Well, I have received many trophies during my childhood because I uh, was a very bright student. But today I would like to talk about a time when I received a prize which was quite unexpected. So that was in my 7th grade. So I recently changed my school and uh, I was not sure about, uh, the level of understanding and knowledge, uh, where I was standing in the whole class in terms of position. Uh, anyways then. But um, I worked hard the whole year. I was fully dedicated and I used to complete my homework every day. Um, even I got popular among the students as well as teachers, um. Uh, because I always um, complete my homework and um. Um. And I was always uh, helping towards other um, classmates as well, um, because I believe that, um, by teaching other people, you will get more knowledge. You tend to. You tend to um, learn more things. Um. So at the end, when uh, when there was a time to announce the result at the end of the year, so it was usually announced in the morning prayers, um, in front of the whole school where all the students were present. Um, although it had been the great experience in that school, I made a lot of friends, um, but, um. And in that morning, I was very anxious and very nervous, um, about the uh, the result. So finally, when they announced the result, they um, they announced my name. That Manitt got the first position in the 7th grade. So when I heard my name, I got so amused and I was so happy that, um. It was a, uh, dream came true for me because, um. That was the first time I stood first in the class. Um, although.
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Well, I have received many trophies during my childhood because I was a very bright student. But today I would like to talk about a time when I received a prize that was quite unexpected. This was in my 7th grade. I had recently changed my school, and I was not sure about the level of understanding and knowledge, where I stood in the whole class in terms of position. Anyway, I worked hard the whole year. I was fully dedicated and I used to complete my homework every day. I even became popular among the students as well as the teachers because I always completed my homework. I was always helping my classmates as well because I believe that by teaching other people, you gain more knowledge. You tend to learn more things. So at the end, when it was time to announce the results at the end of the year, it was usually announced in the morning prayers in front of the whole school where all the students were present. Although it had been a great experience in that school, I made a lot of friends. In that morning, I was very anxious and nervous about the result. Finally, when they announced the result, they announced my name. Manitt got the first position in the 7th grade. When I heard my name, I was so amazed and happy that it was a dream come true for me because that was the first time I stood first in the class.
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