Jared* is in fourth year high school. He was enrolled by his parents in the tutorial center to review for the college entrance test of one of the most prestigious universities here in the Philippines.
My first impression of Jared was not good. He was texting on his cell phone. Obviously, he failed to notice the note we posted on the entrance to keep their mobile phones inside their bags. Moreover, he kept on complaining about how difficult the review was. He kept on saying he didn’t know the list of vocabulary. So, I asked him if he reads a lot, as I expected, he said no.
Every time he’s left to answer his worksheets, he kept on putting out his cell phone to text, until I had to warn him that we’re going to confiscate it. Then, when I checked his paper, he would complain that the test was difficult. When I started to explain the lesson, he would just stare at his paper with indifference. And the thing was, it was just a make-up session, he did not even attend the class on the official schedule.
The boy was simply not interested with the review.
Yesterday was the mock test. When he learned that he was supposed to take a test for four hours, he asked something that nearly pushed me on edge..
‘Do I really need to take it?’
If he didn’t want to review, if he didn’t want to take the entrance test, if he didn’t want to study at all, then, what is he? A special decoration?
*not real name
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