Bacalaureat<\/p>\n
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Despre bacalaureatul de demult se povestesc \u00eenc\u0103 multe \u015fi iscusite snoave \u015fi drame. C\u0103 fusese un examen at\u00e2t de sever, \u00eenc\u00e2t, dup\u0103 ce \u00eel biruiau, absolven\u0163ii de liceu erau primi\u0163i \u00een universit\u0103\u0163i f\u0103r\u0103 de concursuri de admitere. C\u0103 veneau mul\u0163i chema\u0163i, dar pu\u0163ini r\u0103m\u00e2neau ale\u015fi. C\u0103 s\u0103 te fi ferit Dumnezeu s\u0103-l ai pre\u015fedinte de comisie pe universitarul Cutare, savant \u015fi hirsut. C\u0103\u2026<\/p>\n
Poate c\u0103 a\u015fa o fi fost \u00eenainte de al doilea m\u0103cel mondial, cam pe c\u00e2nd fratele meu, vedet\u0103 la \u201eRare\u015f\u201d, trecea bacalaureatul \u00een comisia interjude\u0163ean\u0103 de la Bac\u0103u, al\u0103turi de \u00eenc\u0103 vreo \u015fase confra\u0163i pietreni, fiindc\u0103 ceilal\u0163i\u2026<\/p>\n
Bacalaureatul meu, cel din vara dep\u0103rtatului an 1951? Eheu, fugaces\u2026 Eram dou\u0103zeci \u015fi opt de candida\u0163i; jum\u0103tatea liric\u0103, domni\u015foare de la Liceul Teoretic de Fete, azi Colegiul Na\u0163ional \u201eCalistrat Hoga\u015f\u201d; jum\u0103tatea prozaic\u0103, noi, rare\u015fi\u015ftii.<\/p>\n
Localul Liceului Alb ne-a primit p\u0103rinte\u015fte, cu r\u0103coarea necesar\u0103 \u00een zile toride, cu vechile pupitre \u00eensemnate subversiv de at\u00e2tea genera\u0163ii de copilandri lipsi\u0163i de educa\u0163ie englezeasc\u0103 \u015fi cu tablele largi, pe care s-au scris subiectele la rom\u00e2n\u0103 \u015fi matematic\u0103.<\/p>\n
Stam c\u00e2te unul \u00een banc\u0103 \u015fi scriam veghea\u0163i de dou\u0103 doamne care aveau multe taine de discutat, a\u015fa c\u0103 se a\u015fezaser\u0103 tocmai \u00een fundul s\u0103lii \u015fi ne l\u0103saser\u0103 \u00een bun\u0103 pace, s\u0103 demonstr\u0103m c\u00e2t de tari eram. Copiu\u0163e, c\u0103r\u0163i deschise clandestin pe genunchi, \u015fu\u015fotit? Doamne fere\u015fte! Cui i-ar fi trecut prin minte s\u0103 \u00eendr\u0103zneasc\u0103 a se prezenta nepreg\u0103tit la un astfel de examen, despre dificultatea c\u0103ruia circulau at\u00e2tea legende? Lini\u015fte de biseric\u0103 pustie \u015fi min\u0163i \u00eenfierb\u00e2ntate la maximum!<\/p>\n
Cur\u00e2nd, fiindc\u0103 eram pu\u0163ini la num\u0103r, ne-au sosit rezultatele. Cu to\u0163ii trecusem satisf\u0103c\u0103tor hopul lucr\u0103rilor scrise, eliminatorii.<\/p>\n
Urma oralul, la \u015fapte discipline, \u00een fa\u0163a unei comisii numeroase. Fusesem \u00eemp\u0103r\u0163i\u0163i \u00een serii de c\u00e2te \u015fase, fiecare serie fiind examinat\u0103 la toate obiectele \u00een aceea\u015fi zi, iar seara se d\u0103dea verdictul: da sau ba!<\/p>\n
