Activists of YA discussion

What's one of your accomplishments that you're most proud of? It could be winning an award, graduating college, stopping smoking, finishing a 1000 piece puzzle, or just a really good annual reading challenge total. :) We're here to celebrate with you!

I think that my proudest accomplishment was when I won a drawing contest. There were like, 1000 participants, I think? I felt so proud of myself. I can still remember my name being announced: *name*, you won the drawing contest! Congratulations! I was so happy.

I’m proud that I’m doing ap college statistics when my age range is 10-13.

honestly i'm proud of myself for staying somewhat sane. life is pretty ruff

im not that special but I guess these are sort of impressive idk :

-Two years in a row I got this extremely high grade on my end-of-year piano exam (it sort of rare to get that grade, or at least that's what my piano teacher told me)

- I got put in this dance class and then a couple of months later I had made so much progress the teacher was like " why are you in this class?" when she literally had put me in that class.

Oh I had loads last year

-I got really high scores in nearly all of my end of year tests
-I got a piece of my writing published in the trust newspaper. The trust owns my school and about 14 others. Over 10,000 read it.
-I also won the principals award for that reason. It’s basically some certificate that I’d been waiting to get for 9 months

I felt really proud of myself for them

-this past act, i got a 36 on my english section- i don’t know how or why but it’s one of the proudest moments of my life :))

- becoming a gold medalist at a state theatre comp this year!!

- and finally, my proudest moment. one of my close friends over the past few years has really been struggling mentally and a while back told me that i was one of the reasons she was still here and i’ve helped her by just being her friend. nothing means more to me than that :))

So the boys in my grade are very immature and basically bully the girls in my grade (constantly fat shaking, calling us ugly, etc.) so when we took it to the principal she talked with us and basically said “oh yk boys will be boys and they are usually only mean because they like you” and I ran home and emailed her regarding those comments and I have never been so damn proud of myself 🥲

em wrote: "So the boys in my grade are very immature and basically bully the girls in my grade (constantly fat shaking, calling us ugly, etc.) so when we took it to the principal she talked with us and basica..."

I am so proud of you, that takes courage. Good job!

thank you so much!