College: The Grudge of Envious Classmates

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College is one tough stage for us to go through. There are a lot of things we have to handle aside from keeping up with the academics, one of the greatest turmoils would be keeping up socially. The fact that you have to be with other people in everyday means one thing: co-existence. Every group of people is a society, and we all have a part in it. The problem is sometimes in college, you get to meet the best but most of the worst people. This article is one of my unforgettable college experiences. I'm a college student in one of the prestigious universities in the country. There is one event in my college life that I could never forget. Our professor had decided to make us do some role playing. So he then divided us into groups of eight wherein we take part as one of the characters in the story given to us. Being one of the top students in my class my colleagues decided to make me the group leader. I agreed with them since nobody else wanted to take the position. So we all had a meeting and discussed a lay out on how we are going to present our play next week. Nobody seemed interested to say anything at all. So I told them I'll make a script, give it to them the next day and all they have to do is memorize it and go to one rehearsal practice which is the morning before our presentation in the afternoon the next week. After a week we all met in the morning and all of them had lost their copies of the script. It was not a big problem since my script was "DUMMY PROOF" (no offense) but the thing was I have left my copy at home since I already know how it goes. So I told them to wait til I get back cause I was going to fetch the copy at home for them. So I did. While in the cab I called them through their mobile phone and there was something odd when I said "I'm on my way back." they sounded disappointed. When I got there, I learned why. I walked up the room and everybody was staring at me (IN PITY). I realized, my groupmates had abandoned me and joined in the other groups. So I did what any other person would do. I went out the room.. and cried. If you can imagine, staying outside of a room while hearing those people laugh about your misfortune. One girl came up to me though. A very nice girl. She sat with me and talked me through it. It really helped me get on my feet back again. I was determined not to let them win. So as time flies, it was already afternoon. It was time to perform. All I said to myself was "The show must go on." So all my classmates have performed their plays while once in a while glancing at me taking pride of what they have done to me. Everybody had finished. I walked up to my professor and it seemed like he already knew what went down. So he said "So? What are you gonna do?" "I was not raised to chicken out." I said. He smiled and gestured for me to take the stage. So I performed. All eight characters on my own. All I know is that I had done it without thinking of anything like whether they might make fun of me or do something to put me down again. I did my part with pure sincerity and passion. After that, all I could hear was silence. I realized I had cried and thrown away my professor's table for the character in the story. All there was is silence. I sat back down and felt relieved. I felt relieved because I know that I have regained my dignity and proved to everybody that I'm not the type of person who would falter with their pathetic screw-up schemes. As I sat down the professor announces our grades. There were 5 groups: group 1 got 50%, 2=70%, 3=45%, 4=20%, 5=50%. I know.. I expected not to have a grade. It was a group presentation. But it was okay because I only wanted to prove that I can still do what I'm ought to do regardless of the situation. I told myself "It's okay." "The highest score is 100%" the professor announced. He looked at me and said "Congratulations." I was so overwhelmed! I got the highest grade! After that day, my envious classmates tried more and more times to screw me over. They were successful with that. But none of them ever put me down. =P To everybody, I have learned a very important lesson that I would like to share to you. "The only way other people can make you falter is if you let them." =)