I participated in three events: Cell Bio, Disease Detectives, and Green Generation. Tests ran for an hour, and there were five testing blocks. Disease Detectives ran right after Cell Bio, and they were in different buildings. I had to rush to my next event in the frigid cold wearing just a jacket over a T-shirt. Thankfully, there was a break before my final event. I rested at our headquarters, fueled up on pizza, and refreshed my memory with my Envi-Sci book. When I was taking the Green Gen test, my brain numbed up. At one point, I felt like I was just reading the question but not comprehending it. However, the amount of time given for each station was more than enough. I felt fairly confident in my answers, especially with my partner's aid. After my last test, I settled down at headquarters and joined in on the Avatar watching.
The Award Ceremonies was held at the chapel, very gorgeous and stunning. It took a while for the tests to be graded, and I started to get antsy. When they announced each of my events, I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. I got especially nervous when they called the places for Green Generation. I was so confident that I would win an award. They announced the winners starting from 6th place, and I tensed up more and more as they went up. Each time I heard a school's name foreign to me. I wished to myself, call me next, call me next. When they got down to first place, I heard the name I had been wishing for get called. My eyes wide open and excited, I jumped right out of my seat and rushed down from the balcony to receive my award. Happiness danced inside of me because there was a little part of me that had hoped and believed that I could win.
I won first for Green Generation and fifth for Disease Detectives.
