When I was in Sec 1, I not only failed my English exam, I failed Math too!
Because she was illiterate, my mother had always left it to us to monitor our own studies beyond emphasizing ever so often that 'our future is what we make of it'. And I had always given myself room to fail - in tests - as long as in the end I passed my exams.
To be frank, it wasn't failing English or Maths that shocked me as much as seeing the word 'Failed' written into my report book.
I knew my mother was concerned.
I read and I practised - everyday. I read all the worked examples in the Math textbook and did ALL the exercises in it. That must have been the most hardworking period of my life.
And I made the greatest improvement I had ever made in my English and Math results in all my years in school.
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