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O-Levels when I was asked to step outside of my class for not

being able to pay 6 months’ fee. That day I quailed but today I

will not. After being a wretched fellow I finally scheduled a

meeting with the principal. I entered her office with the sole

purpose of letting her know that I was one of those students

on whom they market their name, the student with 100%

merit scholarship. After a great argument I left the office with

her most kind words: “Rs. 60,000 is not a million dollar that

you cannot pay”. I had promised myself once again, that I will

never forget this day and one day a few hundred million

would be my daily income. I remember my mom telling her

brother, who lives in Manchester, about this situation and two

days later I entered the school with a bang. After a few weeks

we had our group photo at school and the students with 3 A’s

and above stood in the front row. While standing in that row, I

gazed at the last row and saw the old me; looking at me with

ambition and saying, “Next year, I will be standing in that first

row, mark my words”. A warm smile filled my face and the