Extended Reading
  • Lamar 2022-03-25 09:01:23

    Akira and the spelling bee - 11-year-old girl's persistence

    11-year-old Akira Anderson won the National Spelling Bee after four passes. The final word that must win or lose is: Pulchritude

    likes Akira portrayed in the movie because she is logical. What makes sense is that this girl has the self-pity, rebellion and pursuit that most 11-year-old children...

  • Hilton 2022-03-24 09:03:52

    It's not just words, it's an acknowledgment of yourself!

    When I watch this movie, I always think back to my childhood.
    Because I have also participated in some English competitions, I am very touched.

    The protagonist, the ordinary little girl who can no longer be ordinary, wears small glasses and often skips classes.
    Lack of parental care.

    She is like a...

  • Kole 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    I haven't watched a movie for a long time, and I almost forgot all the moods before, during, and after watching the movie. Akira wins, everyone wins. The feeling is back. great!

  • Johanna 2022-03-22 08:01:03

    Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of

Akeelah and the Bee quotes

  • Mr. Welch: So whoever wins the school bee today gets to represent Crenshaw at the district bee next month.

    Akeelah: Why would anybody want to represent a school where they can't even put doors on the toilet stalls?

    [coughing]

    Mr. Welch: Akeelah, if we can't show students can perform, we're not going to have money for books, let alone bathroom doors.

    [pause]

    Mr. Welch: Now, I want you to do the bee today, okay?

    Akeelah: So everyone can call me a freak and a brainiac? No, I ain't down for no spelling bee.

    Mr. Welch: Well, maybe you'd be down for spending the rest of the semester in detention for all your absences?

  • Terrence: Man, that's a white word if I ever heard one. It's a trick. Stop playing!