I never listened when they told me that too much sense will land me into trouble. I thought there are shortcuts to everywhere not knowing some short cuts can cut one short. Below is my case, Make sure you don't tell anybody after reading 🤫🤐
You will never know that you are not studying enough until you meet some categories of village boys or girls who were either head boys or head girls in their various schools. Hissed ( mtcheww) I don't know how to describe this for you to understand well but those guys are something else. Ever studying but always having the greatest number of carry overs.
You can easily come across them during examinations periods, they are the true definition of book warmers, infact some of them are now book boilers. I have never seen any great level of seriousness like I used to see in some of my course mates who came from the village.
Some weeks before examination I saw one reading while driving motorcycle. He said he has been studying even before he got admission, this guy is a brain box, mhen!! he said his only problem was, he doesn't know how to read, he has been the one taking first position in his high school days and was well respected for how serious he was with reading. I just hope you are not confused, because I am as well.
You know there are different kinds of students, those who only know how to speak good English and nothing more, those who know how to read and write and nothing more, his case was that he doesn't know how read but he is reading. Hmm trust me I am more confused than you are.
He narrated how no one used to beat him in their school back home, he was the best amongst all that ever graduated there, I was so pleased and motivated to hear that from him, he told us that his key secret was reading hard. I was curious so I asked how do you read then? He replied oh!! Well reading is reading, is it not to just pick up a book and stare there in? Yet some people are lazy he added after hissing.
I just envy how that guy reads, he told me he reads over ten books a day, I was so curious, so I arranged a reading date between I and him so that I can be able to get a few ideas from him. I really wanted to be serious so that I can make my parents proud.
When this guy in question came, I was just so full of joy and couldn't wait to commence the reading. After scanning through five books like the flash, I was so disappointed that he couldn't answer the questions I asked him. Well I pushed that aside everyone is unique, probably he does not remember this immediately after reading. So I decided to ask him to read the first sentence of in the first paragraph and he told me that reading is not something we do audibly. More over it is to just to stare at the writings in any book that's all.
Omo I never knew I was wasting my time all this while pronouncing words thinking that I was reading, little did I know that true reading is just staring at words. It was at this point that I know that I have gotten it. A guy who used to take first throughout his high school can not lie to me. I am so happy to have met him. See friends, that guy is very intelligent, you need to see how fast he was just reading books.
You know, i have been contemplating why I get stressed up after reading, I knew something was wrong somewhere. True reading is not supposed to stress anyone, you just stare and go. Respect all those village guys o, they know book enn??. Without hesitation This guy became my good friend and we kept reading and studying together until examination came.
After a while I stopped studying and began depending on this guy. I have confidence in him. few weeks later examinations came, I and him were sure that we would pass well because our lecturers often emphasis that those who read well will never fail. So for us, passing is automatic hehe..
To God be the glory, I wrote all my examinations sitting with this brain box, I was sure I was going to pass all my examinations one hand until something happened on the day of my last examination.
On that day, the course lecture himself was the one invigilating, I won't lie to you, all the examinations I wrote I was helped by this guy, he often opens for me to copy or give me ideas when I don't know. So that day while we were still writing, the course lecturer came and stood close to boy and was reading his work while he was writing. Prior to that time, I was busy copying from his work before the lecturers came and started observing the work.
Because of how smart I was, I finished everything before the lecturer came and stood there, each time the lecturer mutters as he reads a line, he (the lecturer) sighs and says wow! That expression gladens my heart, I would smiles within and say we have cleared this examination. I was so happy, until the lecturer said to my brainbox, young man, what is your name and where did you finish your secondary school? After he gave him an answer I was just smiling
The next thing I heard was, you mean you can't even write your name correctly? What is this you are writing? I can't even read anything, are you sure you know your alphabets? Haaa!!! Some people are just automatic ticket to carry overs, this is nonsense!!.
Omo it was at that point my eyes got opened, it was then I knew my fate, you mean I wrote all my examinations copying from a guy who doesn't know how to even spell his name? No wonder each time I ask him about the way he writes his name, he often says it's a tribal name I can't pronounce it. So this is it? Ha!!! I am finished.
