Student series: bathing before an exam

 

On this fateful day, as I slept in my hostel room in College of Nursing, I slipped into a dream.  I saw myself check my score in Reproductive health on the notice board. Behold, I failed! Tears fell off my face as I knew I had to prepare for a resit.

It's just a dream! My God! I was so happy when I woke up.

I was one of those students who swore never to write a resit throughout my stay in college.

Fast forward to the semester exam. I had three papers on the day I had to write Reproductive health exam. The night before, I had prepared for two out of the three papers already. I was sleepy, so I decided to wake up in the middle of the night to read the last course. Guess what the subject was? I know right, may our enemies not catch us😂.

So I told my roommate at 11 pm, pls wake me up by 3 am. She said okay. I laid my bed well, carried my cover cloth, and slept peacefully.

I opened my eyes slowly after a good sleep. My roommate was in her corner with books opened in her arms.

I picked up my phone as reality dawned on me that I had three exams that morning, of which I hadn't prepared for one. As I checked the time, my hands shook, not only my hands, but my voice did as I asked my roommate, "I thought I asked you to wake me up?" It's 6 am now!

In a solemn voice, my lovely roommate said, "I just woke up too."

Ah! You just woke up? And you didn't wake me up?

A lot of permutations ran through my head. I remembered my dream, and that further gave me goosebumps. Is this going to be my first failure in school?

All I could think about was the way forward. I had two and half hours before exams started for the day.

I carried my reproductive health notes, and the fast and furious race began.

At 8:10 am, my roommate asked, "Are you not taking your bath?"  We must get to the hall by 8:30 am.

I looked up at her in a "are you kidding me?" manner, "Bath?" "If I brush my teeth, I tried"

That is the end of my story.

Oh, wait! You want to know what happened after.

That's the first and last time I didn't have my bath before an exam. Meanwhile, I had 54 in the exam.

And yes, I learnt to prepare well ahead of an exam and plan my time well.

Happy new month in advance😁,

Yours always,

Ruth Oluwatumininu Ololade.

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