There's this sense of desperation that can overcome people where they forego all their usual pleasantries and revert to this natural, animalistic state. The most recent time I saw this was this morning when I tutored a girl in year 12. Her maths TEE exam is on Tuesday, poor thing.
The second she came in, I could see it in her eyes. She sat down, dragged her books out of her bag and just said, "I brought them all. Can I ask you something?" Her voice was determined, steely.
"Sure," I said.
"What were you averaging in year 12?"
I suppose I sort of skipped a beat and stalled because she tacked on a, "If you don't mind me asking."
I told her and she sighed.
"I'm so screwed. My PE teacher says my average will get me a TER of 60." I wanted to tell her PE teachers knew shit all but it would probably have insulted her given she was doing PE studies and all...
We spent the last 15 minutes talking about TEE. She was on the verge of tears and I just felt my heart pour out to her. Her mother and I kept trying to tell her that even if things didn't work out perfectly there are so many options now like bridging courses. And just because she didn't get the required TER didn't mean all chances of doing that course were out.
Sigh.
J
About Me
- Junaberry
- I'm a student from Australia who used to have a lot of time on her hands but doesn't have that much anymore. Now she has other stuff on her hands.
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