SIMPLY POSITIVE

 My heart was beating so loud and fast that the audience could probably hear it. My knees were shaking, threatening to give away any minute. Any minute now they would call my name and there I’ll go, towards my doom. I walked up the stage (more like stumbled..) and gulped. Oh no! There were like 200 people there and all ready to see me as a laughing stock. I closed my eyes took a deep breathe and remembered what I told myself yesterday ‘People are just people, they can’t hold me down.’ And I began my speech. I pretended there was no one in the room and kept moving my eyes from one wall to another. All the lines I thought I had forgotten came rushing back. I had a rocky start but a smooth ending. The audience clapped. Before I knew it, the event was over but many people came to congratulate me. I inwardly smiled knowing that, from that day, that the fear itself  was the key to my magical performance. My hardwork was rewarded and a small sapling of confidence had begun to sprout....

Hi guys! Sorry I haven’t written for such a long time but I had exams so it didn’t leave much time to write. Anyways, here goes nothing...  I know the biggest fear of secondary and higher secondary school students. Trust me, I do! It’s negative marking. The most frightening thing in the world for a student! Recently, I took my first negative marking test. And oh boy! I was a walking talking bucket of sweat. And I hadn’t even prepared that well so I was in confusion for almost half the paper. First of all, I don’t even understand the concept of negative marking. Like, why is it even needed? The teachers are just showing their desperation for reducing marks! Or maybe they are trying to scare the students away so that there are less papers to check! Whichever the case, I know one thing for sure, ‘Some teachers are nightmares dressed like daydreams’. Okay, maybe that was a stretch but you get what I mean.🙄 During the whole test my mind was in a dilemma, one telling me to go ahead and ...