Chapter 16 Graduation Day

Kendra was so determined to work and study so hard to finish her college. She also wanted to get
recognition in the university and let her parents be proud to her somehow. She maintained her grades
well from the start of her college till up to the end as a Dean's Lister and her graduation practice came.
One by one, students name were announced and went up on stage. Kendra's awaited moment had
started her name were announced to be awarded as a Cum Laude. All the students from the
graduation practice clapped at her as Kendra walking on the stage...

" This is it! I got this." Kendra excitedly walking on the stage and stood up in front of so many fellow
students. " Oh my God."Kendra amazingly saw alot of people infront of her clapping so loud when she
stood up infront of the stage and continued walking down the stage.

" Congrats Kendra! You really surprised us. We were so shocked on this. You are totally amazing." Era
and fellow classmates happily said as they continued clapping and kissing her on cheeks. "Thank you,
Thank You." Kendra happily replied as she was totally overwhelmed with her classmates and fellow
students. Kendra's first graduation practice had finished and went home after. "Dad, Mom I have a
good news for you." Kendra excitedly said." Huh, what that news?" Kendras Dad and Mom wondered.
"I am awarded as Cum Laude. You better go to my Graduation to take my award. Arent you
excited?"Kendra joyfully announced it to her parents.

" Really?, Congratulation! We better tell this news to your uncles and aunties for sure they will come
here to see you." Kendra's Mom and Dad happily said. Her parents couldn't wait to announce it to
some relatives and friends. "I could not ask anything more." Kendra said to herself

staring up the ceiling until she fell asleep.

The next morning, the second day of her graduation practice had come. The second practice had
almost over but Kendra's name was not announced to be on stage for the award. Almost all of Kendra's
classmates wondered especially Kendra." What happened?" Era wondered and asked Kendra."I have



no idea." Kendra wonderedly replied. The second practice had finished and Kendra approached the
announcer of the stage. " Hi, may I know the reason why my name has not be announced today for
Cum Laude award?"Kendra wonderedly asked. The announcer took the paper with the list of name of
students with award and never saw Kendra's name on it." Oh, there is no name Kendra Clark on the
list. Are you really sure?" the announcer wonderedly asked. Kendra could not believe on what she saw
on the list with no name of her." Yes, I am sure about it. My name was announced yesterday as I stood
up in front of the stage with a Cum Laude Award." Kendra insisted. " Well, I think you should ask your
dean on this matter." the announcer replied." Kendra could not understand the mistake they made and
left the place pissed off. The next morning together with Kendra's father on the way to dean's office and
suddenly, Kendra saw her dean and approached her dean. " Hi, dean I am Kendra Clark and i think
there is a mistake happened because the day before yesterday I was announced to be awarded on the
stage as Cum Laude but yesterday it didnt announce during the practice time".Kendra asked. "Oh,
yeah You are Kendra Clark, there was no mistake happened yesterday. It was a true announcement. I
am so sorry for the mistake happened during the first graduation practice as I saw your grades truly a
Cum Laude Awardee so you were on the list but you had stopped for a year and the university didnt
allow it. It should be a continious studies with a grade like that for you to be able to get a Cum Laude
award." Dean's kept apologizing to Kendra and to her father as he could not do anything of the
university decision. " Her relatives already knew about the award. Ofcourse it was so embarassed to
take back what we told them. My daughter's feeling is definitely broken." Kendra's Dad madly
expressing to the dean his feeling and his daughter feeling. " I am really sorry Mr. Clark and Kendra, for
the damage that the university made, I would like you to offer a job Kendra to be working on our
channel and have a 50,000$ salary yearly.Would that be okay for you?" Dean's sincerely offered
Kendra's job. " No, I wont take it.I studied so hard for me to have this award and this is only what I got
from all of this."Kendra's madly left the Dean's office.

Kendra's heart was so broken and never showed up anymore to her university anymore up to the day
of her Graduation Day. She focused more of her time working and working until she would not



remember her feeling of embarrassment and pain that day.


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