Tushan "T" Dargan (Speller 215) is already pleased with himself.
And with good reason. At 9, the Edwardsville, Pennsylvania fifth grader is one of the youngest competitors at the Bee this year.
"It's surreal," he said. "I can't believe out of 11 million people, I somehow made it to the last 281. It's amazing. It makes you feel proud of yourself."
T reads a lot, he said, so he's confident the competition will go well for him. But if he gets out before the end, that will be OK, too.
"I'm going to try my best to come back," he said. "Maybe I'll even win one year."
