"What the hell, it's close enough" department

[jwgh]

While cleaning my apartment, I came across a medal that I find every few years and otherwise mostly forget.

When I was in sixth grade, I was in little league. At the end of the year, everyone on the team got a medal with a nice picture of someone up at bat on the front:

and on the back, an approximation of the player's name:

Getting this medal was a great honor.

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My certificate of participation in fifth grade band was inscribed "Robert P---------" instead of "Michael P---------". Which is my name.

It made me cry.

[jwgh]

It sort of demonstrates that giving awards out is easier than caring.