The best day of my life

When I was a high school student, I served as president of Kumamoto Kita high school for a few months. The school has a sports festival in May every year. Other high schools also have it in the same season. However, the end of the sport festival, my old high school has a special event which other schools don’t have. At the end of the festival, the school president should do something special. It is called Randa. The president stands front of whole school students and shows his or her hands to the whole student body and move their hands from right side to left side saying the word Randa loudly. Then students who see the hands should clap their hands. I was a president of the school at the time, so I had to do this act. At first, when I heard about that, I didn’t want to do that because almost every former president was a male and I had never experienced such a thing before. However, friends encouraged me to do it, so I decided to challenge it. I practiced dance because the president has to dance after the special event “Randa”. While whole students are singing Kita high school’s fight song, the president has to dance. I choreographed an original dance myself.

 And, the sport festival day came. I participated in some competitions. After that, I changed costume from sport wear to a hakama. At last, the time came. I stood in front of whole students and said the word Randa in a loud voice. When I showed my hands to whole student body, they clapped their hands. I felt that I unified my old high school at the time. After that I danced by myself while all of the students sang and watched me. It was a great experience. After the sports festival finished, a lot of people, not only students but also visitors told me that I was great and very cool. Some people said to me that “I respect you!” When I heard these words, I thought I accomplished great things which nobody can experience easily. I was proud of myself. After the event finished, the student council held a small party. The teacher who took charge of the institution bought delicious manjus for us. It tasted better than when I ate it on any other day. It was the best day of my life.

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