A pang of jealousy engulfed me whenever i saw all those smart kids. Especially those who donned uniforms which represent top schools. Whenever i saw them, i’ll always mutter under my breath, ‘Damn. I should have studied harder’. That’s always been the case but the reality struck me otherwise.
Sigh. Looks like i’ll never achieve my dream of studying in a top school. Only He knows how much i’ve been wanting to. I’ve been muttering prayers as much as i could to get to my dream school but to no avail. No, i don’t expect Him to answer the prayers. It’s his will and He knows what’s best for me. I love him for that. (: But, it’s really distressing. To want something badly but they were not granted. Ok, at least once please? InsyaAllah.
Honestly, I seriously wanted Mass Communication. I guess i started the trend for that course(in my school). I remembered how enthusiastic i was for that course, telling plethora of people the fun-ness of it. After which, people started liking it too and labelled it as their ‘Dream Course’. I don’t blame them for copying. I mean this is certainly not the case of copycats. If i proclaimed them as they are, it would also imply that the hundreds of people studying in that course are copycats too. Apparently, that’s of course, not the case. It’s up to their choices, interest and future prospects. NOT being copycats, in this sense.
I was woebegone because after much propaganda about the course, i did not qualify for it. Sigh. Only GOD knows how painful it was for me. To exacerbate the situation, the fact that some of them who had never won me before(for 4 years of schooling), got better grades in this national examination really numbed me. It made me feel so worthless and stupid. To think that some of them even got a better english grade than me(some failed along the way and did so much better) seriously paralyzed what’s within me. I felt that i had totally lost this war which i battled half-heartedly. I was utterly disappointed with my results.
I mean it’s like, i’m still thankful to Him. He has shown me the feeling of being at the pinnacle and down there. Like i always said, He is fair. I was always among the top 5 initially but grades dropped along the way. Not too bad, i was still in top 20 of the whole level. I mean, i’m grateful to have reached this far despite the busy schedule and other appointments in school. But, i seriously feel that it’s pointless to be up there when it’s not really counted. I don’t mind being the lousiest for school examinations but top for national examinations. NOT vice-versa please.
Of course, national examinations are the more important ones. They are the ones that either break or make you. Make in the sense of helping to carve you to be a successful person out there. And in my case, doing well in school exams but not-so-well in national exams is kind of useless in the sense that the latter is of course, more important. Yeah, i do get the glam being in the top class for 4 straight years. But, they’re seriously not important.
I was really embarrassed to face the world. The used-to-be-top-student did not do as well for O’s. Tell me, does that hurt? It hurts a hell lot for me.
