I would have to say that I think my proudest moment I ever experienced was when I was in elementary school. I think I was in the sixth grade and we were having an honors ceremony for those who made the honor roll and whatever else. I remember standing in line, in alphabetical order, and getting skipped over. I was standing there, just stuck, and I knew I was getting awarded but I thought maybe they just missed my papers or something. One of the teachers, or maybe the assistant principal (Ms. Batt), told me to hold on a second and it will all get sorted out. So, I am standing there and literally EVERY student has passed me up. I feel discouraged and disappointed. Finally, it is MY TURN!!! I hear my name on stage and low and behold, I receive a special announcement about me and all my wonderful accomplishments. I am so happy but confused at the same time. There were no other students on the stage, or even around, I mostly just see a crowd of parents out in the audience. The principal announces that I have received every award there is to receive! I got a few honor rolls, the Dr. Martin Luther King Award, which I think is an award based on good character or something, and then some other award, I can't recall exactly, but it was only one award that I think only one student got per year and I got it that year! I sat up there with this big Kool-Aid grin, getting handle all kinds of certificates and medals, and I just remember feeling this wave of over joyousness wash over my entire body because of all this recognition I was receiving. When I tell you I have always been a star student, I mean it. I didn't think elementary was that hard, because it's all basic stuff, but to receive all of that just let me knows that I didn't go unnoticed. I did all my work for me and to pass but to get praise and awarded on top that was just like icing on the cake. My mom and sisters were there and I think I ended up leaving school early, going to McDonald's to celebrate. It was a memory from so long ago but I will never feel so proud than I did in that moment, to know that everyone realized I was meant to succeed in life. I even remember one of the teacher's introducing me as one of the smartest students in the SCHOOL. Oh!!! It was amazing!!!
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