Shadowing By Force:

The act of shadowing is emulating a senior prefect so much that when you get to SS3 your name would be called during the general assembly as a new prefect in the same line and you would be filled with much pride. Nevertheless, I have the right to a claim to be completely innocent of these mouthful hideous accusations of shadowing an Emotan House Prefect in my dormitory.

Shadowing occurs during the period where the SS3 prefects are about to graduate. So they become desperate in their ultimate search for the perfect SS2 girls who would walk in their footsteps. During this period, the accusations poured in like an ever-flowing river.

"See the way you're loving up to her."

"Hmm...Chonko by force, all because of prefect badge."

"What have you been bribing her with?"

These were the sounds of my dilemma. Meanwhile, I was just being myself. I was and am still a neat freak. Till this day my eyes can spot microscopic pieces of dirt from a distance. I still iron my clothes with extreme detail and make my bed maybe too neatly and precisely.

But there were many of our classmates who would have killed for the badge. They would have gladly given up their provisions, lunches, or buckets of water just to have the shiny gold prefect badge. They did everything they could- they were extremely quiet during prep time (head girl shadows), they never forgot their sports-wear behind in the dormitories (sports prefect shadows), told junior girls to pick up the thrash (tidiness prefect shadows), wrote the names of noise-makers (assistant head girl shadows), and so on. They became efikos on automatic push buttons. Let's not talk about the eye service. The buttons were pushed most when the real prefects were near-by so they could see them in action.

Admittedly, yes I did all these things. But I refuse to believe I was chonkolizing by force. I am glad I became a tidiness prefect for Emotan House though. It was the beginning of many more responsibilities to come in my life.