Nung natapos ako ay binigay ko agad ’yon sakanya. Sigurado ako sa sagot ko but she looks unsatisfied and even look at me raising her brow.
“Hindi ganto pagkuha ng standard deviation, Reina. . .” she said softly.
Mabilis ko binawi ang papel at nireview ang sagot ko pero mabilis niya binawi ’yon at kinuha ang ballpen ko.
“Focus here, Reina. . .” Pagtawag niya sa akin, “Tama ’yong variance mo. . . but you need to find the square root of the variance in order to get the standard deviation. . . like this.” she showed me the process and immediately checked on the calculator to double check.
She even gave me more examples while i’m just quietly looking at her processing all of her words. She’s good in explaining that I immediately digested all of it. Mabilis ko agad ginaya ang mga ginawa niya at parang na challenged ako nung binigyan niya ako ng mahihirap na math equation.
“Hmm, wow. . .” she said and even gave me a smile. Mabilis ko agad pinalakpak ’yong kamay ko pero bumuka agad ang bibig niya para mag salita, “But you forgot to put the mean. . .”
“Standard deviation lang naman hinahanap mo!”
“If I were your teacher I will immediately give you minus points, it’s part of the formula that’s why you need to include the mean, Reina. . .” she said and immediately gave back the paper. Inis ko binawi ’yon at linagay sa giliran buti at nagpadala agad ng snack kaya tumigil kami saglit pero parang ako lang ’ata ang kumakain dahil nakaharap lang siya sa notebook niya nagbabasa.
Kinuha ko ’yong juice at linagay sa harap niya kaya napatigil siya sa kanyang ginawa at tumingin sa akin. Kinuha ko rin ’yong cake at linagay sa gilid niya, she stared at it for like minutes and decided to have a taste on it. Mabilis ko agad inangat ang mga kilay ko.
“Masarap. . .” she said and licked her lower lip.
“Yeah, masarap magluto ang cook namin dito, kung gusto mo magbaon sasabihan ko sila. . ” I said boredly and checked my nails but when she respond of what I said my eyes immediately widen.
“No need, my dad bakes. . .”
I bit my lowerlips. No wonder! Mom loves bakers, na sabi niya sa akin dati na type na type ni mama ang mga marunong mag luto, ngayon na narinig ko sa sariling bibig ni Zowen ay alam ko na kung ano ang nagustuhan nito sa tatay niya!
“How’s your dad by the way?” I asked. She immediately put down her fork and stared at me.
She shrugged her shoulders, “Doing fine, I guess?”
Paanong hindi ma ‘doing fine’? Baka nga kasama na ’yong nanay ko ngayon at baka tinuhog na. I immediately shrugged my head with my thoughts. Tanging tango lang ang ginawa ko sa sinabi niya. We immediately continued our discussion, pagkatapos namin sa stats and prob ay roon na naman kami sa ibang subjects. She aced it effortlessly, minsan ay nasa isip ko na baka pag nag teacher siya ay madali siyang ma-aprobahan dahil sa husay niya mag turo. I can vouch for her.
Hindi siya boring mag turo dahil may sense naman lahat na mga sinabi niya. It’s hard to admit but no wonder mom trust her to be my tutor when in fact we’re just both students, she’s smart SMART. She even recite the 1987 Philippine Constitution without even batting an eye on me!
“Gets mo na?” she asked me. I immediately gave her a thumbs up.
I can’t believe that I studied with her whole day! Buti naman at mabilis ko naman natutunan ang mga sinabi niya, sinabi ko rin sakanya ang mga lessons kung saan ako naghihirap at ’yon ang i-fofocus namin sa next meet up namin.
She fixed her things when she saw that it’s already eight in the evening. Halos nag libot pa siya sa buong bahay para mag paalam sa lahat, she’s that generous — I hate it. She even gave me a smile and told me that I should ace the next exam. Ano ’yon pampalubag ng loob sa sarili niya dahil lang siya ’yong naka perfect score sa exam?
