The photo below is from Pixabay.com.

(For the visually challenged writer, the photo shows a girl sitting at a library table surrounded by books and she’s reading from a large book opened up on the table in front of her)
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I realized when I got home that I had accidentally left all my notes at the library. I was very angry with myself. I’d spend so many hours researching and writing in preparation for my term paper and now they were somewhere in the darkened room, forlorn and alone.
It was a mistake that would cost me my A+ grade. This was a blow to my ego. I was the most intelligent kid in my class and the most hard working too. But my problem was my memory. Unless I had written notes in front of me, I couldn’t recall what I had written. But it was too late as the library was closed.
Next day I fared not too badly in my exam paper. But I knew it wasn’t my best performance. When the teacher handed out the graded papers, I had a B-. My eyes filled with tears on getting such a low grade. Jasmine who was sitting next to me was quite sympathetic and we got talking. It was the first time we had really talked as equals.
From that day, I stopped being obsessed with grades and got a bonus of making friends in my class. I was now one of them!
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Written for FSS# 27, hosted by Fandango
Also included, FFFC # 150, also hosted by Fandango
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Wow Sadje! This is really nice❤
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Thanks a lot Ebar.
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You did a great job combining the two prompts into a heartwarming story about friendship.
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Thanks a lot Fandango! They fitted very well together.
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Great tale Sadje, sometimes we focus on the wrong goal. 🙂
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Thanks Deb. You’re right that we do focus on the wrong goals.
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Well done! Two prompts joined well, Sadje. A great parable as well.
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Thank you so much Suzette
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Always a distinct pleasure🙂
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🥰
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(heart)
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❤️
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There are many ways to feel left out. Some elementary schools in our area have a ‘sharing bench’ in the play yard or a ‘sharing talbe’ in the lunch room. A child who is lonely can sit at it and others when they see someone there are encouraged to ‘make friends’.
I like the ending… friendship is a priceless value. 🙂
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Thanks Jules. I think that is a wonderful idea. Encouraging kindness and harmony.
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I talked to my grandson about them… He said they work… sometimes. Which is better than never. 💞
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Indeed, sometimes is better than never. The idea is lovely
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I think another good thing that adds to their value is that the benches are all donated as well as being made of recycled material. So while they look like the old wooden park benches the won’t give spinters 😉
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I’m loving this idea more and more.
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“An ordinary wooden park bench will begin to rot, lasting only about 50 years at most, but often less than that. Recycled plastic benches are prepared to last a lifetime with sturdy planks that won’t rot or decay”
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Great utilization of resources
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🙂
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Great way to end it!
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Thanks a lot Joy.
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😊
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😍
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It’s a cool story to read this morning. 😊
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Thanks 🙏🏼
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A great lesson to learn, and a wonderful story. Loved it, Sadje.
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Thank you so much Jeff.
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You’re most welcome, my dear friend. Always my pleasure.
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💖💜
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A heartwarming take on the prompts. Well done Sadje!
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Thanks a lot my dear friend
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You’re welcome.
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🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Good thing she left her notes.
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Yes, it proved to be.
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Very well done Sadje..we have to teach our kids not to be so worried about their grades…
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Thanks! I did that. I told them to study for knowledge not grades. And they all did quite well
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Oh yes! Grades are not everything! Great take on the prompts, Sadje!
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Thanks a lot Shruthi.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Sometimes the pressure is so great for smart hard-working kids. She learned a valuable life lesson that day. Great story, Sadje. 🙂
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Thanks a lot Marsha. You’re so right, the smart kids are under the pressure of so many expectations.
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