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Hello fellow WEG fans!

I hope you are all having fun so far! I just wanted to tell you guys about what being an Ambassador is all about. When I first heard that our school was chosen as a feature school and that our students had a chance at being selected as a Mathletics Ambassador, I was quite excited.  When I was chosen as an Ambassador and told about the free trip to Calgary, Alberta, my very first question was, “is there an all you can eat buffet?”.  Sadly,  there wasn’t but nevertheless the food was terrific!  I made a video of myself on top of the Calgary Tower with the message that Mathletics makes me feel like I’m on top of the world!  How true is that? Ha ha!  So I was chosen and it just so happened that Braden Rein of my school was chosen as well because our video essays were both very creative.

So I said goodbye to my parents and hopped onto the plane and off we went!  We arrived in Calgary and what is waiting there for us?  Probably the most classy limousine in all of Canada (literally)!  When we arrived at the hotel, we were treated so nicely and escorted to our rooms.  It was like 9:00 pm and we had a big day ahead planned, so we went to bed.  I might have stayed up until twelve playing games on my phone (ha ha)!  That wasn’t a wise decision and you can probably guess why – but I was still so excited about spreading the word of Mathletics and the World Education Games!  I was also looking forward to our lunch at Boston Pizza – yum!   All of the Ambassadors then toured several schools throughout Calgary.  At each school, a different pair of us gave presentations to promote Mathletics.  That was a totally awesome experience.

After that was all over, we went to the Mathletics head office.  We coloured all over this mega-size chalkboard and we socialized with the workers who were like the nicest people in Canada (maybe even the entire world)!  Then Braden and I went back to the hotel and we went shopping. Oh yeah, our math teacher Mr. McKay went with us too!  Sorry Mr McKay!

After that, we went swimming for an hour at the hotel pool.  The next day we went back to the Mathletics head office and guess what?  Samsung donated six brand new Samsung Galaxy Note Pads to each Ambassador!!  I was shocked out of my mind!  Do you know how much those things cost??!  And so we played on them for awhile and all the fantastic Mathletics workers signed the boxes the tablet came in.    We socialized some more, had lunch and then we headed back to the hotel.  That night was the awards ceremony.  First off, we had some very inspiring people come to have dinner with us such as the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest, as well as a gentleman who became a paraplegic in a tragic accident, but went on to become a genius in psychology!  They both shared their very impressive stories and they truly inspired me to develop my full potential as a human being.

Here is the message of this blog.  Education may not seem important to some kids right now.  Perhaps you might think that only nerds or teacher’s pets take education seriously. But guess what?  It doesn’t have to be that way!  Education is for everybody! No matter how smart you are, or how much you might have to struggle to get good grades, you need to know your education is so important to you right now (and especially in the years to come).  Some days, you might feel as though your teacher is being “mean” to you or picking on you to do better.  But they only want you to become the best you can be.  Don’t believe me?  Ask your mom.  Ask your dad.  Ask your teacher.  They will all say the same thing.  Motivate yourself to want to learn and become a better person!  I have a very simple equation that I tell myself when things get tough.  Education = accomplishment.  It’s true, alright ha ha!   Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope everyone has a great and fun time competing against others in the WEG!!

Joshua G. 

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