau is Sgt. 1st Class, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, a unit whose alumni include Robert E. Lee and George McClellan, and whose forces captured fugitive Confederate Presidnet Jefferson Davis.
What advice did Sgt. Lau give his son?
“One of the tips I always give him is know the origin (of the word) because lots of different languages spell it different ways. At some point you’re going to meet a word you’ve never heard of before. That’s going to happen. The best advice I gave him before he went was make sure you understand exactly what you have to spell before you start spelling … you have to know the word before you start.”
If you think Calvin's the speller coming from the farthest away, oh, wait and see . . .
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