If there was any day I had to be more ashamed of myself than ever, today would be the day. I spent the whole weekend preparing cover letters and my resume that I didn’t prepare for Japanese class. No doubt I studied a bit for the kanji quiz, but I totally didn’t do the stuff in the workbook. Not like it mattered really since we don’t get points anymore for homework, but it mattered coz I was unable to answer questions.
I was praying hard that sensei wouldn’t call me, but the class is too small to even miss me. They weren’t exactly difficult questions that I had to answer, but suddenly calling on me like that and me being unprepared and panicky…my mind went blank. Yes, I was frantically searching my mind for the Japanese word for “exercise.” Not that I didn’t know it, but like I said, my mind went blank. And so, I could not answer even the simplest of questions.
It’s funny coz it made me think back of the time when I was in Primary 4. I had one hell of a mean Chinese teacher. You wouldn’t want to not do your homework or forget to bring something. She would just give the shelling of your life that would make you cringe in a corner. Not to mention her making you tell your parents to write what she called a “guarantee letter.” A letter that just meant that your parents have acknowledged your misbehavior and would make sure that this would never happen again. Of course, this also meant that you would get scolded and possibly whacked by your parents too. Ok, she isn’t that mean. She is just one very fierce teacher. On normal occasions, she is nice and concerned.
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I would have totally copied and pasted all of that. xDDD Welcome to the 21st Century, old school discipline! >D
But, please, Elisia, don’t fret! I have those days too! I know you’re probably disappointed with yourself more than anything else, but please. As long as you know the word after the fact just goes to show that you know it anytime. The rote exercises we do in class anyway can be a bit of a bore. (Even though I must say, we don’t do too much drilling in my class. Not yet anyway. Wow, what a way to jinx it. xD)
Keep your head up and you’ll be fine. Good luck on shiken tomorrow! :] Also, can I add you to my linkage on my webbie?
elisia says: まぁ…試験はあまり難しくないけど、あまりよくない成績を持っているかもしれない。Sure, go ahead. I’ll add your blog to my list of links sometime…when I get round to updating that page. Haha…