A day in my shoes

The day's story continues...

We got to our new center minutes after the exam was scheduled to start.. and it struck me.. What the!? NECO had moved all it's exam centers down to parliamentary too, it wasn't only mine which was moved! And my classmates were there! Christ!! how annoying! I never planned to see anyone, not especially my classmates.

It's not like i hate them or something like that, just that, you see, after secondary school, everyone is expected to 'tushen up'

(it's a slang for 'freshen up' or 'look cuter' )

but I didn't, rather i chose to 'tushen up' spiritually, building my relationship with God cause I felt like it was the right thing to do,meanwhile on the outside i wasnt tushening up (pertaining to outward appearance) I didn't look so presentable and i had no idea I would be seeing them. Uh huh! feeling bad for me!?

Now we had to stay outside for a while before we could enter into the hall, what a punishment for late comers.

When i was finally let in, as a Christian, i commited everything to God and started on my paper.

   Ugghhh!!! I had the faintest idea of what the shapes of amoeba paramecium euglena etc looked like. I mean i knew their names so well but couldn't place what image belonged to what organism, and that was what was on my question paper.

BUT no matter what, i had promised God that I wouldn't cheat in any way in my exam, i was gonn do it all on my own. Seems stupid!? i value my r/ship with my God a lot dear.

While i was still trying to answer my questions, to my utmost surprise, without shame, an invigilator announced in the hall that we all had to pay the sum of #500 each (to enable anyone who had paid to cheat) that it wasn't compulsory but necessary.

Really!?? Where was the high standard NECO was known for!?

Is this what NECO has turned into!? i asked myself.

What rubbish!? This isn't an exam!

No! Corruption everywhere in Nigeria, my little but mighty mind thought.

No! i wouldn't dare be part of such degrading practice.

Pure exam malpractice!

I'd rather write on my own sweat and fail in honor than to cheat and pass by crooked means.

One of the invigilators came up to me asking if i was ready to cooperate, i looked up at him and said no I'm not paying, yes! I'm doing it on my own; He left.

People brought out their text books to copy from, yet I stuck to my guns!

I used my brain, and the Holy Spirit helped me too.

In no time, i was done. I asked God o take charge of the questions I didn't know.

I had to wait for over half an hour so the rest could finish and I could leave the exam.

  After the exam, there was another palava! After i had left the hall, i hid in a corner, brought out my torchlight phone and called my bro to come pick up since i had not even Shi-Shi on me to get back home. He told me to go and beg the invigilators for some money to get back home with! HIAN!!

See wahala nau! Any how i ended up begging my classmates for some money to get back home. You could just imagine, i must've really been looking so.. 'beggarish' if there's any word as such. But its okay, in dire times of need, one has to let go of pride for pride leads to the downfall of man, oui!?

As if that wasn't enough, on my way back home, my friends kinda laughed at me coz of my new looks, yeah no earings no make up no hair, slippers, unlike the me of those days who was so fashion oriented. They all kept on asking "Mirabelle why did you cut your hair nau"

whether person no fit cut hair again in peace oo, i wondered.

It didn't really matter what they said anyway. I just walked alone towards the main road so i could board a taxi back home.

God bless the souls that gave me money to get back home. AMEN

What a day sha..