Then one day, just as the class had been dismissed to recess, my teacher Mr. Henry pulled me aside and asked me to stay after class. As I sat back down in my desk, Mr. Henry pulled out a stack of graded papers from his suitcase, and to my amazement, the test I had taken the day before was lying at the top of the pile with a bolded “100” stamped near my name. “Orlando you were the only student to earn a 100 on this exam, keep it up and you are going to be somebody one day,” Mr. Henry remarked. All of the sudden for the first time in years, a sense of pure excitement built up from within me, provoking me to grab the test and burst out of the classroom in search of my brother to tell him the good news. I ended up finding him at our own little spot in the corner of the boy’s restroom, where I embraced him and proceeded to tell him about my recent success. As I stood there with tears of joy rolling down my face, he hugged me and told me that he had never been prouder. From that moment I decided that no amount of torment was going restrain my potential. I made it my mission to continue making my brother proud and to one day prove that being different was not something to be ashamed
Then one day, just as the class had been dismissed to recess, my teacher Mr. Henry pulled me aside and asked me to stay after class. As I sat back down in my desk, Mr. Henry pulled out a stack of graded papers from his suitcase, and to my amazement, the test I had taken the day before was lying at the top of the pile with a bolded “100” stamped near my name. “Orlando you were the only student to earn a 100 on this exam, keep it up and you are going to be somebody one day,” Mr. Henry remarked. All of the sudden for the first time in years, a sense of pure excitement built up from within me, provoking me to grab the test and burst out of the classroom in search of my brother to tell him the good news. I ended up finding him at our own little spot in the corner of the boy’s restroom, where I embraced him and proceeded to tell him about my recent success. As I stood there with tears of joy rolling down my face, he hugged me and told me that he had never been prouder. From that moment I decided that no amount of torment was going restrain my potential. I made it my mission to continue making my brother proud and to one day prove that being different was not something to be ashamed