Stand for what is right, even it means standing alone. This was my story during 2019 when I was in the 6th semester of my undergraduate degree. We were having final semester exams, and as usual, we all were preparing for it. One day I had to send a parcel to a friend, so he told me the address over the phone, so I searched for a page to write but could not find anything apart from textbook pages. So, I wrote down the address on my hand. This was the day when my Hindiexam was scheduled for the next one hour. So, I went for the exam, and without any hint that something is written in my hand and it is malpractice, I started writing the exam. As we get bored while writing, I was just relaxing for a few minutes when I put my hand on the back to look for something. The invigilator caught me as there was the address written on my hand. He asked me to show, and I started to convince him. I erased that address simultaneously as I realized what big silly mistake has happened from my side. So, he went outside and came up with a Malpractice sheet where he wrote down all the incidents and asked me to write what I was doing. So I reported the whole incident, and then I was allowed to continue the paper.
By the time I completed my exams, and while I was coming back to the hostel, several rumors had spread around the students on how I got caught in malpractice. I was laughing while listening to all those rumors as I am the one who knows the whole truth of the story. So then the semester got completed, and we all went to our home, and then after few days, I got a mail that you have to appear in front of a committee and then decide. So I went to see the committee and explained my condition, but the result was the same. They put me on the malpractice student list, and I failed in all the 6 subjects I had in that semester. So then I applied for the second committee and went to them and explained all the things, but the result was the same; still, I was on that list. Now, there was no way I can think of who can help me with this.
So after several days of the second committee result, I was sitting lonely and disappointed in myself as I could not adequately explain my truth to them. If I would have the semester backlog, I won't be able to apply for my master's with six current backlogs. So, two of my close friends came to my room and saw that I was sad, and when they tried to cheer me up. The next day they told me to see the counseling team as they will listen to my side carefully and provide me a solution. So we scheduled a meeting with the HOD of the counseling division, and all three went there were. Also, I could not tell all things clearly, so my friend explained everything to her and asked how I could come out of this situation. She told me various options to still complete my course on time by taking summer classes and all. But I was determined that I have not done cheating then why should I get such a harsh punishment. So I constantly asked her that ma'am for that silly mistake would cost me my career. So, she knew that I just don't want to complete my course. I like the truth to prevail and get justice. So she told me that there is a grievance cell in the college that listens to all the grievances a student has and tries to provide them with a solution or suggestion to overcome that situation.
So the next day, I went to the grievances cell and met with the professor, who listened to me and asked me to meet the registrar. So for the next few days, I regularly went to the registrar's office 2-3 times a day and stayed there for several hours to meet the registrar, but I could not meet him. Finally, after 3-4 days, he asked me to come inside and said we had removed all your backlogs except the subject you were caught as you made a mistake. So, I suddenly became happy, and he was able to see that on my face and asked me to relax now. He was just checking my determination and seeing if I was determined to remove my backlogs as I was wrongly put on that list.
So, one thing I learned from this experience is that truth prevails, but sometimes it takes time longer than you think. You just have to stand for what is right without thinking of what outcome can come. Because there is always a way to get things right, you just have to keep hustling for that right path.
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