Personal Narrative: Two Kinds Of A Good Student

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I had always been what some would call a “good student”. I never got in trouble, and I never went into the principal’s office. I did my homework most of the time. I made good grades, and I even made it to the spelling bee two consecutive years. The first year I was in the third grade. I remember that year vividly. During the semifinals I completely obliterated my opponents. It wasn’t even close. The spelling bee that day lasted maybe only 20 minutes. I flew through those words like Donald Trump’s toupee flies off his head in the wind.
“Hahahaha! You guys suck!” I said, boasting about my certificate of achievement. “I honestly thought it would be harder than that haha”.
“Geez Vaylen shut up.” An obvious jealous girl told me.
“Don’t be such
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“Yes ma’am.” And I crawled back to my room to begin “studying” words and their definitions. The night before the spelling bee I was practicing words with my sister, and I was on fire. I was burning through the words like a dragon. And then I thought to myself there was no possible way that I could lose.
“Good luck Vaylen. You got this!” I was told by my mom when she dropped me off for school. “I have a surprise for you if you win.”
“A surprise?” I thought aloud, and now I was more intrigued in the surprise than the actual spelling bee. I walked in line to the gym, and scouted my competition. Some people from my class started wishing me good luck too, which I was really caught off guard by because I thought they would want me to lose. Even Emily told me good luck and that she hoped I’d win. I didn’t know if she meant it, and to be honest I didn’t really care; all I wanted was that surprise I was promised. I could see some of the other people were trying to get me out of my zone like this guy named Lucas. Lucas was probably my best friend at the time, but now I’m in competitive mode and he’s the

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