update #3 - I'm bitter now
After I managed to sleep in past my alarm and I was rudely awakened at half one in the afternoon today I had the pleasure of making my way to the practice for the schools circle jerk ceremony. Where I had the joy of finding out that my already crappy token award was even worse.
I already held somewhat vitriolic feelings towards this awards system for a handful of reasons. For one, a good friend of mine had got an award, that to be honest, I felt I deserved more. Not for the fact that he didn't deserve it or anything, but I had achieved higher and put more work in to the subject (design)and he seemed to get it for a fact that he is good a drawing (He is really good tbf). This award that goes for technical education had been given to him the prior year, presumably for the same reason. When is drawing, the definition of technology. I have no legacy and school, for something I excelled at, but such is life.
To make my award even weaker I now am apparently sharing it with someone who happens to be in my year, except they are doing it at a whole level lower than me. And just because they were top of the year at that level they get the same award as me? I probably scored higher last year.
Those complaint hold no ground to anyone except myself. This is just a good way of venting that doesn't bother anyone. Of course it does present me as an ego maniac. Which I don't want to project myself as, then again an ego maniac wouldn't
The key problem I have with this award ceremony is the principle in which it runs on. All or nothing on a per subject matter. Score second highest in all five of your higher? Get back with the rest of the plebs in 3rd year resit maths, because you don't give us a shiny parade at awards evening. They actually made a special award just for the 'top of my year son of god' just because five trophies weren't enough. But what was there for the people who were in every day trying hard, getting all A's; like Mr Perfect, but being 2% lower because their parents didn't coach them through 6 hours of revision per night. Sweet hee haw, that's what.
My younger brother actually got a letter for getting 6 A's at national 5. For my 5 A's at higher, not so much as a handshake.
If you read that you need to get a hold on your life because that was just as the title says, a bitter rant.
On a side note maybe my desire for a physical object of approval, is just so I can say I've won something in my life. Or maybe it's just because I want someone to look up to me once.
I don't think I'm this much of a POS in the real world
I already held somewhat vitriolic feelings towards this awards system for a handful of reasons. For one, a good friend of mine had got an award, that to be honest, I felt I deserved more. Not for the fact that he didn't deserve it or anything, but I had achieved higher and put more work in to the subject (design)and he seemed to get it for a fact that he is good a drawing (He is really good tbf). This award that goes for technical education had been given to him the prior year, presumably for the same reason. When is drawing, the definition of technology. I have no legacy and school, for something I excelled at, but such is life.
To make my award even weaker I now am apparently sharing it with someone who happens to be in my year, except they are doing it at a whole level lower than me. And just because they were top of the year at that level they get the same award as me? I probably scored higher last year.
Those complaint hold no ground to anyone except myself. This is just a good way of venting that doesn't bother anyone. Of course it does present me as an ego maniac. Which I don't want to project myself as, then again an ego maniac wouldn't
The key problem I have with this award ceremony is the principle in which it runs on. All or nothing on a per subject matter. Score second highest in all five of your higher? Get back with the rest of the plebs in 3rd year resit maths, because you don't give us a shiny parade at awards evening. They actually made a special award just for the 'top of my year son of god' just because five trophies weren't enough. But what was there for the people who were in every day trying hard, getting all A's; like Mr Perfect, but being 2% lower because their parents didn't coach them through 6 hours of revision per night. Sweet hee haw, that's what.
My younger brother actually got a letter for getting 6 A's at national 5. For my 5 A's at higher, not so much as a handshake.
If you read that you need to get a hold on your life because that was just as the title says, a bitter rant.
On a side note maybe my desire for a physical object of approval, is just so I can say I've won something in my life. Or maybe it's just because I want someone to look up to me once.
I don't think I'm this much of a POS in the real world
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