Report card day

One thing I never really liked about secondary school was closing day, that is, closing for the term. Not because I don't like holidays but it is because it's the day of reckoning. Reckoning in the sense that our teachers will give us our report card to show our parents. By the way, it's not all students that will let the report card will reach their parents. Some parents will have to come get it themselves.

I was never a low grade student but the thought that comes in before you get your report card is like torture. You'll feel as though you didn't do your best or your Nigerian parents will ask you that "the people that carried first, do they have two heads". Believe me, till today I don't know why they always use that quote as a threat because it didn't work on me, it's what was in my mind I'll still do cause I know I put my best in it. Maybe when I have children someday I'll understand.

So my younger sisters are closing for the Easter break today and they went to school to get their report cards. Before they went to school, my mum has been reminding them of how they used this whole term to watch TV and took most of their time preparing for inter house sport in which they got a silver and bronze medal for running. I've been laughing since last week because of all the drama at home.

So this morning they went to school, they didn't come back till after 3 in the afternoon. I thought they wanted to come late because they didn't like their results.

Before they got home, my mum was waiting for them in the living room to know what she'll do to them . When they arrived, they were laughing at each other. I thought they've finally gotten the first my mum has been saying since but no, they were laughing because they were talking about BTS and they said that their school would give them their results next week Wednesday, which means that they have only this weekend for holiday until their resumption because we are going for our annual Easter camp next week ( I'd talk about my experience there very soon 😄).

At least they're kind of lucky, in my time there was no such thing as postponed result... What I can't wait for is the way they will give reasons for their failure or success next week. Especially my immediate younger sister, who always has a reason for everything.

In all, we should always celebrate children for their successes and correct them when they fail while encouraging them to do better, though I don't think report card should be the best judge of that.