aT lAsT wE'rE fReE!!

The long week of examination is finally over. Everyone feels so happy about it especially me. At last we can already go back to our usual routines and stop studying for examinations. Periodiccal Test is when everybody in the school becomes so busy to study their lessons. It is also a time when everybody has to come home early to prepare themselves for the incoming examinations. For me, periodical examinations are sometimes dreadful beccause they give me the fear that I may not pass in a specific subject and might eventually fail. But eventhough I still feel kind of good about it because it is also the time when you learn to assess everything you have learned for that specific quarter. Now, it is the third quarter and it is considered to be crucial because if you have a failure in this quarter, you might have a difficult time passing a certain subject. In that gase, you might not even graduate eventually. I remember, when I was in my sophomore year when I failed in my Algebra 2 subject in the third quarter. Ofcourse, I was really shocked. It was the first time to fail in a subjevt and it really made me feel so bad. I even cried because of it. During that time, I had the fera that I may not pass second year and I might as well be kicked out from UP. I was also afraid to tell my parents about it because I guess they really expected too much from me considering that I as an honor student during my elementary years. Since then, everytime the third quarter comes, I simply cannot hide my fear that I may not pass again because of my experience. That made me have some trauma during periodical exams.

But certainly, that event in my life made me strong in many ways. It made me strive harder to do well in my studies so as not to fail again in the subject. It also made me study even better and listen to the teacher intently yo avoid getting zeroes dduring quizzes and long tests. Ofcourse during that time, I cannot afford to fail again even in those short quizzes and exercises. But most of all, it made me really become a person full of optimism. During the time that I was depressed because of my failure I always tend to become pessimistic and always hope for the worst. But then I realized that thinking negatively will not do me any good. It will just pull me dowm and will depress me more. That made me realize that after every fall you must learn to stand up anfd fight again because no matter what happens it's you yourself who will be affected with everything you do to yourself. That's why now even in the worst situations, I still manage to smile and think positively. Everything happens for a reason and I'm glad I finally found the reason why I'm still here in UP and it's because of striving harder and trying to strive for excellence.

After all, that's what UP stands for right? STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE....