School's Out!

We finished school today! No more classes, no more teachers, no more homework (not that we got any to start with). But also it means that I won't see my friends as much. Which is the only sad thing.

Anyway, leading up to the end of the year, lots of stuff happens.

1. We stop doing work
2. We Have to clean everything up (the art rooms, the woodwork room, our lockers, etc)
3. The grade tens have there leavers dinner
4. Next years prefects get announced (that'll be me next year)
5. We have our awards assembly.

In our junior awards assembly (grades 7 and 8) there are three basic awards - general merit, special merit and excellence. General merit is for people who are well behaved, but nothing more. Special merit is an extension of general merit (so if you get special merit then you don't get general merit too) and excellence means your smart. I got special merit and excellence.

Then there are some special awards. There is the good example award which went to Andy Renalds. There's the citizanship award which went to Loren. Most improved literacy and most improved music both went to grade sevens.

Then theres the really special awards. The best overall junior award (which means that your fairly good at everything, sport included) went to Kelsey. And then the junior most spok award went to...drum roll plz...ME!

Ok, so junior spok wasn't exactly written on the award, but its what they ment. On my trophy (thats right, trophy) it sais 'Junior Outstanding Accademic Achievement' and when Mrs Watts was anouncing it she said it was one of the most prestegious junior awards. It basically means I'm the smartest kid in my grade. And even though I poke fun at it, I'm fairly proud of myself for winning it.

What really dissapoints me is that neither of my parents were impressed by my achievement! Kelsey's parents were really proud and really impressed and really happy that Kelsey did so well. But my parents... no, they're not impressed; no they're not proud of me; no, they don't care that I got awarded smartest kid in my grade. They just give me this look which sais 'good, your not a completely useless lazy idiot' and they kept saying they'd like to see what I could do if I actually tryed. Its really really demotivating when the best in your school isn't good enough. And it makes we wonder weather its worth doing well at all.

But yeah, i got a $50 book voucher and the trophie is the prettiest one I've ever seen.