Another major achievement was to accomplish a score higher than 90% in all of my exams and which I did. I received all 90%s and above on all of my exams which I was really happy about.
A dissatisfaction movement was when I didn’t reach the finals of tennis. My team and I had tried really hard and we were hoping that we would reach the final stage but unfortunately we didn’t.
I am very proud that I have settled in the new school very quickly, made quite a few friends and also gotten to know the teachers.
Another major achievement was I made a table all by myself in an elective called Woodwork. It was a tough struggle for the first, two to three weeks and after I got through the struggle, I got a rhythm and soon found one of my passions. We had to make a coffee table which would be big enough to be usable by 4 people. The top of the table was joined together with 4 different pieces of wood to join to one. Slowly, I could see what the end picture would look like. The legs were two pieces of wood joint together into one tall piece. I had to make 4 pieces of this. The slowly I had to join the legs together once they had dried. Then put the shelfing in which consisted of 4 pieces of wood on the bottom layer. Then at the last lesson, put the top on which was the end piece and I had really enjoyed the whole thing which lasted for 2 terms. This was a very enjoyable experience and I would make 100s of those again.
During end of March, I was playing a very tough, hard slog game of tennis which lasted for 1 hour. On the last point of the match which was match point to my opponent I heard a crack in my elbow and then the ball went straight past me and I heard my opponent cheering and jumping. But, I wasn’t. My elbow had popped out therefore I was out for tennis for 1 month and out of school. This was a major thing that happened to me in year 9 and therefore I wish to rectify it and win that game of tennis.
Another major achievement of year 9 was that I got to go to a worldwide tour with my family that last for 1 month and was amazing. I loved every moment of it and so did my family. I have over 1000 pictures of all the places we went to. One of my favourite destinations was visiting Europe and the different scenic places. My favourite city was Stockholm in Sweden which was just fabulous in its surroundings and the culture is just amazing. The locals in the town were very kind and helpful and I hope I can re-visit them sometime soon.
A major let down for me was to hear that my best friend who I had spent time with since prep was leaving Melbourne and moving overseas. I was devastated when I heard this. He was my bestest friend that anybody could have and I was very thankful that he was in my life. I had bought him his favourite XBOX 360 game which was obviously FIFA 12 which I love very much as well. I wish him luck and hope to catch up in the near future.
Well, my year 9 journey has been a tough, weird, exciting, any word you want to describe it with. I have dearly loved every moment of it and I am looking to my rest of my journey in year 9 which I hope will be even better than the previous semester. I will be approaching end of year exams and hope to do well and make myself proud and make my parents proud as well. Also, I hope I do well in the Australian Open coming up in January which I am very excited about and hopefully get good courts which will appear on television.
Thanks for reading!