January 25, 2008

• half an eyebrow

  i took the test. the vestibular. on Sunday. they had an essay. so i wrote it in English and then attempted to translate it into Portuguese. i even completed the Spanish part, which i found out after the fact was unnecessary.

  and then waited until Wednesday to get the results.

  my name was NOT on the list.

  fail
  fail
  fail

  i don’t handle failure well. nope. to speak rather snobbishly, i am not used to failing. i have actually only failed once, and that was to test out of college algebra, and to tell the truth, i didn’t think i was going to pass anyways. i hadn´t picked up a math book in 6 years. and i didn’t study.

  besides…

  everyone here said that this test…basically everyone will pass because it is a private school and they want the tuition money.

  so to not pass really says something. i did that bad.

  so i was depressed and slammed a lot of doors and went to Recife to renew my visa and was a complete pessimist and thought my life was over and i would never get to stay or come back to Brasil.

  i renewed my visa…until the end of April. which works fine. the day wasn´t totally horrid. i turned up the music in my room and planned some lessons for school.

  and got a phone call from a friend.

  apparently…i had looked at last years list of names. no wonder my name wasn´t there.

  i had, in fact, passed.

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