May 26th, 2012
Okay so on Thursday I went to our
school annual Meritas celebration. It is an event that celebrates academic and
extracurricular achievement and recognizes students who actively
participate among the school community.
I got a pretty big shock though. First
when they started to call up the highest overall marks in each class (for grade
11), my name got called first. At first I was like "What?". The MC
then proceeded to say "Shannon LeBlanc, highest in Travel and
Tourism..." I had I slight idea about that one. She then proceeded to say
"Highest in Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology..." At that
point I had already gotten up from my seat to walk up to the stage. I'll be
honest, my reaction was reflective of shock at that point. I said to myself
"What? Really?". I kind of stopped in my tracks a little bit at that
point because I was scared. Finally the MC finished by saying "and highest
in grade 11 Dramatic Arts". At that point I nearly had a heart attack out
of the shock it produced for me. Drama? Really? That's the class I'm in right
now. Out of all the kids in my class, I have the highest mark? After seeing my
progress sheet and all of the level 1's on it. That probably shocked me the
most out of all of them.
I finally made it to the stage,
where the teacher then proceeded to hand me the certificates. He then said to
me "Congratulations.". I replied "Thank you Sir." I walked
over to the side and soon after walked back down back to my seat.
After all that was said and done,
the time came to announce the clubs. The first club that was called up was the
drama club. I took part in this club (hence Sears Drama Fest). At first I
was resistant about going up, just out of fear that someone might say that
I wasn’t in drama club. But then after a short ponder I realized that this was
highly irrational, as everyone already knew that I was. So therefore, I
proceeded to make my way up to the stage again, where I was met by all of my
other drama peers and my Drama teacher Ms. Smith. She proceeded to hand me the
badge. After everyone received the badges, I went to go sit back down.
The grande finale was about 20
minutes later when the award, the one in which I desired the most proceeded to
be called upon. The Community Involvement Award. Based on the fact that I had
over 600 community service hours, I had a strong feeling that I would be a
qualifier for this award. All of my friends turned and stared at me, hinting at
the fact that I was most likely going to get the award.
I sat trembling in my chair as
the teacher, who just so happened to be my English teacher Ms. Wilcox preceded
to the stage. She started her speech about the winner. She said things like
“She is an active role model and influence in our community…” The “she” aspect should have been the first
cue. But of course I, being the negative person that I am doubted it. She then
proceeded to say “She has over 600 community service hours”. That is when it
clicked that there might be a slight possibility that it might be me. Finally,
she then continued to say “The winner of this year’s Community Involvement
Award is… Shannon LeBlanc”. At that point I was frozen in my seat, l basically
unable to move. A couple seconds later I got over the initial shock and
proceeded to stand up and walk towards the stage. It seemed like an eternity,
but when I finally got there I was met by Ms. Wilcox and a plaque. She then
smiled and said to me “Congratulations!” I have rarely won anything in my life,
so this was really an honour for me. However, while I was standing up there I
was petrified as I looked out at the audience and their gaze fixed upon me. And
to be honest, I hate being the center of attention, so that whole occurrence
just startled me a little bit. After what seemed like an eternity of waiting
for my mom to take the picture I preceded back to my seat. The applause died
down and the celebration continued on. Still trembling slightly I handed the award
over to my mom to show her. She smiled and said “Good job.” When all was said
and done, I felt really proud and happy of myself.
After Meritas was over, everyone
walked to the back of the gym to get refreshments and to start the after dance.
They then shut down the lights and turned up the speakers to symbolize that the
party had just begun. I walked over to my boyfriend and my best friend Lindsey
and her boyfriend and we all started to dance. Throughout the night I got many
compliments about how I looked, including many from my boyfriend. I hate the
attention so it was kind of awkward for me. But a couple of slow dances and a
couple of swollen feet later, the dance ended. After that I walked out to the
car with Kieran and my sister and we proceeded to drive home. We got home at
around 11:15pm, by which at that time I was exhausted. I walked up to my room
and passed out on the bed in a dead sleep. During that time I dreamed about
that night and everything that happened in between.
I definitely conclude that that
night was one of the best nights I have ever had in a long time.
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