Circumstances And Their Impacts On Human.

I was excited and full of joy because I would be joining junior secondary school, My happiness was cut short after I was told that my entrance examination result was too poor. I was like not again. My early school education(that is primary 1-6) wasn't easy for me and a as matter of fact, I was in a group of students who were not smart, I could not speak "English", read, or write but with a bit of guidance, I graduated miraculously.

To cut a long story short, the school authority advised my dad to allow me repeat primary six(6) since it is the last stage of early education. The authority told my dad that they run all classes of education (primary, junior, and senior secondary school). My dad insisted that the authority should allow me to continue from junior secondary school, The authority said if that should be the case, my dad would have to fill out a form indicating that he was advised but he practically turned it down and signed where necessary.

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I resumed the following week, I was busy having fun and preoccupied with extracurricular activities.

Here in most African countries, twelve(12) weeks make a term and three (3) terms make a session. After a session, the results were out my performance was very poor and the implication is that I have to retake the class. That was heartbroken but my dad had no option but to allow me retake the class for my good.

The school authority asked me certain questions like Am I going to be the serious type? Am I ready to be in the same class as my juniors? The authority added that I would be called a "repeater" and I must not disobey the school rules and regulations by fighting back, and I replied YES sir.

Schooling activities resumed fully, I was on a low key and trying not to be involved in any activities that would turn me into a laughing stock. On this faithful day, we have a presentation and the people in the class must be in a group of three so that we can carry out the Task together and then present a team leader who will present on behalf of the group.

I was rejected by most groups, I heard some female students asking how will I be in a group with a repeater, There was this particular person who said a repeater has nothing to offer and would drag down the group. After lots of rejection, I eventually met these two other students who had been rejected by many as well, Saheed and James.

Myself and James have must things in common, we could not speak English, and we could not read or write well, but Saheed was a bit better as compared to us. The presentation came to an end and my group came in last position but I was not expecting a better position because I was sure the last spot would be ours.

After the whole activity, a group of female students (Beauty, Ray, Aminat) emerged as the group with the best presentation, We were asked to applaud the winning team, and the groups were dissolved. These three girls became best of friends, they always picked on me and derived joy in making me sad and mad.

So I started thinking of a nickname to tag each of them so that they could make fun of them as well While having deep thoughts, I got to know that BEAUTY is her name but she has no beauty, so I tagged her "IRONY OF MY NAME", RAY has a big head and I tagged her "MISS HEAD IT" and AMIMAT has big teeth, so I tagged her "MISS GOLDEN TEETH".so whenever they call me a repeater I also call them their respective nicknames.

On this faithful day, they insulted me as usual and I replicated what they did, We ended up fighting and we were reported to the authorities, A disciplinary team headed by Mr Samson was formed, and we were asked to explain what had transpired between their group and my self, they all speak English fluently, they were so vibrant, they keep lying on me back to back and I was only shouting Ha-Ha-Ha when they were done talking.

The panel asked me to defend myself and since I could not speak English to defend myself, I was just there smiling and Standing like a moron. The panel shouted we are waiting for your part of the story, I was crying and nodding my head like that of a monkey. In a nutshell, I was found guilty by the committee and was suspended for a week. During the suspension period, I did come to school to get my friend's notes so that I wouldn't be punished again for incomplete notes.

While during that a female teacher Miss Susan who was part of the disciplinary team caught me hanging around the school premises, So I quickly went on my knees crying And begging her saying "please please please please no no authority no-no".So I guess she understood the message I was trying to pass but to my surprise, she held me up and said she wouldn't inform the authorities.

She said she was at the panel, she knew those ladies were bullies but she was gladly waiting for me to defend myself so that she could inform the committee of other things the students had engaged in trying to bully other students, but to her surprise, I could not say anything, she felt sorry for me but there was nothing she could do. She promised to help me learn how to read and write and asked if I had a brilliant friend who can as well help me read and write, I replied Yes Robbins is a good friend but he is now ahead of me because I repeated.

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Robbins was invited by Miss Susan and was asked if he could help me with my challenges on how to speak, write, and read, he gladly said yes and I was very happy. A group named "GREATNESS FOR HOLLER" was formed by Miss Susan, Robbins, and myself, She then told me never to listen to nor fight any student who derives pleasure in bullying me, that if I did, the group Greatness for Holler would be dissolved.

The learning process started and I was improving daily, catching up so fast, was working seriously on developing myself, I hardly slept at night. I started seeing little changes in me, speaking English in the manner I understood, I was being corrected on several occasions and I never felt bad about it, every correction was written down and noted. I noticed my strength was reading at midnight and that I used it to my advantage.

My performance rose from far below average to average, the team can't stop helping me and I can't stop doing them proud as well. I spent most of my holiday with Miss Susan and Robbins and that brought out the very best in me.

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I now compete with the brilliant students in class, I answer technical questions and solve questions on board, and most tutors and students could not believe it was me. I was one of the best mathematics students in my school and was voted the class captain ahead of those who had been bullying me.

Immediately I became smart and fully grounded The group's greatness for Holler was dissolved and Miss Susan and Robbins never ceased to be in my heart.

I fought hard and harder, I never let my circumstances pull me down.

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Today, that "REPEATER" now holds ND(Accounting), BSc (Accounting), member of a professional body called CLIGPAN(Nigeria), and is a viewed member of the most powerful Accounting body in Nigeria (ICAN)

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