It is impossible for me to remeber all the tough times, I can not even remember them so well except for some few ones and I would share them with you. Tough times makes tough men, true, it does and that is how men are made. Every one has faced some challenges and can testify to how it changed them or changed how they view or their perceive.
When I Was So Rich In 200 level
I had a roomate when I was in 200 level, though I did not plan to have any but it just happened that way, I was staying off school campus. There were nights we would not eat, we would sleep on empty stomachs. Sometimes we will lay on the bed and singing songs to the Lord while staring at the ceiling with and assurance that something good will happen the next day. Other nights, we would sit outside at the entrance of the room, staring at the stars in the sky or chitchat till we get tired and sleepy.
We had experienced this severally and sometimes we get vexed that we could not do anything about it because we were depending 100% on our parents at that time and had nothing or where we earn from. We faced it knowing it was just happening for sometime and would soon be over. And thank God, we no longer live like that, things have now become far better than it used to be.
DAYS WITHOUT MY PHONE
My phone got spoilt sometimes last year and it was a week to examination, I could not keep calm because I do not know how I would cope without a phone. A very good boss in church promised to pay for the repair of the phone but could not as things became too easy for him (I hope you get that). I told my parent but they said they can't afford that at that time. I knew I had to find a solution, I got all the pdfs for the semester through a friends phone and sent it to my laptop. I had to settle with reading using my laptop, it wasn't easy at first but then, I got used to it. But then, I had to only use the pc when I am ready to read because electricity wasn't constant at that time. It was tough but I survived it.
It taught me that I can still stay alive without my phone, I started indulging in other activities around me that was not online. I learnt how to engage in conversation with friends for longer time.
CARRY OVER IN A DEPARTMENTAL COURSE.
We did not offer any course related to my department until 300 level when we just offered 3 of such course. One of them was animal statistics. The first lecturer that took us was able to imapct the required knowledge into us. But the second and third lecturers came to scatter our head, once we miss a bit of the second lecturer's teaching there is no going back. It was so bad that we started atrending classes with almost no intention of learning anything. I tried my best but it was not enough, when it was time for exmas I did not prepare well because I did not understand all the topics taught from week 4 to 10. My friends only had shallow knowledge on these topic too, so they could not teach me well. Result came out and I almost cried when I saw that I had a C.O (carry over), it was a massive carry over and previous students have said a lot about that course.
I prayed several times that my result would be rectified but nothing happened. I waited till the next session to sit for the exam again, sincerely, I did not prepare as much as I did the last time for the exam. I had a good result this time and could not contain my joy, I rolled on the floor because I remembered telling God he was the only one that can help me and He did!.
I have had many other tough times and I survived it all and learnt my lessons. One common thing with tough times is that they will pass away, just phases we have to go through. And each tough time prepares us for the next stage of life, maybe to be stronger, wiser or more tough.