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Being among the best graduating students of a well known tertiary institution was a dream come true for Juliet. She was not only among the best in her school, but among the top five graduates in the state.
She was chosen by the state governor to further her studies in marine engineering, since it's her choice of discipline.
She was praised by her parents, siblings and loved ones while others envied her grace and greatness attained.
As a person whose life has been dedicated to studies, she was just living for reading and nothing else. Her wellbeing was funded by her parents and she never did anything by herself. All was done by her father's housemaid while the driver took care of her transportation to and from the school. Life was so free for her and she neither bothered nor thought about what life has for her without the help of her parents.
To an extent, she was so reluctant to do anything other than studying, even those that concerned her hygiene and feeding.
The high rate of ignorance rose very high during her final year in school. She was being supplied with everything after his father realized her Cumulative Grade Point (CGP).
During the period of processing her admission to the school of Marine Engineering, she was given many guides, rules and regulations guiding every student's stay in the school. The guides were made general to suit all the activities taking place in the school while the rules prevented the students from every form of pleasure and visitation.
At first, she rejected the scholarship program, but to maintain balance between her and her father, she accepted it with open arms.
She was assigned a registration number and a roommate in the hostel. This became the beginning of her problems.
She looked up and down, hoped for the best, but that was her fictitious business.
She left while shading tears like a baby, cried on everyone's shoulder and continued until she arrived at the airport. Leaving the house was hell on earth for her since there won't be any housemaid and driver to car for her needs.
"Hey Juliet!"
Eno called her from afar, smiling while going closer to her.
"Eno!, Thanks to God, you are her?".
Eno smiled at her while giving her a hug. She smiled back, hoping to hear Eno echoing her room number, but the reverse was actually the case. Eno came to drop her twin sister who also got admitted for a diploma program in the school.
Juliet's heart broke into fragments on hearing Eno say the words.
By the way, Eno once saved her from bullies in the bathroom who were later rusticated for their actions. Who knows where the bullies went to?
She walked in to her room and found Annie who had already chosen her apartment, leaving Juliet with no alternative. She quietly packed and arranged her stuffs at the available space. The night seemed longer than every other nights in her life.
According to the rules written in the guide, punctuality was placed paramount and failure to adhere to it is equal to termination of admission.
Juliet did not paid any attention to the context of the guide since it was not a lecture notebook nor a textbook. As she continued to attend to lectures and practicals late, the security department took notice of her, but refused to let her know about the penalty.
At the end of the semester, Juliet made it to the top of the best students of the semester, but had long been marked X in the Senate of the student union government.
She returned home joyfully after failing to pick-up her letter from the Students Affairs Division. She was well celebrated and showered with lots of goodies for breaking the record again.
Second semester resumption day came and she did not received any letter of resumption. This bothered her so much as the school cared less about her presence in their environment.
Her father reached out to the Administrative departments, but got no good response because, her records as a student were no where to be found.
Juliet considered this a disgrace to her personality and decided to visit the Students Affairs Division. She got there and was addressed with her suspension letter which she refused to pick-up. This made them to pick offence, resulting to her rustication.
She pleaded for mercies, but the guide was presented to her of which she ignored to read from day one.
She cried home, banged the door of her room behind her and never wished to come out.
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