My best friend, Mehedi and I graduated from
senior high school in 2009, in Senior High School 1 Probolinggo We tried to
follow some tests to be able to be accepted in a state university in 2010, one
year after we graduated from senior high school. It was not easy for us as a
graduate in 2009. We had to compete with thousands of students or even more,
and most of them were graduates in 2010. Their memories about questions
of the tests certainly were better than us. One year without school activities
had made us bored. We had to try hard to be able to be accepted in a state university.
At that time, we had only about a month for preparation of the tests. First, we
tried SMPS 1 at State University of Malang. I chose English Literature for the
first choice and Accountancy Education for the second choice. Mehedi chose
English Education for the first and History Education for the second choice. We
had studied hard for the test, but I was too nervous at that time. I was too
afraid to make mistakes, so I just skipped the questions if I doubted with my
answers. There were only about one-fourth of the test questions which I
answered. But it was very different from Mehedi. He tried to take a risk,
answering all the test questions although he was still confused whether his
answers were true or false. As a result, he was accepted in the second choice
as a History Education student, but not me. Then about one month before SNMPTN
test, I decided to try a test at State University of Jember. But again, my
nervousness was not reduced. I was still too afraid to take a risk. So again
and again I got a failure. Several days later, the real bad news came. My best
friend, Mehedi got an accident. An explosion of a gasometer in his house had
made me lose him. My best friend, Mehedi passed away about two weeks after the
accident. before he passed away, he gave an useful advice to me. With a low
voice, he said that I had to keep my spirit and I had to have courage to take a
risk if I wanted to be successful. He said that the successful people were
those who had courage to take a risk for expressing their opinion in their
life. There was not unuseful thing if we had done the best. One week later, the
time for SNMPTN test came. I tried to do the best for the test. I kept studying
hard before, and I tried to take a risk, answering almost whole questions of
the test. As a result, I was accepted on the first choice as one of English
Literature students at State University of Malang. I got the proof that
successful people were those who had courage to take a risk for expressing
their opinion.
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