Through out the years I have achieved so much, yet I spent so little time writing or recording my accomplishments. We often take for granted the things we achieve and we never give thanks where thanks and credit are due. Sometimes we often forget who helped us get where we are today and most of the time if it wasn’t for them, where would we be today?

   Over the years I have accumulated several math, science, language arts, and other academic awards, however they can mean very little if you aren’t grateful for them. These many awards are just fruits of my hard and dedicated labor to my school work. Many times I have been on the “A” honor roll but what does that mean? You see if you don’t take the time to truly think about why it is that you have earned so many awards it will never mean anything to you. 

But I believe the one that had the greatest impact on me was the math award because  I love money and math, it showed me that I could do anything that I put my mind to and without a little challenge my whole way of thinking would be different. Since I have received so many math awards and math is my favorite subject I tend to find the mathematical point of view in every subject to keep the blood flowing in my brain because other subjects can be a little dry. To top it all off the world couldn’t thrive as it is now without math and I believe math will help me more in life than any other subject because it can be applied to the career path that I have chosen. 

Several times I have been awarded for some great academic achievement and have even received principal’s commendation; I guess it will help me in the long run. In seventh grade I was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society and over the summer I volunteered for over 1,000 hours. But what helped me get that many hours was my social skills that I acquired through the peer mediator and peer leader program that I have been apart of for three years. See if you stand for nothing you’ll fall for anything; all these awards just proved that I do stand for something. 

I have also received several awards for volunteering at the Milton Public Library through out the year; volunteering may not seem all that beneficial but it will help you out in many ways in the long run whether you believe it or not is totally up to you. When you volunteer it gives you something to do so you can keep you out of trouble and it helps you keep your grades up because if you volunteer for something you really enjoy doing then you’ll be obligated to do what you have to, to continue doing it. Since I keep my grades up I was also accepted to Sussex Tech, now whether or not me having a brother and sister that goes to that school doesn’t matter the point is I got in. 

So many times I often wonder how I got all these awards when all I can remember is stressing over whether or not I passed a test or not or if I did my homework because I couldn’t find it. My friends would always say I worry too much and that I know I passed the test and that I did my homework, they were always right; but to this day I do not know how I could lose my homework inside of a math book or in my book bag, I guess I was just looking over it. 

You don’t have to be smart to receive awards you just have to be dedicated and devoted; the more you worry the less courage you’ll have. If you shoot for the stars you’ll land on the moon and that’s exactly what I intend on doing.