SO HOW DO YOU COVER?

Dear esteemed readers, 

It brings me great joy to be in this space. Within your reach yet out of your face. I pray my message finds you in a perfect state of mind. I am aware of the tripartite layer of amusement, indifference and outright offense my message conveys. To those who find these words amusing, you are more intelligent than Albert Einstein. To those who are indifferent, I sincerely apologize for the failure of these words to rouse emotion in you and to those who feel offended, I humbly apologize for any harm inflicted in the course of reading as it is unintended. Hence, I sympathetically admonish you to read again. Above all, I apologize for this miserable attempt at being expressive yet trying so hard not to be. 

As we embark on this journey through the treacherous terrain of examination hysteria, permit me to provide you with instructions to navigate the labyrinth of academic tribulation, for by them, you shall find the light embedded in darkness.

To cover or not to cover, that is not the question. 

How do you cover?, a problem as old as time itself, or at least as old as procrastination.

Final MB is fast approaching. Mocks are spitting fire. Everyone is trying to cover. Medical students are all running from pillar to pole. Pedro is on the net scavenging for ten elusive elixirs to cover. Will he find it? Tell him to draw nearer. 

Many have entered the survival realm. They think it will help. Tell them to draw nearer. Their solution is just a tap away. Here!

They ask questions like “Will it come out? Will it not come out?” 

God of permutation, where is thy face?

Those who study like their lives depend on it, still claim they are yet to cover. I mean the bookworms who are on the path of excellence and also on the lookout for the perfect impossible score called "Hundred". Those at the borderline think they will get to the finish line and the unrighteous ones, who study only when there is an examination are now caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. They think cramming a semester's worth of courses into a single week is a feasible feat. Will they cover? Tell them to move closer.

The first approach to cover is to tighten your seatbelts. This may be late but it’s never too late to make good use of it. Life is full of ups and downs. Obstacles come and go. Heartbreaks happen and unhappen. Breakfast gets served but not well served. That’s life and therefore I urge you to prepare for the worst.

Now, you are free to identify who or where you are. If you are one of those who will make a book pay for its sins, certainly the bookworms. At this juncture, I advise you to pump the brakes. Sleeplessness plus bookwormness equals brain block. You may not use the brakes and still contract the diligent students’ flu “Distinction” but one truth is certain, getting a 100 is as impossible as drawing the structure of Cobalamin in a Biochemistry test.

If you are on the borderline, all you can do is embrace the art of strategic slumber, I mean sleep(slip) your way through your books. How good does that sound? Don’t feel agitated. Be reminded that 50 and 79.9 equals the same grade in COMUI. Make no miscalculation of 0.1 for that will be your demise.

If you are as unrighteous as I am, reframe the words of Captain Edward Smith, “Even God cannot sink this ship”. My dear, even god may not save you from the embracing arms of disaster longing to envelop you because the heavens help those who help themselves.

As we approach our destination, I urge you all to ponder on the popular saying “There is no shortcut to success”. Rather than wasting time reading the letter of a wannabe writer who dreams of winning the Nobel Prize for Dark Humored Fiction, you should read your books. I appreciate the time spent reading this masterpiece. I hope you have a wonderful ride. Until next time.

Love from K.