Lawyer Ernestina Obboh Botchwey has shared a story of her unforgettable journey of becoming a lawyer. In a Facebook post, she gave an account of how she pulled through despite failing her entrance exams at Makola on her first attempt.
According to her, on her second attempt which was the following year, their exams were cancelled due to a leakage so she had to take the exams again. With a burning desire to succeed, she took the exams again and this time, she came out with flying colors.
With determination, hard work, and resilience, she was able to overcome all the pain and trauma caused by her failure.
She wrote, “When I failed my entrance exams to Ghana School of Law, Makola, I saw the list of those who passed on a WhatsApp group. I knew I didn’t see my index number but I still went to Makola campus to check that evening.
I used odeeshie to go through the list over and over again but stilllllll girl didn’t make it.
Herrrr the trauma erh, the tears I held back in the trotro drive back home erh hmmmm
I cried all night but I woke up, dressed up, and continued with my national service the next day. No break to even cry.
I was working around the Supreme Court which shares the same boundary with the Ghana school of law campus, Makola. My bosses used to send me to buy food from the Makola campus.
Anytime I went to buy food for my boss, I saw my classmates from Legon who were in their suits at Makola, learning in style. People were living my dream in my face.
I used lots of strength and grace from God, a daily cup of odeeshie and an overflow of love from my best friend who passed her exams to get through that phase of my life.
We have all failed in something before.
This is me now. I wrote the next year and the exam was cancelled because of a leakage I was not privy to. We were called to rewrite the exam. Miraculously, I passed.
Let’s just agree that God is good always but life is not good always. May the good Lord see us through our individual battles”.
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