An ace in school but not in working life

WANSON (not his real name) is a news intern who scored A+ in SPM English but after he enters the working world, he realises that his command of the language is extremely weak and this factor is pulling him down. Below is Wanson’s take (heavily edited) about how he has wasted his chance to learn the language during school and how it has brought him to his present dilemma.

“Wanson, can see your answer ah?” is one of the phrases I often hear from my classmates every time before English lesson starts in school. Each class bell that rang signifies a moment of salvation for us students who have not yet completed our homework. In that short break period between classes without any teacher, my classmates will start to seek out anyone in their class who is most proficient in certain subjects depending on which homework they want to finish last minute.