By: Abubakar Shamsudeen
Examinations are like planted Measles; if you step on the wrong path, you will blast. Today, many Danfodites are faced with an unfavorable result after all the sleepless nights of reading, mosquitoes welcome address, scorching sun, hunger ‘Mama G’, taking Cassava flakes (Gari), walking through the Nile and Nyanza of the great Jatau bridge, supplications, assembly for tutorials and many more. But why do students still fail?
The answer is is not far fetched! Most student don’t get into preparations early, so they read at the slightest dying minutes and late hour. Some prayed and turn to God when it is exam time, and shun ‘Morocco’ (a 3Unit course as said by some students), Some started making research on what they are to read at barely die minute, when they are supposed to have hacked the whole of Shakespearen Sonnet.
What an academic conceit and scandal!
It is said that, the line you draw with your action today determines your action tomorrow, so be it that your pen is drawing a work of art. Another saying, As you lay your bed as you lie on it. both illustrates that you are the exact image of your CGPA.
Eneka the bird Said: ” He will keep on perching and perching since men have learnt to shoot without missing.” (Achebe; Things Fall Apart) I can’t agree less with Mr. Achebe. Life is a process, and else you learn to read and study in time, I am afraid you are not ready to face the music.
Lecturers won’t hesitate to give out the grade you deserve without any personal bias. They are not father Christmas that gift out mark anyhow, they only give you what you deserve.
Passing examination or graduating through Malpractice is a slap on our prestigious school. A student who pass using malpractice as a medium is a failure because only failures take others place using shortcuts. In that regard, School passes through them as they can never have the qualities in defending their results.
Read, brainstorm and comprehend, not reading for overall cramming.
Set out a reading routine maybe 3 hours in the day and 3 hours at night not TDB as it results to the brain being overused.
Read and make jottings. Also make summaries to read for emergency in case of change in timetable.
Sleep well 9 hours (3hours day- 5 hours night) or at least 7/5hours (day&night). Don’t forget to set a goal for your self. Have it at the back of your mind that you are aiming grade (A) and work towards it.
Don’t hesitate to help your weak colleagues before examination not when the it on going. Become enemy in the exam even with your wife. You are to focus well towards attaining your potentials and good outcome as there is no shortcut to success.
Don’t forget to read instructions well, abide by all the rules,enter the exam hall with at least 3 pens,remove all papers that can implicate you. Lastly, don’t forget to pray, pray silently before starting, write well and edit before submission.
Wishing you all a Successful and marvelous Examination.