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VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A pupil from Visalia who won 2nd spot successful the Scripps National Spelling Bee came location from Washington, D.C. to find helium had won archetypal spot successful the hearts of his classmates and teachers.
Eighth-grader Sarvadnya Kadam from Oak Grove Elementary says helium went into his 3rd twelvemonth of contention with his eyes connected the prize.
"My archetypal clip astatine nationals, I was 23rd [place], my 2nd I was 60th," Kadam said. "That driblet conscionable enraged maine - this twelvemonth I was like, 'I'm going to bash everything I can.'"
Though Kadam came successful second, helium says his competitory tone is inactive driving him toward perfection saying "the job's not done."
"I'm obsessed with the thought of perfection," Kadam said. "I'm inactive not wholly satisfied."
Kadam says his parents' sacrifices were integral to his occurrence and arsenic overmuch arsenic helium volition proceed to propulsion himself, helium admits helium wouldn't beryllium arsenic bully arsenic helium is present without them.
"It's not adjacent a 50/50 [effort]," Kadam said. "It's similar 75% and 25%."
Kadam's classmates and teachers celebrated him and his parents astatine location with a peculiar rally and banners congratulating him connected his success.
