Although arrogant and careless HJPP scored top 5 in a midterm exam in a finance subject, she felt so humiliated, so demeaned for just one shallow thing: FAFA scored higher.
HJPP solved problems with great speed, and FAFA had always asked for her help. In fact, many of her classmates asked for her help. They would text her and call her up the night before the test just to ask her to explain things. Come exam time, HJPP was confident--too arrogantly confident that she made sure to submit the exam booklet thirty minutes before the rest of the exam time ended.
Many of her classmates remarked with "WOW, tapos ka na???"
HJPP, arrogant as always, replied with a "Yup, dali lang!"
When results came out today, the arrogant one got a 90 percentile. FAFA got a 96.
HJPP heard FAFA say, "Yes!!! I'm higher than HJPP!"
HJPP frowned in dismay and humiliation. A really important lesson was learned today--that grades mean nothing if one's character is rotten. HJPP dared to change that side of herself today.
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