When it came to the day of testing I dreaded it because at this time I did horrible on test and the teacher stated she would grade us on a curve because of how hard the test was, "No ever got an "A" on this test." She handed out the test and we all took it finished it and handed it in. It was Friday so we had to wait until Monday came around after the weekend. I remember feeling I had done alright on the test not very confident though since I usually got a "D" just passing tests. On Monday when we got to class our teacher said she had bad news as I stated earlier she was grading the test on a curve but now that curve was busted. The good news was that for the first time someone in class had gotten all the questions right everyone one, and that the essay was the most informative essay she had read on "To Kill a Mockingbird" from a student. Because the curve was busted everyone who would have received "A's" received "B's" and only one person was getting an "A". The person with the next most right out of a 100 questions only had 95 question correct while only one person had all questions correct. I remember everyone looking at Beth our best student in class an "A" student all the time. My classmates started harassing Beth lightly and in jest well at least most of them some just moaned. Our teacher quickly interrupted us and said, "Beth, I am sorry but you scored 95 out of 100." Then I remember her looking at me and she said, "Eric, you got every question correct." It was the first time I had ever felt real good in school not out of place. I also started applying myself in all my classes and by the time I graduated I was a bronze honor student.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" is perhaps the greatest American novel I have ever read and holds a firm place in my heart.
