It was only a few weeks away from the exams and I was confident enough to predict the High school I was expecting to go. Since we were seniors of our school graduation was a big moment for us. To some graduation was even more important than the exam results. But my friend and I had no fear or were as excited as the rest, because we knew that high school was the turning point of our lives when we would experience several changes because of Puberty. I was wondering to my self if six years of excitement was over in the blink of an eye. Because I heard there are many bullies overpopulating the high schools across Jamaica. Finally, it was March 6, 2015 the date when I would be tested to see if my confidence have failed me. On the arrival to school I was already late for the exams, with the sun overshadowing my school I could hear the voices of my schoolmates saying "run you can make it in time" this served as an inspiration and I ran as fast as I could because I had challenged my confidence with my personality. I was just in time for the exams. The first exam was Mathematics, this exam drove the fear I was running away from into me but Luckily I was able to recover the lost in my following exams. After the exams the students were already estimating their scores, all around was boastful talk about how well they did on the exams. I almost felt as if I was the only one to score below average on the exams. A few months later the results for my exams were out they read as follows English 78%, Math 78%, Science 87% and Social Studies 91% with a total average of 85 %. This was a total loss on my behalf and to add to it I was denied the high school of my dreams. My confidence was lost at the time I needed it the most. I felt as if I was in an enclosed area where no one could ever reach me,friends were lost with hopes and dreams. Graduation was now the next big topic. As the sixth graders we were at the fore front of graduation. It was the day we were going to be exhibited, it would determine if our hard work had paid off. Because of my personality towards my work and my achievement in my exams I honored the job of being the valedictorian of my graduation. I learnt that there is good in all disappointments in life. It was the day of graduation when all the sixth graders will be exhibited. The ceremony was opened with prayer, following the introduction of the guest speaker, a song by the choir, the valedictorian speech and after the presentation of awards to the awardees. While reading the valedictorian speech I felt a feeling of fear that swept my feet from the floor. My fingers swayed as the coconut leaves from the coconut tree and my voice sounded as if a truck was passing by and someone was trying to sing. After the speech I felt relieved as if it was a truck that I had just moved with my bare hands. At the time for the presentation of awards I was a recipient of two awards: the member of parliaments award for second place in my class and the award for achieving the second highest in the examinations. My mother was extremely proud of my achievements and promised she would reward me. After such a memorable day, the summer holidays was next on my agenda. Days came and days went as I prepared for the day I would first step foot in high school. The summer holidays were dull and boring and all that was on my mind was high school, it was like a plant and the more I heard about it made it blossomed in my heart. Gone were the days since I heard from my friend this made my holiday even less exciting and my one desire remained.
It was coming to a close on the summer holidays only two days left until the most important day of my high school life ORIENTATION. The whole family was excited and wished me good luck on this day. On arriving to school my experience was great, I was thrilled upon entering the school grounds the many new things that were not available in primary school was available there. There were many teachers there, the classrooms were huge and the food was great. I found my teacher very pleasant, and the students were not so bad, because I was placed in the top performing grade seven class. During the first week of my new school I adapted well to the trends of the school.
