This seems like it would be a good thing but instead this was almost a slap in the face to me because on that first essay my twin brother and I had the same topic to write about and it was over our heroes. Mine was my mom and his was our dad: in my mind I thought I had picked the better one because my mom had always been there for us and helped us through everything but I wound up making a bad grade because I didn't give enough explanation, which resulted in my brother getting his name on the fridge without mine beside it. Most would think that this would make me dislike writing, abut know this fueled my fore because as a twin everything becomes a competition. While Tyler may have had me beaten in writing essays I loved writing about books. In 7th grade we had what our school called book talks, which is when you read a book then write a summary over the book to explain why it appealed to you. This was good because the reading had caused my vocabulary to blow up and gave my writing more elaboration. I loved reading and writing all the way until the end of my 7th grade year then the Benchmark caused me to have a special kind of hate for these subjects.
In the summer of my 6th grade year I was gloating to my parents about how well I have always done on my benchmark, so they decided to make a deal with my brother and I that if we made an advanced score on benchmark in the next year that they would take us on a trip anywhere we wanted the following summer. In my mind I thought to myself "what an easy way for a trip, obviously these suckers haven't liked at my recent scores because they are perfect. " I can remember telling my dad that he better get ready to empty his wallet because I had this in the bag. In every benchmark exam I had ever taken I had place an advanced score on everything this was basically a tradition to me. Throughout my whole 7th grade year I was preparing to get ready to go the best trip I have ever been on.
