Study just to pass the examinations?

I keep thinking myself about UPSR,PMR and also SPM. I pass all the examination with flying colours. I got all As in all the examinations. But there is something that I always wonder. Were I studied before this just to pass the examination? hmm..most likely I think. But it seemed the same with my schoolmates. We are concerned with the examinations. We do not study other things. I asked my sister and brother and sister in phone. 'What are you doing?' they said 'We are studying la..the examination is just around the corner!'.. sometimes, it sounds weird.

The reason that we do not study other things is because we have no time for them. As I were staying in the hostel before, I have to follow the schedule. Our time were very packed. School subjects take up all our time in schools and much of our time out of of school (additional class).

Everyday we have to learn so many things. Lessons continue one after one with a short break. Our brains switch from one subject to another subjects in a day. Let say we have 6 subjects in a day. I managed most of the time but sometimes it gots so tiring. Sometimes we did not not understand lessons in class, so we go back to the hostel and only have enough time to study back the lessons that we cannot cope.

Second, there was always examinations around the corner. Since very young,we usually have been taught this: passing an examination is good and failing in examination is very bad. We are expected to pass. All the people around us applause us when we get A! When we are fail, we are worthless. This is what I experienced before. No one wants to be considered worthless or be punished for failure. But this is what the world is.We study because we want A and do not want to fail.

Before this, some teachers say that we should study to acquire knowledge. Knowlwdge is something precious. It is all very to be practised on but I do not see anyone practising it including myself. But I always deny that I study because I want to know something new!

Some of my classmates who cannot cope with their study,they simply give up studying. They are marked as failures so that they see there was no point in studying anymore. I felt sad and always adviced them. But..hmm..I do not know how to say. I still studied and do my examinations as best as I could. But actually I did my exams with only on thing in mind: I have to get all As.

Someone told me that we have to study because Allah asked us to gain knowledge. Then we can be someone that is useful for our religion, family, community and country. If we just study with no point (just to get excellent in result), we surely can be easily to forget the knowledge that we have learned. I asked myself again. Yeah..that is it. I forget most of them. By living in the university, I have to be independent. If I search for more, I will gain more knowledge and I can share the knowledge with others. So, I bear in my mind now that 'I have to study firstly because of Allah' after then, I can think to study because of another things. I also will always advice my siblings and other people that read my blog! In conclusion, STUDY IS NOT JUST TO PASS THE EXAMINATION BUT STUDY IS TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE.