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Why an aspiring student suddenly decides to stop schooling is beyond me. Of course I can actually empathize with his situation, like stopping school in order to go to work just so he can help his family make ends meet. Honestly, I do understand because I was in that situation once.
The only thing different was I never stopped looking for education (Alhamdulillah) I did stop my education at the age of seventeen. After Form 5, I quickly joined the rat race doing odd jobs here and there, not so much to help with my family's finance, but only to be able to support my own self, with my father having an extra mouth to feed.
Every other year when I see my siblings leaving Form 5 and continuing their studies (except my third sibling), those are the times when I feel I should stave my own desire to pursue my own education. And even I realized that my father was able to fend for the rest of my siblings (a few had started working) I chose a line of education that did not require my father to pay for it. Sometimes, when I think back, what difference it would have made if I had accepted the degree offer before the rest of my siblings.
But then again, this entry is not about me. It is about this selfless student who has decided to stop studying in Form 6, even though he has three more weeks before his crucial exam; an exam that will determine his future. When I spoke to him before he left today, I reminded him never to forget to pursue his education. I hope he has made the right choice; and hope that he will continue to make the right choices in life.
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