Three years ago, I felt the pressure. I remember the question, "When will the goat give birth if she is in heat on January 23" I get shocked as this was a question out of my small capacity and understanding. Then comes the next one, "goat was given birth last February 16. When will she be in heat cycle again" It feels more intense, the question as it goes further, ten questions asked that time and days of kidding, the pressure as I have only 100 questions and thinking ten questions already lost, and I am still confused might give me failed grade? I am worried, blaming the goat. Who cares when and where she will be impregnated again?

They said even the bravest and most intelligent person in your class for sure will get pressured in the question of the board exams, a lot of tension, you won't care what you will look like for what you only think at the moment is to pass the board exam. 

I remember that day, the first hour of my exam, and I had the mixed emotion; accidentally let my paper fall to the floor, the paper where I shaded my information, my name and all the things that should have been done, a one-page of paper but given us one hour to do so. Take your time, for this was the most crucial document you should be careful answering, said the proctor. But due to pressure, I didn't hold my paper well and fell to the ground. I see some brownish spots on my paper, and the receding proctor sees it and says that the system might not read it anymore. I just smiled at her joke, which gave me something to worry about.

The first subject was easy, as I could not believe that the board exam was this one, or maybe I was confident because that was my mastery, field, and subject. Then comes the second exam for the first day, which is the start of the mess.

As I remember, the exam for Animal science focuses more on the computations, the period of gestation, breeds and viral event of animal husbandry, also computing the space requirements and everything. I said that Animal Science was the most challenging part of the exam. I did not aim for a high grade then for that subject, and I just desired that my score would be at least the passing rate, the lucky number of seventy-five. And the result smiled at me, and it was seventy-five.

Lucky Still To Have The Grade Of Seventy-Five

While still studying, I was not the most intelligent person in the class or the top. Never I received a medal from Elementary to tertiary and never experienced recognition. One of the reasons is that "Just seventy-five could do, just to pass" that thinking I have; things are that my parent never pressured me to be on the top, and looking at my seventy grades when I was in elementary was just fine. There was no scolding and everything, but from high school to college, I am proud that I never got the lowest score of seventy on my grades. I still never felt I was smart in the group. I didn't attain such a good review because my aim that seventy-five was still lucky.

But next year, I am expecting to go back to the exams and extensive review, and everything comes with the pressure that will follow, now I think as I am old enough and have been stuck for years so the scheme of "seventy-five" passing grade won't be, I shall adjust it to "seventy-seven".

This tells me that no matter the grade, a ninety or more to a hundred won't affect it, either. When I apply for a job, they never ask for my grade and never look for my transcript of record, but they look at my board exam ratings and status, so for the future professionals out there, look closely at the one that needs the most.

The pressure had been with me for three years now, as the memories of the platform Facebook tells me, but the experience and the world I became to that exams never faded; it was still inside of me because I held that throughout my life.

After that event, I realized that I needed to focus on the field of animal science, the farm veterinary. However, I am in the crop science field, and the following course, such as crop sci, soil science, crop protection and agriculture economics, are on my throne. I overheard the animal science. I got 75, and I am that lucky. One mistake or score of 74 meant I failed the whole exam even though I passed the other subjects, so 75 was still a lucky charm.