This Is How You Escape Failure Marks!

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I rolled my eyes before turning my body around towards my classmates. Muli kong tinignan ang linya nila at napaikot muli ang aking mga mata nang masaksihan ang magulo at bali-balikong linya ng section namin.

Kung lilibutin mo ang buong assembly area, maayos at well-behaved ang mga estudyante samantalang nandito kami sa sulok, may kaniya-kaniyang mundo ang mga kaklase ko. Hindi ko na mabilang kung ilang beses akong napairap sa kaingayan nila.

Are they kindergarten or what?

Hindi pa nagsisimula ang program pero ang init na ng paligid dahil sa bunganga ng mga kaklase kong nakawala sa zoo.

I want to stomp my feet!

Mabilis akong bumaling sa mga kaklase kong may kaniya-kaniyang tea. Most of them are complaining about how hot the area was. "Didn't you know the science behind this hot assembly are was your stupid mouths?!" I stomped my feet as I said the line with irritation. Pati ang adviser kong nasa likuran at ang presidente naming si Adler ay napanganga't nanatiling bilogan ang mga mata.

I bit my inside cheek. Damn, I lost my cool. What can I do? Ang init-init na nga, hindi pa mapigil ang mga bunganga ng mga bubuyog sa likuran ko. "When you talk and talk and walk like you own this assembly area, the carbon dioxide released by your body adds up to the molecules around this closed area and it cultivates the heat!" I looked at my classmates, and all of them stopped.

"Ano daw?" Ani ng isa, it was Garabillo, the naughtiest guy.

"It's 'raw'! You can't use 'daw' if the last letter of the preceding word is a vowel!" I lectured, pati ba naman simpleng paggamit ng gramatika sa wikang Filipino ay hindi nila alam? How did they reach high school?!

Nagmartsa ako papunta sa kinatatayuan ng presidente namin.

"You shouldn't just stand there. Go watch the people in front, we're short of 7 boys, I bet they're still in our classroom."

Inayos ni Adler ang makapal nitong salamin at tumikhim. "8, we're short of 8 people, may isa pang babaeng nawawala sa linya, it's Ms. Yumul." He nonchalantly said.

I rolled my eyes. So what if he memorized all of our classmates' names in just 2 days?!

I was about to go to our classroom when he grabbed my arms. "Ako na ang pupunta, hindi ka pakikinggan ng mga iyon." Bumuntong hininga ito bago ibigay sa akin ang class attendance at tumakbo papuntang classroom.

Napairap ako nang sabihin niyang hindi ako pakikinggan ng mga gunggong na iyon. I was left no choice but to check line while holding the attendance he gave me.

For the past few days, everything happened just like a blast. We were elected as officers. Apparently, he was the class president and I am elected as the vice president even though it was against my will. I was never really interested in entering the hierarchy of authority.

"I am glad you two were my presidents. You're completely the opposite of each other but I know you will work together to keep our class." Nakangiting ani ni Mr. Dela Vega noong araw matapos ang eleksyon ng klase. Parehong araw kung kailan kami nagsimula.