THE MOMENT OF TRUTH?

A philosophy student was asked this single question on his final exam: “What is courage”?
The student wrote: “This.” Then signed the paper and handed it in.


And the moment of truth is here…

Well, in fact it’s not. There is no moment of truth as such –who invented that nonsense anyway?-. What you know you know, and –the real point of foreign language exams- what you can do, you can do. No much difference between today and a week ago. (But possibly some kind of a difference between today and 9 months ago?)

So don’t get too stressed tonight/this morning! The only truth is that you are all different, your brains are different, and so are your circumstances. Throughout this year you will have improved your command of English at an entirely different pace and up to an entirely different degree, each and every one of you. For some the improvement will be enough to obtain that famous certificate and for some it won’t. Well… the certificate won’t make a great difference in your life, the learning behind possibly will. So take the learning.

All I know is…
…that you worked your damn arses off this year!
I know. I saw it. Don’t think I didn’t appreciate it. My congratulations to ALL of you, because what you achieved you achieved BEFORE this exam.