This Is How You Escape Failure Marks!

01

My beloved season came, but I spent most of it buried in my books. While my relatives spend their summer in private resorts, I let myself rot inside my room, preparing for the upcoming subjects this senior high school.

As of now, I can really say that I will enjoy senior high school because of the subjects. I would still be enrolling in the same school that I entered in junior high school. I'd just transfer campus since we'll be sharing the campus with the college students already. Magkahiwalay kasi ang campus ng parehong eskwelahang pinapasukan namin.

Today marks the enrolment day. I quickly made myself ready as we are told that there would be another IQ examination for the sectioning. I was never doubtful or nervous about taking exams. If you are really prepared for it, no need to be anxious because you're meant to ace it! That is if you are prepared enough.

Thus, I entered the assigned exam room for me. I smirked when I saw only one enrollee, a boy, and our proctor. "Great, this will be peaceful," I said inside my head.

I chose the farthest seat where I know that guy wouldn't disturb me. Concentration is the most essential part of the examination. I need it because once distracted, I will begin to panic and forget everything I have reviewed.

I am grateful that we're only two taking exams at the same time. The boy enrollee was sitting at the back, beside the window. I did not even bother to check on him. I value one's concentration too.

Before answering the exam, I set my watch to remind me 5 minutes before an hour because we are only given an hour to answer this. The 5 minutes will be allotted for my rechecking of the answers. I would always make sure to recheck my answers since I cannot afford to have a silly mistake.

It happened to me once. I was in 4th grade when I forgot to bring my wristwatch. I panicked when the proctor did not announce that there will be no announcement of the time. I consumed the whole hour answering that I forgot to save 5 minutes for rechecking. I got 5 mistakes by that time. I was traumatized because all of those mistakes were not shaded in the right place even though I can clearly remember that I know the correct answer, I just shaded the wrong circle.

I started answering. It was composed of different subjects that we had when we were in junior high school. When it comes to exams like this, I would jump to the hardest one for me. It was Mathematics, yeah, it's hard but I can manage. It is just time-consuming. Thus, I always make sure to answer the word problem first because it has a greater portion of points. Just in case I cannot answer some questions in the multiple-choice, at least I have an answer in the problem-solving. It may not guarantee a secured score, but it cannot be denied that it is a great loss of points.

I was in the middle of solving the problem when I heard the continuous clicking of a pen, I looked around and realized that it was not the proctor but the enrollee. Gosh, how I hate clicking pens during exams, the sound of it distracts my concentration.

E? What is it again? I looked at my messy scratch paper, where did I solve it again? I even flipped my paper and then I slightly panicked when I lost track of my solving process. The clicking sound of the pen is continuous.

Gosh! I cannot bear it anymore. I quickly shifted my head at the back and glared at where the boy stopped.