The Last Days

The third semester examination usually put pressure on students, but this time, it was cancelled.

The ministry for education, United States had decided that Grade 2 students in colleges would seat for a mock examination as their promotion exam to their final class in high school. It came as a surprise, everybody had prepared for the normal exam, and I was going through my notes we had English oral that morning.

Suddenly the vice principal showed up, and us to follow her, everybody was stunned as we followed her under the big apple tree, we saw other students waiting anxiously, probably she called us last.

Everybody gathered forming a large circle in which she was in the middle. Mrs. Mitchell Madison began and everybody kept quiet hoping to hear good news.

“Unfortunately, your exam has been cancelled and you are up to a new system, you will be the first set of students to witness this, the ministry of education has decided that you write a mock exam as your promotional examination.”

Pandemonium filled the air, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, several murmurs started between the student’s but the V.P’s voice brought them back and they concentrated again hoping to hear more.

“The mock examination is starting on August 8, 2019, so you have up to two-three months to prepare don’t waste your time, now that there is more time to read. Let every single bit of distraction get away from you, no one knows where the questions are coming from, but probably it won’t be any easy task, that is all I have to say.”

The Vice principal left us, leaving us to our own fate, as I tried to assimilate all the words the vice principal said someone tapped me; it was Wilfred Suleiman my closest friend.

“Ooh Suleiman what’s up?”

“What are you trying to do?” He asked ignoring my greetings.

“Nothing” I replied.

“Good I thought you were thinking what others were thinking”

“What is that?” I asked, looking anxious,