All About Me

Hi, my name is Michael. I am a humble, happy and honest only child. The school I go to is Acadia Junior High, where I am taught by wonderful grade 8 enrichment teachers such as Mrs. Gr**, Mr. Kell****, Mr. Sark***, and Mr. Ferg****.

One of my favourite things to do is ride my bike with my friends, who are easily found because most of them except Mengjie live close to me. We go to each other’s houses, Kirkbridge Park, and sometimes Popocha to buy bubble tea. The reason I’d rather bike than walk is that biking is less tiring but more exciting. Also you can get to places quicker on a bike and mosquitoes can’t fly fast enough to bite you.

Another thing I enjoy to do is play chess, partly because every game is different since there are so many choices for each move. The other reason I like chess is that I’m good at it. When I was in grades 3 to 7, I won the provincial chess championship for people in the same grade as me. That meant I could represent Manitoba in the national competition. I decided to participate in grades 3, 5, and 6. I also got the national third place trophy in grade 5. The other two years, I finished in fifth place without a trophy. Sometimes, I practice chess at home on the Internet Chess Club (ICC), so I can get better without having to go to a tournament.

In addition to riding my bike and playing chess, I enjoy drinking slurpees and eating food such as pizza, pie, hamburgers, and many others. But there is one food that I DO NOT LIKE --- green peppers. They taste bitter and horrible, so when my parents make me eat them, I just 'drink' them with water. Other than green peppers, I love cooking food and I think the Foods class at Acadia is fun. The best food we made in grade 7 was pizza. I also liked the apple pie, which I made at home once, the wacky cake, and the taco salad.

Finally, I love listening to music, and my favourite kinds are pop and rock. My mom bought me an mp3 player (with a touch screen!) in grade 7 as a reward for winning a math contest. I listen to music mostly when I’m bored, usually during long car rides, or walking home from school.

Speaking of music, I play the alto sax for my school band and I am very good at it! I was the only grade 7 student in Acadia that got selected to be in the Manitoba Junior Honour Band last year. We had a concert with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) at the Centennial Concert Hall. I felt very “famous” being on the stage and meeting the WSO people. Late this summer, I started taking alto sax lessons from a teacher named David ***********. He’s very nice, makes the lessons fun and I learn a lot from him.

In school, the subject that I’m the best at is math. This is good because I get high marks in math without much effort and I do well in lots of math contests which give you awards, plaques, and, in high school, money. Last year, I got a shiny plaque with my name on it for getting a perfect score on the Canadian National Math League (CNML) contest, and I also got full marks on the Gauss contest (I didn’t get a plaque but I got a free book of math questions). Mr. Ban****** got me and four other people in grade 7 who did good on the CNML to do the Pascal contest (for grade 9 and below), which I got a high score on along with the Fryer contest (also grade 9 or less). Hopefully, I’ll win all the contests I won last year plus a little more. :)

One couse that I’m not good at is ELA, which is the only subject that’s hard for me, and I mean REALLY hard. It’s pretty obvious because I think I spend more time and effort on ELA than all the other subjects combined, but I still don’t get better marks. So by the end of this year, I hope that ELA will somehow magically be easier.

Now you know all about me. Have a nice day.