Thomas took part in the Knowledge Bowl this year. I was very impressed with his dedication to the team because they practiced twice a week after school for about 3 months! He decided to stick with it even when all of his friends decided not to do it.
The team's hard work paid off when the time came to compete with other schools in the district. Each member of the team worked on different sections of information to try and be the "expert" in that area. You should have heard these kids answer the questions! They were answering questions about the arts; music, artists, instruments types of art, etc. etc.!!!
Thomas says he wasn't nervous but you could see it all over his face. He asked me what he should eat for breakfast...we told him, "BRAIN FOOD"...so, he had a bowl of cereal :)
As the team captain he was able to choose who answered the group questions. During the first month or so, he would come home from practice complaining about a few girls saying, "They know EVERYTHING! It's SO ANNOYING!" I think his annoyance changed to gratitude when it came down to the big day!
It was fun to watch the kids faces when they knew an answer...they were so proud of themselves! It was a great opportunity for these kids to shine. Today, it was "COOL" to know all the answers to the questions, it was "COOL" to know so many amazing things that many adults(who me?) don't know!
They competed against 4 teams. They won each one! Then the points were all tallied up from all the teams and their team was in the top 10! Out of the 6 teams that competed from Sego Lily, Theirs was the only one to make it this far! We aren't sure what this means, do we go on? I guess we will find out soon.
One thing we do know...Thomas did a fantastic job. Once again he has shown us what a well rounded kid he is. He isn't afraid to do things that interest him. He loves sports of all kinds, he loves choir and he loved doing knowledge bowl! I love that he does things because he wants to. He doesn't look to his peers to tell him if he should or shouldn't do something. I absolutely love and admire this quality in him! If he continues, I know there isn't anything he can't accomplish that he sets his mind to!
Congrats Thomas! Thanks for a very fun and exciting Saturday morning :)
1 comment:
Way to go Thomas, I ditto everyting your mom said, you are one of the most well rounded kids I know, and you aren't afraid to go after what ever you want to do and give it your all. You have been so much fun to watch as you have grown into such a fantastic young man, I say man, because in many ways you are too mature to be called a boy. I love you
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