CHRONICLE OF LADY AVA: "Dem nuh dey read?"

Ava is the kind of person who thinks of herself as The Exception. It's crazy, you know, but trust life to sit her down and give her a lesson — actually, more than one lesson (lol).

One of those lessons was her experience with UTME. Like everything else, Ava faced UTME with her usual unmatched audacity. Before her first attempt, when she heard stories of people who sat for the exam multiple times, madam was baffled. She’d be like, "God forbid, dem nuh dey read?"

Now, you wouldn’t blame her for this perspective. She was considered a genius where she came from, and she saw UTME through the lens of her secondary school exams, not realizing, until first-hand experience, how minute her knowledge was in relation to the grand scheme of things.

Ava wrote once, and she was humbled, though not so much. She wasn’t granted admission due to her average performance, coupled with her stubbornness to stoop low and cast her net at "not-so-bad" possibilities. Instead, she believed she could do better.

And so there was a second, and even a third attempt. Reality then dawned on her: indeed, it’s not child’s play. UTME wasn’t one of those Jet Club quizzes she’d ace with ease.

Though her experience has been laughable, madam still believes, without a doubt, that "this time it'll be different" every single time.

Dearest reader, just like Ava became the very thing she once mocked (a multiple UTME sitter), that's why it is important to understand why a system isn't working, instead of doing that positive confession thing of "it can't be me."

It should be, "UTME is averagely difficult; why is that?" instead of thinking yourself the exception with zero understanding of why.

Not just UTME, like Ava, we often get into things with no understanding, yet armed only with positive confessions.

#COLA

@favvy_Okwans🖤.