National Geographic has canceled the National Geographic Geography Bee for the second year in a row. Due to this injustice, kids will not be able to showcase their knowledge about geography anymore.

This is a devastating loss for the kids who have put in hundreds of hours of studying. We have had so many things canceled this year. Our lives have been uprooted. The Geo Bee was the one thing we could look forward to give us hope.

I am 12 years old and I can think of better solutions than canceling. National Geographic needs to adapt like organizations around the world and re-think the Geo Bee. They can take the schools out of it like they do in Canada. Any kid can enter and then the top 50 scores compete in the state bee. This can all be done online.

Vicki Phillips and National Geographic, please reconsider. You are hurting the next generation of Geo Bee explorers and activists and undermining your own mission and cause.