Silver Award Ceremony

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The Silver Award It is nine in the morning at Coconut Creek Elementary school. The parents are assembling into the colorful cafeteria. They take their seats on the lunch benches, each eager to applause their child. Today is the honor roll award ceremony. It was the school’s attempt to celebrate the students who received bronze, silver, or gold awards for honor roll. I have been feeling indifferent the entire morning. Once again, I received the silver award; this was a continuous trend for me. Each report card period I fought to obtain straight A’s in order to receive the gold award. Instead I continued to receive the Silver award. My somber mood was written on my face. I did not want to smile as they called my name and announced the award. I did not want to shake my principal’s hand or stand in formation as every other parent but mine captured their child’s face. I hate these awards, I thought to myself. I can see my cousin across the row on stage, smiling contently. Well of course she was, I thought, her mother is here. …show more content…

This meant that no one took numerous photographs as I received my award. It also meant that after the ceremony, I would be sitting with the few of my friends whose parents could also not attend. My principal begins to greet the parents and guests in the cafeteria. He goes on to give information about each award ,and what the recipient would receive. The parents clap ,and adjust their cameras. My principal puts on his bulky reading glasses ,and begins to read out the names of the Bronze award recipients. The cameras nearly blinded me as parents captured the moment for their pupils. My friend Aakash stood beside me, and

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