Being hard of hearing, my story continues.... part 4
By Kemi Mobuse - Saturday, March 05, 2016
So,
there I was, feeling really depressed and totally beaten, even more afraid to
go home and face my father, that, once again, I lost out because of my hearing
issues, and I couldn’t sit for my papers because I never registered….I paced up
and down, trying to come up with the best way to phrase it to my dad, but then I
realized, I had an even bigger worry at the moment, how do I face my class
mates ? how do I tell them, I didn’t sit for the exams because I was hard of
hearing, and I missed out on the call for registration? I doubt I will get over
that embarrassment for years to come…meanwhile, time was going; I had to choose
one between the two evils.
At that moment, I choose to go home, after all,
family will always be there, embarrassment or not.
When I
got home, my father was not yet back from work, I hide in my room, dreading seeing
the heavy disappointment in his eyes, when I did tell him…when he eventually
got home, he smiled at me, but I was unable to smile back, I just blurted it
out, and the disappointment I saw there made my heart break.
But at
least, there it was, all said! A lot went down that day, but I was determined
to move on and not let the same mistake happen again.
When I
got to school on the Monday after, I told my friends, who felt very sorry for
me and promised me that; they would do all in their power to make sure, this doesn’t
happen again, as we prepare to write the WASSCE, but, even me, I was determined
to seek all the help I could, so it wouldn’t happen again. And so, I set off to
the principal office, I told him the whole story; he actually understood and
consoled me, he also promised to do all in his power to make sure such doesn’t
happen to me again, while I was in his school.
In
spite of all that, I decided not to rely on anyone, but instead decided to own
up to it and accept that; I am hard of hearing. Owing up to it,
freed me up, and I started making friends, anyone I told about it, whenever they were talking to me, tried to face me and
speak clearly, though, I still had some insensitive friends, who mumbled or
just spoke very fast, I didn’t let that bother me, I just ignored them completely
and focused on something else.
WASSCE
came , and I told my invigilators to let me know personally when to start
writing, this, they all did, but I even I, I didn’t stay far away from the
halls while preparing for the next paper,
meanwhile, also watching everyone like a hawk, but thankfully, to the Glory of
GOD, WASSCE went without any hitch, time for UME…..
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It's well dear
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