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Monica More scores 63% in HSC, wishes to write degree board exams herself

The toughest paper was economics. I scored really well in accounts, which is my favourite subject. I had taught Aishwarya how to make columns and how to write the answers. We took a practice test every day before the exams. She says that she is already prepared for her board exams next year, said More

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More with her mother and uncle at her home on Wednesday
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As a bevy of reporters made a beeline for Monica More's Kurla residence, the 17-year-old showed signs of exhaustion while answering their queries. More had lost both her hands in a railway accident at Ghatkopar railway station last year. Talking about her HSC exams, in which she scored 63%, More said she was satisfied with the outcome. "My teachers really helped me a lot. I was in the hospital for six months from January to June, and I had just three months to prepare for the board exams. They taught me and prepared me to the best of their ability," said More, who had an external writer from her college help with her papers. The writer was Aishwarya Jadhav, a class XI student.

More said that it has been around four months since she was fitted with myoelectronic hands, but there is still a long way to go before she can write on her own. "I want to write my degree board exams myself. Currently, the letters I write are too large, so I had to depend on Aishwarya. She was really good," More said. She practised with her writer two days before the exams began, but admitted that it was difficult to dictate some of the subjects.

"The toughest paper was economics. I scored really well in accounts, which is my favourite subject. I had taught Aishwarya how to make columns and how to write the answers. We took a practice test every day before the exams. She says that she is already prepared for her board exams next year," said More.

More wishes to pursue B.Com at her current college, SNDT Ghatkopar, but is still fearful of travelling by train. "I am still scared of trains. I take a rickshaw to college and my mother drops me. I really don't like the rush in trains," she said.

She said she will party with her friends once a few days pass by, and has already gotten a new phone a month ago.

Her mother Kavita is ecstatic about her daughter's performance. She picked up and dropped Monica to her exam centre at Ghatkopar and sat in the canteen and staff room while Monica gave her exams. "We went to our family deity's temple in Satara to seek blessings and returned two days ago. I was confident that Monica will pass her exams. Her teachers really put in a lot of effort and the writer was also intelligent. All I want for my daughter is for her to graduate and start working in the service sector. I want her to earn enough for herself. I don't want her to depend on anybody, and I know she has the courage to go ahead," Kavita said.

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