In Filipino class, our teacher distributes quizzes while publicly announcing the scores one by one in highest-to-lowest order. The one who gets the lowest score is called the champion.

Yesterday, our teacher distributed our second quiz. By the time only ten people haven’t received their quizzes including me, the scores were already failing marks. By the time eight people have been called, I still haven’t. And behold, I am proclaimed champion. Five over ten. I didn’t want it to be such a big deal among my classmates. But that can’t happen when you’re regarded as one of the smartest in class. Oh well, that’s over. I learn from mistakes and I enjoy taking up challenges. So in a sense, I’m happy this happened to me. It’s giving me a whole lot more motivation than if I wouldn’t have gotten such a score in such a public manner.

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