The Magical Mathematics Result.

I never liked Mathematics right from my high school days. The Art department was what fits me most because I’m good with essays and literature in general. I remember vividly what my Mathematics teacher, Mr Samuel would say to my other peers who are not good at Mathematics and I.

“You guys just have to learn it. There are no two ways about it because if you do not pass Mathematics in your West African Examinations, you’re likely to reseat the examination,” he says. I can’t count hoe many times he says this but it’s crystal clear that he just wants us to do well.

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As a serious student which I was, those words were supposed to struck me badly and maybe trigger me to study more Mathematics calculation but I kept getting worse and as my final high school examination approached, I studied more of English Language, Literature and Government but didn’t even go close to Mathematics.

“Bisola, are you sure you are getting familiar with all the topics I have thought you guys in class?,” out of all students who were not good with Mathematics, Mr Samuel takes me seriously. He knows I’m a serious and brilliant student who’s not fortunate to know and understand Mathematics calculations and that’s why he keeps asking me and wanting me to improve all the time.

The Mathematics examination day came sooner than I thought. I kept postponing studying Mathematics but this time, there was no way to do that and there was no much time to study.
Unfortunately for me, out of two hundred and five students who wrote the examination, I sat on the twenty fifth sit because of the first letter of my name “B”.

My friends whom I could even ask for help were very much far from me and I was all alone without help and I’m left to do the examination by my own.

“Draw the frequency table and solve this question,” this was the first question and the problem started from here. I wasn’t good with frequency table. I could only do the first three steps but the rest, I can’t do.

Due to examination fever, my brain forgot totally how to solve the question. I drew the frequency table three times but after I didn’t get it, I abandoned the question and moved unto the next one.
The next question was a simultaneous equation which is another problem for me.

“Use the graphing method to solve this question,” this is what the third question said. Maybe the person who set the examination question knew me so well and decided to set difficult questions for me. I was confused and sad.
If we were asked to use the elimination method, I would have tried my best to do something but asking us to use the graphing method is the problem because it’s very difficult.

Then, I plotted an unfinished graph and moved unto the next question. Throughout the examination, I made sure to answer all questions unfinished which was better than not answering them at all and for the objective part, I’m good at guessing so I tried my best to guess the correct answers.

Even though I knew I didn’t do well, I was never pessimistic. I know I wrote jargons in the script but my jargons can turn out to give a beautiful score. I kept being positive because I never wished to write the same Mathematics examination again.

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At last, the results were out but I didn’t have access to it. My father was the one who has a phone and can check it on the portal. Even if I fail, he will be the first to know so I hoped for the best.

“Wow!!! My daughter passed her examination,” my dad was at my mum’s shop that afternoon when he expressed his happiness about the examination I passed.
I was confused at first. Maybe my dad hasn’t seen the Mathematics part because there was no way I would pass that.

Also, I had a second thought. My dad is an advocate for Mathematics and when checking our results, that’s what my dad checks first.
When he handed over my result to me, I had Grade B in Mathematics.
That was like a magic and maybe the examiner just wanted me to be lucky because I knew there was no way I will pass that examination. Even if I was going to, it won’t be to the point of getting B Grade.

I was happy about the magic that happened in mg examination Grade and that boosted my score when I tendered the result while seeking an admission into the university.