This Is the School ...

snowbird

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_Mission
... where I revealed my Achilles' tendon in spelling.
Heretofore, I had been the queen of the slope, besting all who dared take me on in a spelling competition.
The word was plough; it was spelled that way on the official list, but sharecroppers' daughter that I was, I blurted out P-L-O-W, and was promptly disqualified.
Ouch!
LOL.
Glander

Sounds like the judge was really being pedantic.
snowbird

Tee hee hee.
No, she was really sticking to the script.
Back in the day, we were taught the importance of paying attention.