College Credit

This morning we received the news.  I had gotten an A on my first college essay.  The teacher's standards were rigorous and I had worked diligently on my paper.  At best I assumed that I would get a B, a high-scoring B but a B nonetheless.  Usually a straight-A student, for my first semester taking a college credit class I was content with that.

The purpose of the essay was to analyze the movie "Smoke Signals" (directed by Chris Eyre, Miramax, 1998) which was based upon the journey of two Native American men.  While the film presented some compelling arguments regarding the cause and effect of alcoholism on a family, it was not particularly well-done.  

There is nothing harden than writing an essay regarding something you do not even entirely like.  However it was a growing process for me, and I wrote and wrote and crossed out and erased and wrote some more.  Mom helped me, which I was grateful for.  Doubtless a good part of my A can be attributed to her.

With our joint effort, I managed to scrape up an A which I am excessively pleased about.  Hard work certainly pays off!