SATURDAY CLASSICS..... TRUE LIES… With a bundle of examination question papers held in his hands, the teacher entered the classroom and instructed everyone to switch seats. We all complied but Sam (not real names) refused. Thinking that Sam hadn’t heard him properly, the teacher repeated his instruction but still he couldn’t move even an inch. He (teacher) got annoyed and walked from the front to the student`s desk. Sounding like thunder, he asked him why he was big headed. The student replied, “MASTA NYOWE NSITAMAGA HANUYA” literary meaning that that was his permanent seat and that he couldn’t shift to elsewhere. The teacher got more pissed and told him to either shift or walk out of the examination room. After some minutes of resistance, the mugged Sam just lifted his desk and chair to an empty space at the back. The teacher couldn’t understand what was wrong with the guy. So he got closer only to realise that his desk was so washed and clean. Guess what was written on the desk, THE EIGTEEN (18) REASON WHY IDI AMIN OVER THREW DR APOLLO MILTON OBOTE. That happened in the year 2000 when I was in senior two. Sam had spotted that that question would be in the Political education end of term II examination so he decided to clean his desk and write the answers on the desk. He wanted to just copy and paste to his answer sheet once the question paper was before him. So he was basically super gluing on his desk because it had his important stuff. The moment the teacher realized that, he sent him out of the class and that is how he missed his exam. To date, Sam has never answered that question. As you well know, AKAZE KARARANDA (habits grow). So when we got to senior four (4) Sam was a senior in this business of copying. One evening, he called me and a few other guys into an empty class room after prep. We didn’t know what he wanted to say so we entered sheepishly. With a smile in his face, he pulled out a paper from his pocket and said, “NYINE EIZIMA” literally meaning that he had the actual examination question paper. Guess what he had this time…. An English MOCK examination paper we were supposed to sit for the next day. Everyone laughed and got closer but I couldn’t believe my eyes. Honestly, one can copy anything but not MOCKS. That is an equivalent of cheating ones` self. So in protest, I walked out and the guys shouted in unison, “ENJOKA” (snake). They revised it and the next day they sat for a paper they all knew answers for. Ofcourse they passed and the teacher was proud of them when the results came out. When third term came, the guy reported back in style with a brick size ERICSON mobile phone. He told everyone that he had contacts in Kampala and that they would “supply” him with EIZIMA (leaked exams). All guys were excited and what he needed from them was money for airtime. They didn’t have to read a lot but to just wait for the “truth” and they answer the actual questions. Why waste time? Ofcourse some of us the SNAKES refused and burnt the mid night oil whereas the majority waited for the TRUTH. When the final examinations started, Sam was a darling to many. He would stay awake the whole night busy making calls. Once the so called truth would be received, guys would write answers on everything right from their bodies to clothes and anything available. They would enter smiling but leave disappointed. At the end of it all, the most wanted person would be Sam for a refund of their money. The truth would have ended up as lies. When the results came back, most of those guys performed badly due to the fact that they were misled by the shortcuts. To date, they have never received the truth. That is a description used to happen during our school days. Students then believed in shortcuts in form of copying examinations. I don’t know if it is still the case today. Unfortunately, some people grew up with that habit and still do the same thing in life. However, shortcuts many times lie. For anyone to be successful, he or she must be willing to take the stairs instead of the lift. Genuine triumph can never come easily. Whoever is not willing to sweat should never expect to make it indisputably.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 07:28:44 +0000
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