2010-08-08

Tawjihi Saturday

I said to myself it's about time to write something new ...
But what should this something be exactly ?
Today is Saturday the day that starts by enjoying that you are still in the weekend and ends by moaning about Tomorrow being soo close .
So what was different about today ?
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It was Tawjihi results Saturday ( Tawjihi: is the state exam for ending school) . Any Ammani and I dare to say Jordanian knows what this day means : If you are living in a Tawjihi free house then you'll probably be waking to cars horns and shouts of 18 year olds hanging out the windows celebrating their success  if you are lucky  otherwise you'll jump out of the bed scared of the sound of  bullets or fire works of joy ;( .
Definitely if you do have a tawjihi student in your household then you would have had a sleepless night  infront of your computer screen entering their Tawjihi ID number Submitting and Re Submitting it in the hope that you will see the result earlier, to finally get the result at their scheduled time .
Depending on that you will react either celebrate like there s no tomorrow and recieve phone calls all day or to cry and refuse all phone calls.
And of course success or failure above 50% is subjective to each case . I knew 2 tawjihi students  one was exctetic about passing and getting 67% the other cried her heart out for getting 94%

Tawjihi results  was and still is for many the definitive score that shaped or will shape our lives .
It decides whether you 'll get into university or not , which major will you study etc .

The competition is to enter a decent college is hard and also not really fair . Yourr grade isn't the only decisive point it's also your back ground , your financial capabilities and your connections .
Many of us still talk about their tawjihi experience, and  the things they could ve done to better the result
I mean I have the worse re occuring dream about going to a tawjihi test without studying

So was that really worth talking about ? I think what s really interesting that I know that each one has a story and each one can tell us about it .