I don’t remember too much of kindergarten, but first grade was like yesterday. My classmates were fun, I loved my teacher, but it was just getting old. For example, I aced every spelling test. Not that it’s a bad thing, but, like I said, it was getting old. PAT for an hour on Thursdays was just not quite enough. Same old routine for week after week. In the middle of April, I took an interview. This was nothing like I had ever experienced before. After about a month, my entire life, in school and out, did a quite exquisite backflip. I was admitted to the highly gifted program. The first semester at Glenhope was pure bliss. I was challenged, and I made new friends, and ASPIRE is the most wonderful thing to me. Years passed. I still aced every spelling test, except with much more challenging words. I have had wonderful teachers and made lifelong friends.