Judgement Day
So another term has ended in CSB. Yesterday was course card distribution day. It started out well, Ate Aeyc handed me my grades for Art History and Scripwriting which were both marked 3.0's (In our system, 1.0 is the passing grade and 4.0 is the highest). "Not bad", I said to myself.I went to school in the afternoon to get my grade for Philosophy, I got a 2.5. I thought I deserved higher but what the heck.
I went to fetch my course card for Digital Illustration, and I got a surprising 3.0! I didn't see that coming. I thought I'd just land on a safe 2.5 at most because I only got 1.5 for midterms. "Things are looking up", I said.
I went to Burgundy and hung out for a bit. Then went back to school. We went straight to the multi-purpose room to get my course card for Jose Rizal and ORDEV-A.
I flipped through the cards on the table for Jose Rizal and finally got to mine. To my surprise once more, I got a 4.0! For someone who barely goes to that class and has several missing exercise sheets and finishing the finals exam in just 20 minutes of making up shit, I must say this is quite undeserving but I'm happy nonetheless. "Could it be that I can be qualified for the Dean's List?", I hoped.
But then there's one last tiny thing I forgot to dread about -- ORDEV-A. ORDEV-A is an orientation, non-academic subject which only takes up 1 unit. In terms of attendance, I'm safe. But then I've missed on so many activities and I never bothered on catching up. I went over to the table and flipped through the names. Most of the students failed, must be slacking off like me. But just as I expected, I failed. To be honest, I already gave up on it weeks before because I really didn't care much for it. But if it weren't for my good academic grades this term, I wouldn't be grieving. ORDEV-A kept me from qualifying for the Dean's List. Oh well, let it go. I never bothered to go to the office and talk to the teacher. I accepted it just like that.
I sent my mom a message about it. She didn't sound upset at all. Instead, she felt for me. Told me that it's alright and learn from our mistakes and not to take things for granted. You know, the usual moral blah-blah, which was quite nice actually. It's good to be reminded of things you already know too much about which is why you never really gave it much thought. She even apologized that she can't let me go back home along with my brother due to financial setbacks. It's alright, at least I got company this time while my brother's not around. Gives me something to do. My brother left this morning, he tried to contain his excitement. It showed anyway. I'm happy for him.
Before I end this, I'd like to congratulate Robbie for being on the Dean's List for this term! Nagkukunwari ka pa na ayaw mo ma DL, nagtalon talon ka lang pala sa SPO nung sinabi mo sakin ang good news! Haha! Keep it up!
posted by Sentimental Garbage @ 8:35 AM
