Finished, accomplished, done, complete! My Muse labours, and thus it is delivered: the Promotional Exams, long dreaded, long prepared for, long endured, are unquestionably ended! And how! There is no better way to go out than by hearing John Smith talking happily over the microphone at the end of the exam. He is an anomaly among teachers. Usually they should be unhappy at the end of the paper because the scripts they now have to mark, which is an admittedly tedious and agonising task. But for him he seemed especially jubilant at the end. "A31, remember to see your civics tutor, A11 you have to meet your civics tutor, and all the Lit reps, please see me!" He's really like a jolly old Santa. I think when he retires from teaching he should go take up a part time job as Santa during Christmas season.
There is no way I could have gotten through these three days without the help of God. This has been such a tumultous week, emotionally, mentally and spiritually speaking. To me right now, some of the most powerful words in the Bible are, "Lord I believe, help my unbelief!" Genuine faith, honest doubt.
Those who believe in God but without passion in their heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself.
Madeleine L'Engle
In other news, the ending of the promos means the onslaught of the PW season, oh such accursed words. But it also means that the Red Cross Debates are coming! Time to start preparing! I can feel the fire within... hahaha...
Oh yeah, Open House is next week too. What a chore.... In the meantime, before all the results start pouring in, we must celebrate. And we must celebrate with the joy of people who have not tasted fresh, clear water in ages. It dawned on me that the exams are finally over only when I asked beni, "You've really got nothing better to do right?" and I realised that, in actual fact, she really has nothing better to do, and so do I! My goodness, to actually say those words is a... a wonder...
To Life.
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