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Once, students were punished for speaking Spanish. Here, they are honored.

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This isn’t the spelling bee that you watch on ESPN. This is Concurso nacional de Deletreo en Español, the National Spanish Spelling Bee.

Ansun Sujoe, of Fort Worth, spells a word correctly behind the winner's trophy during the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2013 (Photo: Reuters/Larry Downing)

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