Wow. I think today might have been the best day of my life.

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Wow. I think today might have been the best day of my life.

Yesterday, I took the bus to my father's house to go to my new school with him and do testing. I'm transferring out of my current shitty-ass school and going to an alternative school now. I was only able to do two of the tests that are required to get in to the school. Today, I returned to the school with him to do the last test and get registered. There were three tests that I was required to pass to get into the school. After doing the last test, I had a meeting with a few of the teachers from the new school and my special education teacher. We were talking about why I wasn't succeeding in my current school. I said that I was not doing a good job there because I wasn't being challenged enough. My special education teacher said that he didn't want to put me in any Gifted classes. After he said that, I received my entrance test scores. I found out that I had not only passed, but my scores had averaged at a twelfth grade level, the highest scores that they had ever seen. After that, everyone except for my special education teacher congratulated me. My special education teacher looked embarrassed. He was also kicked out of the meeting a few minutes later. I feel so good about myself right now. To celebrate, I put on Jai Ho, the song that plays during the credits of Slumdog Millionaire, and did a Bollywood dance. It was so fun.

02-19-2009 05:54 PM