She glides across the stage to accept her glamorous award, and she says "You like me! You really like me!" Sally Field will never live that one down. It's been redone in so many different movies and parodies done to make fun of her flabbergasted moment in the spotlight. It's late, and I have a math test tomorrow, so this has to be to the point.
Honor. This is something that we all of course strive for. There are so many hundreds of thousands of things done in a day that deserve to be honored and recognized in this world, however they're not even mentioned in the least. Then there are some things that are really quite minute and insignificant that are made quite a big deal out of. Today I was to be in an "induction ceremony" into the National French Honor Society. Sound prestigious enough? Well in order to get this "extremely prestigious honor", I had to have a 3.0 GPA (a B- Average), and fill out an application. In this application it was a requirement to show an interest in French culture. Some things that qualified: seeing a French movie or eating at a French restaurant. And for this, we got a huge ceremony. We lit candles and everything.
Where's the ceremony for the real accomplishments that happen in our world - not even the world, just in our school. Doesn't the girl who volunteered over one hundred hours at the local hospital deserve a certificate? What about the boy who single-handedly organized a food drive and fund raiser for the local food pantry, where's his pin? For some reason, walking across that stage and receiving that certificate today just made me feel incredibly arrogant for celebrating the fact that we're supposedly so great for working hard in a class that will look good on our college resumes, while we could be celebrating something that helped others instead of just ourselves.
Just something to think about. However, I do like my pin and certificate.
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