Always speak the truth...

This incident happened to me during my practical exams...It was the day of my Botany practicals...After spending a lot of time discussing about botany over samosas and cold drinks in the canteen I and my group members headed towards the lab unsure of our fate...

We were to see a specimen under the microscope and write about it..about its feeding habit..its habitat..its life cycle ....etc

I was the fifth to go..I looked and looked but could not see anything...I adjusted the microscope but still no result....I came back to my seat entirely confused of what to be written...

Then suddenly I had a brain wave..I remembered that during the practical classes we were shown a type of fungi which was transparent and could not be seen under a simple microscope...So I wrote all about it as neatly as I could do giving the best diagrams and underlining all the important points...After an hour all of us submitted our papers...

We did a round table conference while our teacher corrected the papers..To my relief everyone had written about the same specimen except one girl who had written nothing as she could not see anything...We laughed at her...

Soon our papers had been corrected and Mam told that except for one girl all of you have scored no marks..That was such a shock..Soon Mam explained.."This was just a personality test.Soon all of you would be standing on your own to face this world with no guidance..That is when truth will remain your friend forever.In no situation you should ever leave truth's hand...Whatever you feel tell it ..Learn to express yourself...Now stop gloating and get prepared for the real tests"

We all proceeded to do our experiments with the teacher's words in our head..I will surely never forget them..The Golden Words....