The Student Who Copied But Failed 📝

Final exam. 400L. This course will determine if Tobi will graduate.

Tobi didn’t read. Not one page. But he had a plan.
His friend, Emeka, was first in class. Brilliant guy.

Tobi sat behind Emeka. `Bro, just tilt your paper small. I beg you.`

Exam started. Emeka was writing like machine. Tobi was copying like photocopy machine. `flap flap`

30 minutes to the end, invigilator shouted: `STOP! SUBMIT!`

Tobi submitted with chest. `I copied everything. A must pass.`

Results came out 2 weeks later.
Emeka: *A*
Tobi: *F*

Tobi ran to Emeka. `Bro what happened?! I copied you!`

Emeka laughed. `Guy, the last 20 marks were bonus questions. The lecturer said "Only attempt if you read the textbook". I didn’t know them, so I left them blank.`

Tobi: `...`
Emeka: `But you copied my blanks too. So you submitted blank for bonus and got zero there. Plus all the ones I got wrong, you got wrong too.`

Tobi sat down. `So I copied failure.`

Lecturer later told the class: `Copying without understanding is like drinking garri without water. It will choke you.`

Tobi had to carry the course. Next semester he read. He passed with C.

*Moral:* Shortcut dey, but if you don’t know the road, the shortcut will lead you to bush.

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