Yellow Is Better Than White

Usually, Tuesday mornings are just the same old thing.  We were looking forward to a day filled with math, science, Latin, and some screen time. But today was different. Latin, math, science, and screen time were at the back of our minds. The reason was simple. Every Tuesday morning we have a martial arts class that goes on for about 45 minutes to an hour. It usually sucks the energy out of me, but today I was unstoppable because promotion was on the horizon. Promotion is where you level up from one belt to another (in martial art terms) and get a higher rank. We were only white belts (the beginner belt) until we leveled up this morning. We became yellow belts today, and are still reveling in it because we are no longer beginners. It feels good to be a yellow belt when you have been lowly for such a stretch of time. Even though you don’t get much more respect as a yellow belt than you do when you’re a white belt, it still feels nice to have a new status.