Measuring one's intelligence quotient should not be restricted to the classroom. Everyone has different ability and education goes beyond the classroom. Here is a fiction about a young boy. He is a dull boy to many, but within him lies an eagle read...
"Don't give up," he said to me." He continued, "There are no limits to how far you can go. Set your priorities and live by them." But the limits were right in from of me. Life was not being fair. Everything seemed to be against me. The limits were obvious enough! It was as if I was on a journey and the traffic light was red. I could see them, or weren't they limits? He noticed I was silent. He took a deep breath then said, "The future is up for grabs. It belongs to who will take the risk and accept the responsibility of creating the future." Of course, I could see the future, it was bright, absolutely bright! Getting there was the problem, it was a mountain! A mountain? Maybe something more than that.
"Thank you, I'll do my best" I said.
"But you can do more than your best," he replied. Do more than my best? How would that be possible? Nevertheless, I appreciated his efforts. He was a teacher of mine, Mr Dan. He was a man who could risk going as far as he could. He was my role model. He was a kind, understanding and loving teacher, always willing to help.
"Dominion, got to go now. Later, catch ya!," Mr Dan said as he left.
I was determined! Determined to create a new chapter. But how? That was the question, a big question-how?
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School life was fun. It's a renaissance of the good, the bad and the ugly. I was interested in school due to the fun, nothing more. "Let's have fun" was my own motto for our school. Of course, fun was all to me.
Due to my fun-like behaviour, I was always in the bad book of my Principal. He was a lion no student could dare because his well-strengthened cain was always on the lookout for victims, and I was a regular customer.
Going to school, to other students, was to acquire the requisite knowledge to compete with one another. But why should I compete with my classmates? I remember teachers would stand in front of us and asked if we understood their lessons. In the same vein, majority would respond in unison 'yes' not minding anyone of us who actually did not understand. Since it was a competitive atmosphere, the I-have-to-pass-better-than-you syndrome was well established. No one cares. Instead of collaboration, there was competition.
Examination was the only test of knowledge. But I was knowledgeable and failed my exams. I was just so unfortunate; anywhere I read is always nowhere to be found in the questions. I would concentrate on A and would meet D in the exam questions. Of course, I couldn't have read all. I was always left with no choice but to answer the questions I was faced with with a shallow knowledge.
I was the last in my class. It was as if the position was reserved for me, me only! A new chapter was before me-the senior secondary. Throughout my junior school, my destiny was to always come last.
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My plan was to be a doctor, a medical doctor. But the science class was not automatic. An examination must be conducted! The pass mark for science class was 70%. Alas, another mountain! But I was determined! Determination, they say, is the key. I wrote the examination with faith. Faith? Yes, I trusted in God. But I doubted if I could make it. It was a long shot. My faith was not strong! Mr Dan was my inspiration. He wanted the best for me and I was determined to give him my best. I checked my result,my determination was limited. I scored 47%. In the ranking, I was the 90th out of 96 students. That was my best then, I could not do more.
