Question #14: When and where were you happiest?

This is going to show how much of an academic nerd I am.

In middle school, I was recommended to take tests to go into a higher level of math class, by a teacher who had only just taken over math for 6th graders for the school year, and I remember being super happy about taking the tests as I had been getting 90% or higher on almost all of the tests I had in my current math class. I got pulled out once a week three weeks in a row to take a test each week to determine the level that I was at for math, each week I would be pulled out of one of my classes to be told the results of the test before being asked if I would like to take another test as I had done well with each one. After the last test, what I had believed to be the last test, I had taken they let me know that I wouldn't be able to advance any further as per the rules of the school, before asking if I would like to take one more test for fun. I decided that I wanted to do it as I felt satisfied with the fact that I had been doing well and wanted to see if I would be able to go any further. The results of that test were revealed to me in the usual way, being asked to leave the classroom during class for a moment, and I was told that I had done well and had passed the test with flying colors. I was then given the choice to either go into PreAlgebra or Algebra, I decided since I had done well enough to be asked to take an extra test that I wanted to go into Algebra for my next year's math class. That was when the teacher revealed that I was the only student who had passed enough tests to go into Algebra out of the six students that were asked to participate in the test taking. That made me immensely happy that I had held that much skill to be able to go that far ahead of the kids my age. I remember having this face-splitting grin as I reentered the classroom to finish out the class period, I was happy beyond imagining.

Going forward this decision affected me in ways I hadn't thought were possible before. This decision allowed me to participate in a project that I ultimately missed the final presentation for because of being hit by a car the day previous. I had argued with my mother to let me go, she wouldn't allow me though and I ultimately ended up sleeping through the presentation because of the pain medication I was given to combat the injuries I had gotten from being hit while crossing the street. This decision also allowed me to be able to take higher levels of math far sooner than my peers which allowed me to realize that my math skills peaked at PreCalculus and Statistics, which then affected the career path that I wanted to take leading to me going into business rather than wildlife biology. I am happy when I think of the changes that this one decision let me come upon in my life and if I were given the chance to go back and change that decision I would not.
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When and where were you happiest?