Reflections : school memories:The two times when I cheated.

To start with,I have to say that I was always good in school.I have always had good grades and my mom used to go to ijtima3 el ahali to hear the same thing over and over from all teachers,if she studies a bit harder she would be the first in her class,I never cared enough though!AND I PERSONALLY DOUBT THAT TOO ,so why bother!!You see,cheating techniques was never a big issue for me,while it was for so many others.Quite the inventors they were!
I remember to this day the voice of Madame Lutfi,shouting out loud :salam you will remember me 7atta akher 7ayatek inti ma btist7i!!all that for hiding my french notebook under the table and sneeking a look during the exam?I would have passed it without looking,I would have got a good grade too but that day for a reason I could not comprehend I wanted a full mark so bad.I also probably wanted the thrill of a cheat ,you know the danger,the suspense,the secret!So I was caught and scandaled!Big deal,no wonder after passing my Certificat and Brevet exams (Official french exams with certificates from the french center)she was real shocked at how good I did in boththat she expressed her shock to anyone who would listen.But this is nothing next to the time that I faked a whole test for my friend.
It was my best friends birthday yesterday and I called her up.She lives in Chicago now and we haven't seen each other in years.We talked and talked and this cheating incident came up so I decided to write about it.It was the most dangerous school adventure and I have committed it in the name of friendship.I am glad I did,and if my daughter or son do something like that one day I will TRY and understand and not get all parenty about it.(God,I hope I don't find out),here goes:

Nadia had a piano test that day,and she needed to study and practice for it,it was probably grade seven for her or something really important so she decided to skip school.And it was agreed that the religion exam due that day will be presented by me!!How on earth did we come up with such ideas?And where on earth did we find such confidence that (saff el talet i3dadi baa)will all stick together and not tell on us?I asked all the girls not to mention that Nadia was off when miss siham came for 7odoor w ghiab!and no on did.So step one was a success.Then comes the religion class.We had an american priest for a teacher that year and he handed in the papers to be distributed to the back rows where I resided for the most part of my twelve school years.( I am such a different person now:rather nerdy I dare say).For the first time ever ,he had the papers personalized with our names on them,and miraculously both mine and Nadia's papers landed in my hands.I wrote my answers in 5a6 mshalbak and hers in 5a6 mfarra',waited to the end of class when he was begging us to return the papers and stop writing and handed in both.Following class,both me and Nadia are sitting in anticipation for the corrected papers and he starts this lecture how he found out that a lot of girls cheated.That he has proof and how he attached each two cheaters appers together and sent them down to Sister 7ilo,the principal.Then he started distributing the rest.Of course we were sure that was the end of the world and that our papers will not show up.It was rather a shock to see that the last two papers were ours.We both got a full mark,we both had the same spelling mistake,we both wrote christainity I before A or vice versa ,to this day I don't know whats the right spelling.And to this day I can't believe he did not find out,we were never caught, and we were never given in by other friends and class mates.A certain feeling I have tells me that he did know and being a priest and knowing that we are really good people on the inside he decided to give us a chance.But why did he tell on all the others?beats me.Well,I did it for Nadia,and I know if I needed Nadia to do this for me she would ,no questions asked.And to me that is all that matters.So ,Nadia,Long live our friendship,and ,old classmates:Thanks for the solidarity,if a bit too late.(18 years bass!)