My SPM Journey

 

My SPM Journey

This is a story of an ordinary student who got 7A’s in her SPM examination. The story begins when a girl is lazy to studies and do revision since no one appreciate her effort to be the best in her family. Since then, she doesn't want to study and just plays until she feels like she's competing with her friends result in their exam.

               In 2020, a world has been hit by the covid-19 disease epidemic and has killed many human lives. therefore, the prime minister of Malaysia, Tan Sri Dato' Haji Mahiaddin bin Md. Yasin, issued a curfew to all Malaysians. This is because to reduce the spread of the epidemic occurs. at that time, I was just 15 years old and the government had abolished the PT3 exam at that time. The feeling of not wanting to study in me remains. I just focus on playing video games until it interferes with my sleep and my studies. I don't attend online class and if I attend online class I just sleep during class.

At the beginning of 2022, the curfew ends and everyone goes about their daily routine as usual and same goes as me who has started the school session again like before. I feels like I never went to school because the only feeling that can be described is laziness because I spent a long time at home, playing video games and just sleeping. So, when school started, I was just lazy and took for granted the SPM exam that was coming soon. Day by day my learning is getting worse and I don't focus in my studies and if there is an exam I don't revise and just copy my classmates. When the exam results came out, I was only the bottom one.

Then begins the middle of the year where the trial exam is approaching. the teachers are all scrambling to do extra classes from morning till night and there is no holiday for us. Thus, began the episode where I had to sacrifice sleep and my video games. I have to come to class every day and feel tired and exhausted because there is not enough rest but I still don't focus in my studies. In class I just play and talk with my friends and just wait for the time to go home. At home I just play video games and don't worry about the exam. In fact, at home I have family problems and am often underestimated because I am not as smart as others. When it was said like that, I started to give up and feel that I am not as smart as others. So, I did not work hard and felt unmotivated.

One day, a substitute teacher came into my class and he said “why do we study from kindergarten if we don't care about the SPM exam which is the final exam?”. At that time, I felt that verse continued to pierce my heart and I continued to feel motivated by the verse. since then, I have been diligent in studying and attending extra classes. The SPM trial exam arrived and i got 4A's in the exam and with that meager result I applied for UPU and IPG but as usual my parents still look down on the exam results.

In November 2022, the school organized a special trip to Melaka only for form 5 students. The trip was only for 3 days 2 nights and we could forget about studying there. Various activities we have done including ATV riding at Klebang beach, visiting museums and shopping. We really had fun there and were able to strengthen our relationships with friends and teachers. As the day of the SPM exam approaches, everyone feels stressed due to the great pressure from the teachers and very busy with extra classes but we believe that all the efforts we put in will definitely give good results.

The day of the SPM exam arrived, the palpitations were getting stronger, everyone was afraid of the questions that would be answered shortly. The first day of the exam went smoothly until the end of the SPM exam and the SPM results came out, thankfully I got 7A's in SPM. After that, I started to receive many offers from various universities and I also filled a place in applying for various scholarship offers but the most awaited was the IPG offer.

The first offer I got was an interview from UITM which was architecture course but unfortunately the offer was rejected because my mathematics subject got a D. Later, I got a second offer which was a Felda scholarship in Kuala Lumpur which was the course of computer science and again I was rejected. My hopes were bright again when IPGM gave me an offer and some of my friends also got the same offer. we initially hoped to enter the IPG together. while waiting for an offer from IPGM, my friend and I entered form 6 first so that if IPG's offer is rejected, we still have a place to continue our studies. After a few months, the IPG offer came out. Out of all my friends who applied, I was the only one who got an IPG offer. I am sad for the fate of my friend but I am also happy because I got an offer from IPG. I was showered with congratulations for getting an offer to enter IPG.

This is where my family started looking up to me and not looking down on me anymore. I feel proud of myself because all my efforts paid off. I am very grateful to my teacher for being patient in teaching me. I feel proud of myself because all my efforts paid off. I am very grateful to my teacher for being patient in teaching me and I am also very grateful to my boyfriend for forcing me to study but two weeks before I entered IPG he asked me to break up. The end.