Why he/she is now one of the "taplis"?

After the whole years of encountering many problems in school.. the suspensive moment of everyone, especially the top students had come-- the deliberation day. It is the moment when we could see the running of nerves... raising of eyebrows.. and may students focused on the written numbers and letters on the board.... asking if who is the first, second, and so on... and why he/she is now one of the "taplis".

An observable trait of these students is that they give more value on their grades. Why? Are grades can be used to explore the moon? to build a palace? to invent something? Of course, the answer is NO. The only thing that can improve us is by our knowledge. Let us accept that grades are just nothing, erasable and non-sense thing but knowledge is very usable thing and cannot be removed or robbed by anyone.

As I noticed, there are students that are fond of cheeting, just to make their grades higher. There are quarelling students just because of their grades. These are the students who become angry to their teachers because of the result of their grades. Now an advisable phrase goes "Look to yourself".


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Taken from Unthinkable Thoughts Vol. 1 of Edwin D. Vinas
Written on January 7, 1994 9:05AM
Encoded this January 11, 2006 by EDV