My Father's Day Letter!

Dear Mrs Baker,

I am writing to tell you why my step dad deserves to win the “Caught Being a Good Dad” prize!

Well there is a lot that I could say about my step-dad. He walked into my life when I was four years old when at that age my own dad walked out but I only saw him through school holidays. I was only young but I realised that he was a role model that I looked up to not only myself but also my siblings and older brother did as well! He is an amazing person who works hard and also provides for my needs and our family.

At times when I go out and come home late, he is always out in the streets looking for me and stopping in at friend’s houses to ask where I am or where they last saw me. When there are tough stages in life that most young teenagers face in reality he understands me and turns my frown upside down!

My step-dad would have to be the most perfect Islander chef in the world as he knows how to cook all kinds of meals that you would only see prepared over in the Islands. I find that when he is around the whole household is so full of happiness but when he is not, well everyone turns so quiet and looks so bored! When there is money that he worked hard for he always makes sure that most of his money is given to my siblings and I  to buy us things that we love to spend money on.

Life without my step-dad  I suppose I would be the type of young lady that does not know discipline, would only think negative and would not be strong at all at  defending myself.   He helps me with school work and supports me a lot even though he can’t really read a lot of English but it’s kind of funny listening to his pronunciation of some words.

When he was a young gentleman he said that the things he buys for me, he did not even get anything compared to the expensive things he used to buy for me. My step- dad is the type of person who likes to keep the peace between my whole entire family, but wow he is such a hilarious comedian that does quite a few weird acts at times. At dinner times when there is a big feed cooked, he makes sure that everyone gets a plate but I always see him taking the pots or dishes and eating everything with the pots left with nothing left  inside at all! He is an amazing step dad who makes me feel like I am waking up each morning in a dream and I love him so much!

Well to be honest my step dad deserves this prize because he is an amazing step dad and not only makes me happy but also everyone around.

Sincerely Yours

Tamika
Room 12

Tamika's Moment of Excellence!

Everyday I had come home with a lot of sweat pouring down my face and wanting to strive for excellence taking over my brain and mind determined to be at least the fastest runner in my five year old cross country age group like a cheetah running to catch its prey! I knew that if I had the time to practice, the guts to ask my uncle to train me and also my determined mind to do it then I knew that I was going to come 1st place and as well strive for excellence by winning the trophy and certificate.

The day finally arrived with myself and ten other girls lined up to run half of the school cross country field with myself thinking of how hard I trained and the word to strive for EXCELLENCE in my head as the blocks clapped as loud as lightning banging up in the dark blue sky. Everyone cheered me on as I was focused hard on at least coming 1st place when I had realised that every time a girl caught up to me taking the lead, I would cut her off by going into her on the same lane that she was running in. There was a change on the field as the cones that were there for all of the runners to directly see where they were going was changed because the organisers could see that we were all just running only a quarter of the field so they made people to yell out to the runners including me as we were heading into the finish line to run another lap around the same place that we were all running.

My grandmother and a few people could see that I was not concentrating on them trying to tell me where to go but I did not notice them. I could feel the tension as I raised my hands up in the air happy then ever that I had finished but everyone looked directly straight towards me as I had gone red thinking that I had not ran another lap. Everyone of the other girls finished puffing hard out as when I finished I was not even near tired but when they announced the winners of third, second and first places my name was not even called out in any of those categories. My head had slouched through the whole prize giving for sports as I heard a voice call out my name as I looked up everyone pushed me up onto the stage as I received 1st place with a certificate and trophy as they told me that they had made a mistake on forgetting to put my name in the first place category.

I looked on to the certificate as it said "Tamika for Excellence in 5 year old running placing 1st place!"
Then as I thought over in my head if I did not put my time to train or the guts of asking my uncle to train me and was also not determined to come first place and strive for excellence then I would have not got a trophy or certificate so I was very proud of myself!