This morning felt a little like getting up and going to work to me. I needed to be at a celebration and recognition breakfast by 7:30am. This was a little tricky because I don't do well driving in the dark, especially in unfamiliar territory. Sign-in started at 7:00 and at 6:45 it was just beginning to get light. But I made it on time and the breakfast, this was at Ceruti's, was very good, with plenty of coffee, which I needed. This was basically a thank you event for all of us who volunteer as Study Connection tutors during the school year. The keynote speaker was Sammie Vance, a very successful, and well spoken, 8th grader. She began the Buddie Bench program in Fort Wayne and went on to write a book and get national recognition. All very interesting. Mayor Tom Henry also spoke. All very nice and very interesting. There was only one tiny flaw, at least as far as I was concerned. The fifth grader who I tutored for the past two years was a wonderful young man, and at the end of this year I nominated him for the Outstanding Student award. He really deserved it, in my opinion, but another student, tutored by another volunteer in our group, won the award. I'm sorry, but I am a little miffed about this because I know she missed several sessions (my student never missed) and, and this isn't just my opinion, didn't work as hard as my student. And I wrote a really glowing and honest nomination letter. Ah well, award or no award, I feel confident my guy will do well in middle school. But still....
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