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Sometimes life isn't fair, and sometimes it feels as though we don't deserve the good things we get. Sometimes it is easy to doubt whether or not karma even exists, and sometimes it's certain that we got it right, and we deserve any result we get but in all these, there's only one thing I will say; such is life for everything that happens to a person, whether or not they deserve it, I feel it's all a product of time and chance. In the little time I've been privileged to spend in this world, I have had the opportunity of getting results of my hard work, and other times getting nothing at all despite how much I put in. I have also gotten things I never deserved or wasn't even qualified for and all I can say is that such is life.
One unforgettable experience I had was during the time I was leaving secondary school in 2014, I wrote my first WAEC (WEST AFRICA EXAMINATION COUNCIL) and ended up with a very poor result despite the amount of work I put in to pass. I remember the sleepless nights I had to endure, and how many times I finished my past questions, textbooks, and every reading material I could lay my hands on. The result came as a shock because I knew what I wrote, and I deserved better, but then, this is Nigeria. My mum was really supportive, she ensured I did not let the failure weigh on me, and instead advised me to keep on my great reading habit as I prepared for the next examination that same year which was NECO (NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL)
I went on harder than I prepared for WAEC, only to end up failing in physics and English. My mum was of the opinion that I merged my two results, and find a school that would accept me. Me feeling like a failure despite everything I did to see it through, I just accepted my fate and anything that will happen at the end of the day. My dad however insisted I tried again the next year, I missed out on the WAEC registration for the next year and took Just the NECO. This time however was different, I had been at home for a year, and reading was no longer exciting for me.
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I just wanted to do anything at that point as far as I entered school. But then again cheating was out of the way, and I couldn't ask my parents for money to sort for the examination. I read the little I could, which was not even up to 10% of how I prepared last year. When the results came out, I passed with flying colors which made me wonder to date what went wrong in the first two attempts. I just concluded it was time and chance and even in recent times, I have had countless experiences involving similar situations. But as much as I know I'm 100% prepared for any examination, I like to give myself a 90% chance of passing based on my hard work and input, the remaining 10% belongs to life and anything it decides to offer.
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