Eeei, aici \u00eencepe ori, poate, continu\u0103, basmul. Ni se spune c\u0103 vom fi examina\u0163i \u00een\u2026 nu se poate! ba se poate! Vom fi examina\u0163i \u00een careul Liceului, la umbr\u0103, acolo unde m\u00e2na harnic\u0103 a eternului Costache Negru, od\u0103ie\u015ful institu\u0163iei, a\u015fezase dou\u0103 mese lungi, acoperite cu o fa\u0163\u0103 de mas\u0103 vi\u015finie, pentru profesori, \u015fi trei b\u0103nci a c\u00e2te dou\u0103 locuri, pentru candida\u0163i.<\/p>\n
Var\u0103, cald\u2026 Domnii profesori, chiar \u015fi Boierul, adic\u0103 istoricul Aurel Rotundu, primul nostru director la \u201eRare\u015f\u201d, venit din pu\u015f\u00ad\u00adc\u0103riile unde comuni\u015ftii \u00eel duseser\u0103 la reeducare\u2026 aproape to\u0163i, \u00een c\u0103ma\u015f\u0103 cu m\u00e2neca scurt\u0103 \u015fi f\u0103r\u0103 de cravat\u0103. Aproape to\u0163i, fiind\u00adc\u0103 matematicianul Con\u00adstantin Bor\u015f nu-\u015fi p\u0103r\u0103sise costumul gri \u015fi restul ighemoniconului.<\/p>\n
S\u0103 rezi\u015fti la un tur de for\u0163\u0103, trec\u00e2nd f\u0103r\u0103 pauz\u0103 prin \u015fapte bilete de examen, \u00eenso\u0163ite de sumedenie de \u00eentreb\u0103ri suplimentare\u2026 nu e glum\u0103. Mai cu seam\u0103 c\u0103, \u00een pofida \u0163inutei lor lejere, examinatorii nu ne l\u0103sau din m\u00e2n\u0103 p\u00e2n\u0103 ce nu erau pe deplin edifica\u0163i c\u0103 suntem tob\u0103 de carte, biletele fiind, dup\u0103 cum am \u00een\u0163eles cur\u00e2nd, doar un pretext.<\/p>\n
\u015ei am reu\u015fit. Cu to\u0163ii! Cu cea mai mare medie, Beatrice Lazarovici. A doua, Stej\u0103rel Cojoc. A treia, la egalitate, Iorgu Ciobanu \u015fi Mihai-Emilian Manca\u015f. Toate, peste nou\u0103\u2026<\/p>\n
Asemenea \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103ri cruciale nu se uit\u0103! Lipseau cu des\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fire mili\u0163ienii, agen\u0163ii de securitate, procurorii \u015fi al\u0163i sp\u0103imo\u015fi ap\u0103r\u0103tori ai legii \u015fi drept\u0103\u0163ii, du\u015fmani ai corup\u0163iei din \u015ecolile patriei, at\u00e2t de abunden\u0163i, sub alt nume, azi, c\u00e2nd, la examene, \u015fcoala pare a fi penitenciar.<\/p>\n
Nu aveau ce c\u0103uta ei acolo! Acolo eram doar noi, cei ai \u015ecolii: familia unit\u0103, exigent\u0103, f\u0103r\u0103 de furti\u015faguri \u015fi f\u0103r\u0103 de ascunzi\u015furi, a dasc\u0103lilor \u015fi a candida\u0163ilor la bacalaureat\u2026<\/p>\n
Eheu, Postume, Postume\u2026<\/p>\n
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Mihai-Emilian MANCA\u015e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bacalaureat Despre bacalaureatul de demult se povestesc \u00eenc\u0103 multe \u015fi iscusite snoave \u015fi drame. C\u0103 fusese un examen at\u00e2t de sever, \u00eenc\u00e2t, dup\u0103 ce \u00eel biruiau, absolven\u0163ii de liceu erau primi\u0163i \u00een universit\u0103\u0163i f\u0103r\u0103 de concursuri de admitere. C\u0103…<\/p>\n