Life is full of ups and downs. Challenges in life may seem overwhelming but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. There are times that thought of defeat sets in right in the midst of challenges. But one thing I end up realizing is that challenges don't come to overcome us, but they come to strengthen us more.
I remember during my undergraduate day, I encountered some challenges in my academics. It was so overwhelming that I almost gave up. It was just as if everything I had was crumbling right in front of me. It happened that while I was in 400l in my first semester, I wrote an exam when the result of the exam was out. It was the worst result I ever had in my life. I failed two courses and these courses are compulsory. One of the courses was 4unit while the other one was three units.
As a result of the poor result, my CGPA was affected and my hope of graduating with the CGPA I desired was dashing out. At first, I thought to myself, what have I done wrong, who have I offended? It was a situation I never thought I would ever experience in life. I never failed so woefully like this before.
I spoke with my parent and some friends. They encouraged me and told me never to give up. But actually, it was easier said than done, but in the end, I summoned courage and decided to re-take does course in 500l first semester.
Second semester 400l I went for my industrial training (I.T) which lasted for six months. We had an I.T. defense and when the result came out, I had an A, which was 5.00 for that semester. The result gave me hope and there was a slight increase in my CGPA which motivated me to prepare harder for 500l.
When it was 500l semester, I went to meet with a junior colleague as regards the course I was about to re-take. He offered to help by giving me his note to photocopy and also updating me if there is test or assignments as regards to the exam I wanted to retake.
When it was time for the exam, I studied hard. I had a paper in the morning and another paper in the afternoon, the afternoon paper was one of the courses I was about to re-take and it's 4 units. As I receive the exam paper, I quickly glance through the question only to discover that the questions are difficult. I was so scared and sweating profusely because this was the last chance I had. Right there, I remember what my mum told me. She always says whenever am at the juncture of being confused I should always pray. Right at that moment, I said a two-minute prayer and I started writing the exam. I was able to answer one question out of four questions.
As soon as I got home, I started crying, because I knew if I failed this course again it would automatically be an extra year for me. But my friend encouraged me never to give up and never to see myself being defeated.
At the end of the semester, the junior colleague reached out to me and informed me that the results of two retake courses were out and that I should go and check mine. I asked him how was his result, he replied that he failed those courses. I was shocked. You know why? I knew this guy to be very intelligent right from secondary school he was my class captain in secondary and he always led the the class. I was really scared because I don't know what my result would be like if this guy failed.
The next day, I went straight to the department to check my result. On checking the result, I discovered I passed excellently. It was like a dream. How it happened, I can't explain. But it was really a great testimony for me. I was so excited. I got home and danced for joy.
Indeed, God came through for me, and I'm so happy that I never gave up.