I started off this week with a mission - to screw everything else and bury my lazy self in books and notes in preparation for the impending doom next week...EXAMS! It is already the end of the week now, and I cannot proudly say that I've covered much ground. I missed way too many lectures as it is, yet I am still not worried. There are much more important things that I'd rather spend my time on, which I did. I spent time with F on Friday and Saturday, and that, I think, means so much more to me than some grade. I might be too hopeful here, but I'm sure I'll pull through somehow.
If not, then life still goes on. I shall deny a bad grade to affect my life, like how some other students I know do. They'll squeeze a rock for an extra point just to get that coveted A. That's just pathetic really. I'm disgusted by my fellow peers who beg our lecturers for marks. I especially hate those who already have an A- or a stable B, but will not be satisfied till their papers are upgraded to an A. I've seen way too many instances of this happening ever since primary school that eventually, I do not really blame these poor souls for their insatiable hunger for straight As.
I blame it on The System, a traditional product of our rigid Government. Amongst its many flaws, our educational system breeds elitism, and I am living in an age where the effects of this miscalculated, misconstrued, cancerous and bothersome system are permeating my life. I do not have to look farther than the typical student in my class - the classic victim of The System. Unless the Government comes up with a complete overhaul, students everywhere, and eventually society as a whole will not stop falling over each other to reach the ever rising summit.
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