† a three (3.00) †

A Three (3.00)

by: Mrs. Isabel Lucas* & Ms. Nemia Dacumos**

I think that I shall never see

A grade as lovely as a three

1.00 - 1.25

A three that’s earned with blood and sweat

When failing is a serious threat

1.50 - 1.75

A three I’ve asked for God all day

Knowing praying is the only way

2.00 - 2.25

Exams are taken by fools like me,

But only God can give a three.

2.50 - 2.75

pakshet! kainggit! buti sana kung tres na lang at hindi singko binigay sakin nung teachers ko sa Algebra* at Chemistry** way back when I was still a freshman. kasi naman i really suck at numbers. ung sa algebra feeling ko deserve ko bumagsak, kasi magaling magturo si mam lucas, bobo lang talaga ako, pero ung sa chem, hindi lang talaga magaling magturo si mam dacumos at bukod sa wala syang motivation e lagi pa syang nagagalit samin dahil cguro sa kanyang post-menopausal period. saka pag nagsusumigaw sya para siyang c mariah carey, medyo namamaos yun nga lang may halong talsik ng laway yung sigaw niya. naiinis pa ako kasi sabi niya nung "light and laser" yung topic namen "ask me anything about our topic.", so ako naman i asked her "mam, why does the rainbow lie on an arch?" and sabi niya naman. "di ko alam e. kayo alam nyo?". gusto ko sanang sabihin "ako alam ko, ba't ikaw di mo alam?" e kasi naman i just want to know that i knew something in her field of knowledge na hindi nya alam, kasi naman feeling ko she's already prepared to flunk me with around 15 of my classmates. at least ako alam ko ung sagot dun sa tanong. thanks to reader's digest. hehehehe.. so i took summer classes because of the sinister spinster. at akalain mo yun! i got 2.25, dalawa lang kaming naka- 2.25 sa chemistry summer class namen out of 50 students. hehehehe.. so ang ranking ko is either highest or second to the highest. so i could say that i'm not that much of an intellectually challenged moron. i'm just plain L-A-Z-Y. salamat din sa magaling naming teacher nung summer class, i just forgot her name. sya kasi ung tipong hindi maramot sa pag-ngiti e. she's really nice and i like her. it makes her a pretty sight.

ung sa algeb ko naman. okay lang, natuwa pa nga ako kay mam lucas kasi before the deliberation of our grades sabi nya, "ipinagdasal ko muna itong desisyon ko, kung ibabagsak ba kayo o hindi dahil alam ko, somehow, it will affect ur life. ipinagdasal ko rin na sana sa mga babagsak, maintindihan kayo ng mga magulang nyo. alam ko ang posible nilang maramdaman dahil nanay din ako.".

o diba ang drama. sabi ko nga, sana sumulat ka na lang sa "magpakailanman" o kaya sa "maalala mo kaya". pero na-appreciate ko talaga yun, i was even smiling when i saw the 5.00 encircled in my classcard. i'm such a freakin loser in numbers. if numbers were food i'd starve to death.

whenever i see mam lucas sa campus, it's either nag-smile ako kapag wala nang matakbuhan pero walang plasticity ung smile ko ha? nahihiya lang ako kaya kung may matatakbuhan naman e nagtatago ako madalas, kasi naman out of five long quizzes, 50 item tests nya highest ko na yata is 14. i even got zero sa dalawang tests. kaya nakakahiya. hehehe..

pero balang araw, pag nakasalubong ko si mam dacumos, makakaganti rin ako. pag established na ako sa pagiging teacher. sasabihin ko sa kanya:

"ANEMIA? ANEMIA DACUMOS? ung teacher ko sa CHEMISTRY? ma'am ANEMIA ikaw nga! musta ka na? Pakshet ang tagal na nating hindi nagkita ah!" üü