LET Story

(part 2 of 3)

Continuation…

The pen is for fill out writing; while the pencil is for shading. For this segment of the story, well I think it is an exaggeration that I still have to take the risk. I already have my pencil like others on that moment. While shading for completing the necessary information, the fine looking young lady proctor asked my examination number. “You already have your examination number, right?” Not looking at her, still busy, I answered by nodding my eyebrows with say. “Yes ma’am.” And she asked again. “Where?” Well apparently, I don’t know what she was asking about. I have no answers, redundantly, just as nothing reply. In three, two, one seconds of passing, I was self conscious. And consequently, she showed my examination number from the list. I copied the numbers “148-612” to my exam sheet, and I signed my attendance on list that she disseminated by seat number pattern.

Still in shading, by now she has finished her dissemination of examination numbers and they are now both monitoring if we are following or doing the right ways.  She got back to my seat, noticed and refuted something. “Ingana di-ay ka mag-shade gang?” and she added, “It should not be like that. It cannot be read by the machine.” She even demonstrated how to shade right. “It should be like this. You have to shade in fit for the entire boundaries of a certain letter.” In my thoughts, she is right. My antecedent wrong shading presumably cannot be read by the machine. Hence, nothing should be skeptic for. “Ingani di-ay?” I uttered and continued. “Sige ma’am.”  And she went back to her seating place. After the refutation from her, my contemplation is “and now, I on my own.” It means that, all of the necessary knowledge for the preparatory process is conceptually done. The real examination is at hand.

“Alright, here it is.” The first set came is about the General Education. I identified the preliminary items as comprehension level in English course. Confidently, I answered the items, for the reason that in my homey review, I accustomed answering the aforementioned level. While moving on, immediately there came the most difficult items – the Filipino course specified in Muslim literature. I know in myself that I practiced and answered several of Filipino course questionnaire materials. But the kind of specificity is out of my expectation and practice. Right after answering the difficult items, I assess my performance for the sake of my consciousness… but let’s convey it through humorous thoughts – “How’s our performance from those items we encountered, Jarvis?” As he answers -“Your answering is still competent sir…”

“Personally linguistic but mathematically less in exposure, it is who I am before the Homey Review.” Mathematics is my real weakness. Because I am conscious for it, I took the initiative to offset… and simply flourished the strengths in other courses. In Homey Review, I routinely solve math problems, memorizing formulas, and even copying from the items in notebook; just to retain it, even while traveling in bus or doing nothing at the enhancement room while waiting to our beautiful 2011 top 3 ranked in LET and final coaching professor. More of the items I encountered were exact in speciation of topics and I was fast in answering math items. With all what it takes to be fast, accurate, and knowledge power… in dealing the endeavor, still on the 100^th item, the nurse graduate proctor announced that we have only few minutes left. For me when he announced that… was like in the Internet Café that obtained the request of them as “pwede mag-extend?” While others are talking about it, I hear them, but in my mind it is no use for me to complain, others will do it – taking my place. I continued answering and striving for accuracy even with time pressure. Good thing that some of the left items are very familiar that even in two to three words glance, I answered quickly. The last items were like an excerpt article that covered with series of items. It is very familiar in main topic but novelty in details. About article-like excerpt, and that’s it for Gen Ed. For the first set, job well done!

to be continued…