ඔයා පරක්කු නෑ. මේ විදියට වැඩ ටික කරන්න. මාස 3න් AAB ගත්… — Transcript

That's what I'm saying right now, if you're going to do this, you can do it to that extent.

I mean, how good is it to get a V instead of an F?

If we get a fixed time in addition to the exam, that student can go for the V.

But you can't start working by waiting until the exam is postponed, can you? If the exam is postponed, they usually announce it around early November.

By then, those who were going to give up would have already given up. So, only those who have been working until now, or those who start working now, can take advantage if the exam is postponed.

You can start the work.

Ah, okay sir.

I hope you can't hear the outside noise. I'm not at home. I wish you all a good day.

Actually, I remember last year, I also failed like this. I mean, I know how it feels to fail. You all passed the scholarship exam, O/L, and got A/B for Science and Maths to come to Science. So, when you suddenly fail after all that, the sadness you feel, I've been there.

And it's hard to face your family. You get scolded during that time. When the results came, I mean, I personally saw my mother cry that day. She never thought I would fail. My family thought I would at least get three S's. When I finally failed, I was sad for about two days, and then I joined Sir's meeting, just like you all.

After that, I also, I mean, Sir told us the same thing he told you. Many second and third shy students are in the medical faculty. So, if there are people like that in the Colombo Medical Faculty, who failed and then passed A/Ls with C's and B's, it means it's definitely something that can be done.

Then I also thought that I can definitely do this. But even after the meeting, I didn't have the mindset to study. I was upset for two or three days. As Sir said, I also hit my head against the wall because I was sad. You will feel sad during this time. After that, you need to quickly get back on track. Now, even I, from a zero level, with three months left for the exam, I can't just do it like that.

I think it's impossible because you don't remember anything. If you're given a paper now, you can't even write for 10 marks. When that happens, you have a big doubt in your mind whether to do it again, or go with what you got. That's how it is. Then I also thought like that and joined Sir's rapid revision. But I didn't have the mindset to do papers because I didn't know anything.

So, in the early days, I watched the recordings. Anyway, you all will work this week because of the motivation you received today. Maybe in another week, you will get upset again when you remember the results.

Even if that happens, you have to keep pushing yourself. Don't give up until the very end. Because I remember, when I was able to do a paper, there was about a month left for the exam. Then I just took Sir's final paper seven MCQ and did it. I had 27 MCQs for that, with a month left for the exam.

Then, even that day, I was a bit upset. But I thought, I brought 27 MCQs from zero level in these few days. I thought I could get at least 35. Then I kept working continuously. I didn't give up until the last week. That's how the change happened by working hard within that month.

I mean, for A/Ls, you know I failed. I mean, I was just looking up. I didn't do anything for three hours. I knew as soon as I came out that all three were fails. Chemistry had an S. For you, the question of whether that time is enough, the answer I have to give is, never give up.

Because no matter how much you worked in the previous months, everyone takes the exam based on the memory of the last two months. No one remembers what they studied a year ago. That's why, don't give up until the exam, until you go to the exam. Because I also quickly looked at the short notes Sir posted the day before the exam.

I remember I got about 5-10 MCQs from the points I remembered by looking at them. That's how it is. I mean, you, I mean, if you give up thinking that time is not enough, imagine how upset you would be if you got an easy paper this time. But some students didn't give up and did it. Now the paper is easy.

So, how upset would you be if that happened? That's why, never give up at any moment. Keep working continuously. Definitely, if I tell you how I worked, I did the past papers. I mean, while watching Sir's recordings, I somehow finished the past papers. I finished Physics from 2001 to 2021. Chemistry, I mean, Chemistry is a big theory subject, right?

And now I

Oshan, can I ask you something?

What is it, sir?

So, you didn't choose to do it again that day, right? You chose not to do it again. But today you have chosen and done it.

Yes, sir.

You have finished doing it now. So, about that, you've been working hard for years, more than usual. You could have gone a year earlier. But you spent a year with difficulty. So, about that, what do you think about choosing to do it now, if you hadn't chosen to do it then? And especially, what was the situation at home at that time? I mean, how did your mother and father react?

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir. I mean, I remember clearly, I was just looking up during Physics. I mean, I didn't know anything to write. When I failed, I remember a relative came home that day and said, "Now that he has failed, wouldn't it be better to send him to a technical college?" I mean, it's not that technical colleges are bad, but we do A/Ls to go to university. So, when they said that when I failed, I felt very upset that day. After that, I actually didn't intend to do it. Then, after listening to Sir's talk, I decided to do it again. And now, after getting these results, there's a big change in my life.

Because now my path is clear. Because if we don't do A/Ls, even if there are ways to succeed, we don't know what the right path is. Sometimes it might work, sometimes it might not. But if you do A/Ls properly, your path will be very clear. Now I remember, last year, when I failed, my mother cried. Then I was very upset. Now, as soon as the results came this year, my mother cried again, and my father also cried. I mean, out of happiness. I mean, you all should definitely give that feeling to your family.

Because one thing is, you messed up and then rebuilt it. So, the happiness you get is immense. Sometimes, even your family doesn't believe that you will pass like this. But imagine, on the day the results come, you got a good result. How happy would those people be? Now, I spent this whole week celebrating the results.

You said you're at home for something, right? Not a party, but something.

Yes, I'm at a hotel now. Ah, that's right. So, today there's some celebration at home.

So, that's Oshan's story. Thank you, Oshan. We'll talk again sometime. The Kegalle students know we'll meet. You've done a great job. It's valuable for our students. Please share that story a bit in the group. You read it. It's valuable for you. It'll be a great memory one day. So, I'll take it from here. All the best. Thank you.

Thank you very much, sir.

Okay.

So, there's something Oshan said that came to my mind. I remember my brother, I think it was in 2014, he did his A/Ls. He's a doctor now. I don't know if he's watching. Anyway, my brother went to medical school on his third attempt. That means, as the eldest in the family, there was no guidance at all.

He didn't know what to do or what not to do. So, because of that, he couldn't do it in the first attempt. In the second attempt, I remember he had something in physiotherapy, which was generally good. But he was going to go for that. My father was the one who said, "No, no, you must do it again." If you ask him now, "Shouldn't you have done physiotherapy then?" he would have a lot to say. Anyway, he went to medical school on his third attempt. I remember on the day the results came, my mother was crying. Crying, she said on the day the results came, "You passed and can go to medical school. You got the exact results to go to medical school."

She said, "Today is the happiest day of my life." So, I'm watching. She said that to my brother. So, I'm watching. I'm doing A/Ls. I did A/Ls and got fourth in Sri Lanka. But it wasn't like that. I mean, the response I got then, my brother had two attempts, and when he came for the third attempt, the response he got, when I came and got an island rank, it wasn't like that. I remember clearly, I wanted to keep that day as the happiest day, but I couldn't ask about it again. No. Then my younger brother passed to go to Moratuwa, with a rank of 39 or something in Sri Lanka. But there wasn't such a big reaction. That's what matters.

Sometimes it might be because he was the first child. Because they start the work, and then they grow up looking at it. And on the other side, even more, imagine how much effort, children. You do it for a year, it doesn't work. You do it next year. There are thousands of expectations. You miss it by a thread. Then, when you can do it after a year, that feeling, as Oshan said, you have to give it. You have to experience that feeling. I can describe it to you with a million words. Oshan can describe it with two million words. No matter how we describe it, a person who gets that feeling, it's something else. It's something that cannot be described. It's a great thing. You have to enjoy it, and you have to give it to those people. They have a right to it, and they deserve it. It's their right.