Grace ceremony of 12

The ceremony of 12 this year was very diffrent. At first it was the same as every year. They went throught the names and each 12 got there assignment. Nothing special happened until they got to number 18. She was assigned to be a caretaker of the old but after she got it they moved on to 20 skipping 19. At first I though the announcer would go back and apologize for her mistake, but she kept on going until she was finished with the whole group of 12's except number 19. I could see the poor guy sweating in his seat. Once she was done with all the 12's she made apologized. She called the poor kid up and said he had not been assigned but had been selected. He would become the Receiver. They told him he had all the qualities that a receiver needs. Intelligence, integrity, wisdom, and corage. Then they told him that his training envoled physical pain. I didn't know what was happening. I had never seen this happen before and I felt bad for the kid Jonas. She ended with saying, "Jonas you will be trains to be our next receiver of memory. We thank you for your childhood." She left the stage leaving Jonas there alone and the crowd started whispering his name and then louder and louder.

Zac wellins fredricks reaction

The cremony of twelve was going great! Jonas was about to recive his assinment be then the grand elder skiped over him to number twenty. I was astonished! Everybody was they thought that the grand elder had made a mistake but she kept on going and people started to dought him. Fredrick had all ready gotten his assinment as a nurtuer and was quite happy but he felt so bad for Jonas who apperently wasn't getting his assinment. Then at the end then grand elder called Jonas up and said that he had not been assined but he had been selected. Everybody in the croud was puzled because they didn't know what being selected was. Then the grade elder said that he was to be the reciver and that the rerciver trains his only successor. The resiver is to not be alter or changed in any way in the rules so the old reciver can only traine him. Fredrick was amazed Jonas had just been given the most important job in the comunity! But did that mean that they would be seperated from the rest of the groop? Fredrick didn't know. He was both happy for Jonas and sad because he didn't want him to go.

Ceremony of Twelve

I just got back from the ceremony!  I am now an Eleven.  This morning I was wishing that I was becoming a Twelve, now not so much.  Today the Chief Elder went right from eighteen to twenty.  I knew it was wrong and so did everyone else.  I tried to see who she had skipped.  I felt horrible for nineteen.  Then I started to worry, what if I made the same mistake.  I could see everyone else around me whispering and shifting uncomfortably.  Then she told us he was our next Giver.  I was relieved.  Then I remembered about the story our Father had told us, about the last person selected.  Everyone's acted funny around Jonas, who they selected.  I tried not be near him as I rode back with my family.  And now I could stay an Eleven forever. But I can't.  Maybe I should suggest it to the Elders.  I hope I'm not the next Giver.

Joel reaction to the ceremony of twelve

I am attending the cerrimony of advancement today and they are starting to announce the jobs and they reached Jonas's number I was shocked to here that Jonas was skipped and that the announcer kept going realizing that she made a mistake then it was my turn " number 39 come to the stage." I had butterflies in my stomach until I was on the stage the announcer said that I Joel number 39 shall be electrician, then they reached the end and Jonas was called up and he became the receiver of memories which awed me, because I had no clue what that was  but it sounded pretty important and when he was walking of stage people chanted his name so I joined in, and after a while of boring announcements we all went home.

Albert

          Hi my name is Albert. I am a 13, now 5'7', and I have been a night nurterer for one year now. I think the elders could have done a better job recognizing that I have always wanted to be an engineer. For my four volunteering years, I spent all of my hours at the construction sites and the architectural designing stations with all the other engineers, learning from them. I am not sure what went wrong with the assignment selection process but the elders gave me the night nurterer assignment, which seemed odd. A year has passed and I have gotten used to the long nights, taking care of crying babies, and doing nothing at all when they are asleep.
           Everything else in my life is sound. I live in a great family unit, with a supporting mom and dad that have loved me since I was a one, and a sister named Samantha who understands me. There is something strange about my sister. She has these odd grayish colored eyes that I had never seen before. She sais that she can see things unlike anybody else. I tell her that if she tried to tell anybody they would give her chastisizement saying that she was lying. I beleive her though.
          I just recently started taking my stirring pills. In comparison to all my friends, I am on the late end of receiving the pills. Most kids begin taking them when they are an 11 or even a 12, but I began last month. I've always tried to ask my parents why I must take them but they always seem to skim or change the subject, never telling me exactly why.
         Life in my community is completely normal. At least, in my opinion because the truth is, I've never been outside my domain to see any other cultures or communities to see what they are like. I wonder if they have elders that select assignments for the 12s. Do they do the same things we do? Are there other communities at all? I don't know but I am constantly trying to figure out. I bet I wouldn't be thinking of these things if I had a more interesting assignment like engineer, what I had always hoped for.
       

Darrel

Hi I'm Darrel for those of you who were to lazy to read the title. i live in a world that you might call perfect. Well its not as perfect as you think. Im not allowed to ask people how they feel until I'm 15 and your only allowed three kids per family. But anyways I'm twelve years old and a male. I have a brother named tom and a sister named julia. My best friends are sara and we hang out about every day.

Edward

Hi my name is Edward. I am a 12 and I am a average sized kid is my society. In my family group I have a sister named Madeleine a father named Laurent and my mothers name is Roxana. I am a quiet and shy kid in my age group of 12s. Someday a life goal I have is finding my true mother. Something new that's going on is taking a pill to dull the senses so that you can't feel love any longer.