It's always this time of the year

No, not Valentine's day!

This is school-related. This is the time when you just count less than a few weeks remaining before that oh-so-near period called SUMMER VACATION arrives. This is the time when a student would be in either 2 ends of a spectrum: the super hardworking-slash-work-my-ass-off mode, or the super slack-off mode.

For a med student, 9 months of perennial torture since the start of the school year now all starts to boil down to the last 4 weeks of classes. For some (like those consistent topnotchers), they can just sit their butts on the chair and slowly let time fly and let summer come. They now have the so-called ticket to level promotion, so they just let time slowly slip through. But for sure they still work hard just to maintain their good grades. In my personal opinion, they'd be better off resting already. They earned their much-deserved rest anyway.

For majority of students (like me) who are still within the level of the playing field, we are just in between the 2 ends of the spectrum. These are the students who have passing grades which are safe to say, eligible for promotion to the next level. In this side of the spectrum, personally, I've been fighting off my lazy demons for days on end, but slightly to no avail. My focus is slightly letting me down because of a fixed mindset of a sure-ball ticket to 3rd year. Though I have no failing grades, I'd rather be near the extreme end of the super hardworking-slash-work-my-ass-off mode rather than be on the middle. Nowadays my place on the spectrum is just 3/4 near the slack-off mode, which is not good. Four weeks, again, 4 more weeks!

For a few students who are in a (God doesn't let it be) tightrope situation, they're in the extreme end of the super hardworking-slash-work-my-ass-off mode. These are the students who are now literally studying for their lives just to make it for promotion. This is the usual scenario during the end of the school year, where these students focus more on the idea that either they pass it or worse, pray for a miracle to happen. No one wants to be in such a dire situation, so they really make the most of it just for the sake of making it. In our batch, I hope and pray no one is in this situation. We all want to get promoted to 3rd year. Sino bang hindi?

As the school year draws to a close, everyone in school is making sure that their bags are packed and ready to go one notch higher along the road less traveled. After this school year, what everybody will expect is that they will make it. I hope and pray that this happens, that everyone will make it and no one will be left behind.