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When her mother tried to enroll her in a private school for the gifted, the headmaster said Lori Anne was too smart to accommodate and needed to be home-schooled. When Lori Anne spelled " vaquero " to win the regional bee in Prince William County, Virginia, in March, she set a new standard for youth in the national bee's year history. We're private people. We're regular people. It was intimidating. She loves it and she does it because it's a passion, and we never push her into anything and want her to make her own choices.

Lori Anne was more than happy to let a reporter and photographer tag along at a picnic with other gifted home-schooled children, but she steered any questions about spelling back toward the day's pursuit of snails, tadpoles and other slimy things.

On all the attention she's getting: "I asked for no interviews, but the media seems to be disobeying me, and that's why we're looking for snails and water slugs right now. Asked to spell her favourite word, she raced through the letters of " sprachgefuhl " like a blur.

The Washington Post reports on how she managed to steal the show on Wednesday. She walked to the mic as speller and left as the week's star. She asked for the definition of the word. The Daily Mail has more information on this captivating youngster whose name will inch closer to going viral with every correctly spelled word.

Some kids are ahead of the curve physically, mentally or socially from a very young age. Lori Anne is the rare exception who defies the norms in every category. She hit all her milestones early, walking and talking well before others in her play group. She was reading before she was two. She swims four times a week, keeping pace with ten-year-old boys, and wants to be in the Olympics.

The spelling bee will commence once again on Thursday with the semifinals and finals. More information can be found at the official site. If you have never seen the Scripps National Spelling Bee, I recommend catching at least a few minutes.