Paper everywhere, scissor. Glue, rough draft after rough draft, and finally it all stops. Teachers and especially students rejoice when they here those five words: National History Day is Over! What seemed like an eternity of work for a five-minute documentary, or a one thousand five hundred-word essay, and lets not forget an exhibit board is over. Two months of dedication, blood, sweat, and arguments all for one “ special” day National History Day. A day where everything has to be perfect, or we’ll blame it on someone else.
Every student (well almost every student) who actually came to school today is in red white and blue and is sitting in a class room waiting for their turned to be tested on their knowledge on their project. What will happen, who will win, no one knows it’s all up to the judges to decide. Pick a topic any topic, you name it we just might have it. The Constitution, The World Trade Center, Abortion, Yellow Fever, or even Tattoos’. Get background information, you know primary and secondary sources. Write your thesis and then pick how your going to present your topic. And lets not forget convincing your history teacher that your topic connects to this year’s theme.
All of that hard works comes down to this. Your sitting in your classroom and the phone wrongs, you get a little nervous, and then an announcement is made “Due to the weather conditions students will be let out at 11:40. On one hand you’re happy, but on the other hand you’re mad because the only reason that you came to school was because of N.H.D. Then the teacher finishes the announcement, “ I guess N.H.D. will be continued on Monday”. You are free to go.
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