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Savannah Valentine

Professor Raymond

UWRT 1103-015

8 September 015

The !"h #a$ %oment is &et to 'ome

Thro()ho(t my years as a f(ll-time st(dent* + never really had an ard(o(s time in ,lass +

.as never one to stay (p late st(dyin) or to be,ome nervo(s before an e/am The !"$ on my

report ,ard (st seemed to ,ome so easily .hi,h made the ,hallen)es + fa,ed in my tenth )rade

n)lish ,lass even more diffi,(lt to ,omprehend %y tea,her* William 2yland* stood abo(t five

feet tall and did not possess the most-manliest voi,e + had ever heard ho.ever* the statements he

made in his pips4(ea voi,e have remained in the ba, of my mind 6n the first day of ,lass* he

.el,omed .ith* !This ,lass .ill either be yo(r .orst ni)htmare or the most self-enhan,in)

e/perien,e yo( .ill ever fa,e in a ,lassroom settin)$ "s first impressions )o* + .as absol(tely

terrified be,a(se as + sat listenin) for ninety min(tes abo(t !)ettin) ba, .hat yo( p(t in$* +

,o(ld not thin of anythin) e/,ept the fa,t that this ,lass may a,t(ally ,hallen)e me The first

semester .as filled .ith intri)(in) dis,(ssions and pie,es of literat(re needed for the preparin)

of the first test When test day finally arrived* + started off the day lie every other day thinin) +

.o(ld have little to no diffi,(lty #o.ever* .hen + re,eived my )raded test ba, and seen the

n(mber fifty-ei)ht ,ir,led in bri)ht red in in the top ri)ht ,orner* my heart san into a p(ddle

%y ,lassmates and + be)an to bombard %r 2yland .ith 4(estions as to .hy .e done so poorly

he ans.ered all of o(r in4(iries by sayin)* !The !"h #a$ moment is yet to ,ome7$ #e seemed

so ,onfident in his reply despite the fa,t that his st(dents looed at him lie he had fo(r heads the

min(te he said it We ,omplained* po(ted* and .at,hed o(r )rade point avera)es pl(mmet .hile

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he sat ba, and ,ontin(ed tea,hin) as he al.ays had The amo(nt of .or assi)ned soon be,ame

over.helmin) .hi,h led to some more po(tin) a rea,tion a,no.led)ed by !The "h #a9

moment is yet to ,ome$ as .ell + )re. so tired of hearin) this statement by the time o(r se,ond

test ,ame aro(nd be,a(se it seemed to be the only ans.er he had to )ive #o.ever* + did not

approa,h the se,ond test the same .ay + previo(sly had be,a(se + ref(sed to re,eive another

failin) )rade "s + an/io(sly .aited for the person in front of me to pass ba, the test* + heard a

plethora of si)hs and .itnessed ,o(ntless eye rolls + .ondered .hy everyone seemed so overly

dist(rbed* b(t + soon reali:ed that he had )iven (s the same e/a,t test as the first one7 + .as

annoyed* yet + ,ontin(ed to provide more e/planation and details than + had on the first ,opy The

ne/t day .hen the red ,ir,le en,losed a ninety-ei)ht* rather than a fifty-ei)ht* my fa,e lit (p .ith

oy ;onetheless* my ,lassmates and + be)an blabberin) 4(estions and talin) over one another

,onf(sed as to .hy o(r se,ond attempts proved to s(rpass o(r first #e 4(ieted (s by raisin) his

hand in the most-stern .ay a five foot man ,o(ld and (ttered* !Perhaps the ,hallen)e yo( all

need is not .ithin the material* b(t instead it is .ithin the amo(nt of effort yo( p(t into every

assi)nment$ We .ere all a little hesitant to admit that this .as the !"h #a$ moment he

relentlessly referred to* b(t at that moment .e be,ame a.are of o(r )ro.th as .riters and as

readers +n addition to ,ompletin) the ,o(rse .ith an !"$* + have ,ontin(ed to (se my e/perien,e

.ith %r 2yland as a referen,e in a variety of ,ir,(mstan,es be,a(se the o(t,ome of a sit(ation

tr(ly relies on the amo(nt of effort p(t forth