Cancellation of award ceremony
The cancellation of the Daily Star Award Ceremony 2005 has broken a lot of expectant hearts. The Daily Star Award giving ceremony held each year inspires a lot of O' level students to work hard and make extra efforts. When these students get six or more A's they start waiting expectantly for the day they would receive a form for the DS Award which they would fill up happily and then wait for the big day. They wait impatiently for the day when the awards would be handed to them in front of their parents and teachers. When they receive the award they go back home with great joy in their hearts.
This year the same thing was also happening to us, we had filled our forms and were waiting with great enthusiasm until the day the cancellation of the ceremony was announced. The decision was not fair. I acknowledge that the money has been spent to serve a good purpose but could not the ceremony be suspended and held sometimes later instead of being cancelled? I also admit that the candidates deserving the award will receive their certificates, but would we be feeling the honour of being on the stage, viewed by hundreds of people? Why should we be deprived of this honour?
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