Cal Thomas: Zaila and the Bee
by Cal Thomas, Tribune Content Agency
Jul 15, 2021
2 minutes
By any standard, Zaila Avant-garde is a remarkable 14-year-old girl with a positive and compelling outlook on life.
Avant-garde (her father reportedly changed her surname from Heard in honor of jazz legend John Coltrane) recently won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee, the first African American to win the highly competitive spelling contest. She told reporters afterward that she studied 13,000 words a
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