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Article for Alumni Newsletter - C2 Writing - My best and Worst School Memories - CPE Writing Question: You are looking through the alumni newsletter of a school that you once attended and you see the following announcement: What are your best and worst school memories? Write in and tell us and we will publish the most interesting articles in our next newsletter. Write the article for the editor of the alumni newsletter. (around 280 - 320 words) Schooldays, despite HAVING beEN FAR FROM immaculate, WERE some of the happiest and the most important days in my life, and what goes in tandem with schooldays are countless, LONGLASTING memories. When being asked to recollect the best and the worst memories of my time at School, a VAST number of memories come flooding back; some are bitter, whilst others are sweet. Some are distant, to such an extent that they HAVE become vague and dim, whilst others are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming despite the lapse of time. The memory I treasure the most is of the day I attended our school’s winter concert, and even now, AS then, I count myself fortunate to have witnessed such A magnificent scene and SO GREAT A performance. It was a truly memorable experience; I settled there in the chair, feeling drowsy with the harmony, the melody, and the rhythm of the classical music, immersed in the vicarious pleasure derived from the brilliancy and purity of piano tunes, and lost in the appreciation FOR the spectacular triple pirouette being executed by the ballet dancers. To a large extent, the deep, healing music liberated me from the grip which negative emotions had over my well-being; IT lightened the intolerable burden which I had to shoulder when it came to academics, and mitigated the detrimental effects produced on my psyche after a long, tedious, and tiring day of schoolwork. As Debasish Mridha, an accomplished entrepreneur, philanthropist and author, puts it, “music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch.” And therein lies the gist of that pleasurable experience. My worst school memory is of the time I failed my history exam, and it was absolutely harrowing. History had always been one of my favorite subjects at school, particularly as I was taught by Ms. Grace, one of the most inspirational, supportive, and compassionate teachers at school. I had been getting such good marks in my assignments in the past that I became overconfident in my abilities; consequently, I deemed myself WELL ABLE to get away with doing very little preparation for that weekly test. During the exam, it became blatantly AND PAINFULLY obvious that THERE WERE huge gaps in my knowledge, and the bell rang while I was still sitting with a blank page in front of me, kicking myself for my foolishness and ignorance. Relentlessly whining about my troubles and facing the grim prospect of failing the exam, I was overwhelmed with shame and regret to such an extent that I forgot my umbrella in the classroom after school. To add insult to injury, it started raining while I was still on my way home. I was completely drenched by the rain; the situation was utterly dismal! However, the experience taught me a useful lesson, namely that before I venture to EMBARK ON an action, I have to, with abundanT caution, assess and examine the ramifications of that action. There are many other memories I could dwell on but these two stand out as the best and worsT memories of my school days. #CPEWriting #written_exam #cpe