so what really gives?

i just got back to manila from palauig. again. yeah. we went yesterday afternoon to attend a fiesta which served as my cousin who's graduating's party. here's the thing, it's been quite a while since this issue of her being the sure-thing valedictorian (because well, she's from our family) and (okay okay because she's been top one since she started schooling) and someone taking the title and making her salutatorian. they said there had been so much cheating already in the grades and stuff. i wanted to write about it here but i decided two days ago not to and then redecided to finally do it today. maybe it's because it's still a big issue when we got there yesterday. i mean, she didn't attend recognition and she won't attend graduation on monday anymore. what kind of a great deal is that? that's a sad way to graduate.

anyway, here are the facts:
1. faye, (let's keep the name of the cheater that way) (she's now valedictorian. bummer) (fine! it's her real name. ha!) was not surprised at all when the top ten was announced. :o it means she already knows she's vale. loser!
2. her parents are both principals of the school. oooohh.
3. their report card hasn't been ever released for the past gradings.
4. when my cousin's parents came in to complain and recompute stuff, the adviser could not be contacted.
5. my cousin says when they've got quizzes, the teacher never notices that faye corrects her paper although some of the items are wrong. devil.
6. and when faye complains of a miscalculation in her exams, the teachers would sat, "sino nag-check dito? and then points out my cousin immediately after the question. holy.
7. and when they rechecked papers, my cousin gets higher grades!
(but they weren't able find all the papers so, technically, they can't really recompute everything.)
8. faye also gets better reviewers because well, her parents are teachers.

that's about all i can remember about the whole commotion on that last holy week. i feel bad for my cousin cause i know she's really smart and she can nail that top one spot. there are just some people who buy their way to glory and achievement even though it really doesn't count as anything remarkable at all. bunch o' losers. anyway, last holyweek, we were actually plotting a murder plan for faye. but ye know we were just goofing around. or were we?