My Thoughts Exactly

Prof. Albao has just returned our midterm exams in accounting with our grades in it. The result is very depressing and makes me wanna cry. My grapes dropped by almost 3-4%, from 2.5 to 2.75. I was expecting a better grade in midterms but my expectations defy the results. I was planning to be on the dean's list this semester but I guess that will not happen to me now. Admittedly, the results made me think to stop to go further. Well, there are still finals and the comprehensive exam. I'm trying to be optimistic but the fear is always there. The fear of failure. I'm still hoping and praying to do better next time. And that "next time" will be better.

Think about these: 1.       Two of the habits which young people dislike the most are drinking and smoking. 2.       The school library is the students' favorite hang-out. 3.       Students write on their desks more than they write on their notebooks. 4.       Students are prone to fever especially when there's an exam. 5.       Teachers don't really like giving exams they don't want their students to get pressured. 6.       Half of our schooling is spent chatting with our seatmates. The other half we spend dreaming. 7.       They prefer the "natural look". Most girls don't like wearing make-up.

Yesterday, I met Glai as I went to school for our exam in Accounting. I met her at the stairway in the overpass. I said hi and asked her if she had a class that day. It's unusual for an Accountancy student to have a class on Wednesdays except that she has a laboratory class in any Accounting subjects. (In our school, laboratory classes are usually scheduled every Wednesday). I was shocked when she answered that she had a lab schedule in her Chemistry class. Chemistry? I then thought, there were no Chemistry classes in Accountancy. She then added that she had already shifted to Psychology this semester. I didn't bother to ask her why. Of course, it's obvious. I guess she had failed Accounting. She would not shift to other degree if she hadn't failed. Well, I really didn't know the real reason though. I then felt threatened and scared. She was not the only one I knew who had failed Accounting (I guess?). There were many of them. And they were not like the other