Exam Fever

EXAM FEVER

EXAM- The short form of Examination.

The dictionary meaning of this word is ‘test of knowledge or ability’. Knowledge and Ability. WOW! Such wonderful words to be used na. Well I feel this exam (or examination, whatever you call it) is not less than a Horror movie’s title. Going for an exam in like going for a horror movie and sitting in the ‘EXAM HALL’ for 3 long hours which seems like the longest and never ending hours of life…! Those hours are the most crucial, depressing, annoying, horrifying, sleepy and even at times funny hours of life.

For preparing for those few hours, we give our so many precious hours of life which can be utilized in like so many much more better and productive ways you see…! But still we have to spend that much of time so that at least in those horrifying few hours we keep ourselves busy in writing at least something. (That something consists of writhing Roll no., exam name, centre name, date, signing on answer sheet and question paper, etc.) Hush! If I sit and count of those horrifying hours of my life, I’ll surely go in depression. Because during those hours only ‘Great’ students like me can understand what mental trauma we go with. And yes! Still we are surviving (BRAVO!!!).

I’ve always loved to be the back bencher in the class. But my ‘good luck’ was so wonderful that because of my height ( I know, a very touchy topic for me…!!! :P ) I was always made to sit in the first row or at the max second. And all my lectures were ruined (I’m serious okay!). That good luck was carried to the ‘Horror movie hall’ too. My roll number being last, I always was getting the front bench to sit (what crap…!).

Time spent was always wonderful till only ‘answer sheets’ were there in our hands. The moment question papers entered the scene; heart rate reached its maximum without any aerobic training!!! (Lol! I love Cardio!!).  Eyes never wanted to be open to see the questions, but kya kare, ‘ Insaan ki aankhen tabhi band hoti hai jab wo sota hai…ya phir humeshaa ke liye sota hai…!!!’ (Filmy …very filmy) Eyes once open, either stay open in surprise (2 options- all questions known; which is very rare or most of the questions unknown, or like shayad pata hai). You know I so wanted to have a photo during that time and I hate the notices like ‘Photography Prohibited’!

Then time comes when we look at the scholars (so called) of the class and what we see is that they are turning pages…! Arey not of question papers, of answer sheets because they’ve already done that much of writing! And then we get the BOOST (Boost is the secret of my energy!!!) and start writing. But you know what; people like us are very thoughtful people. We think so much before writing. Not because we’ve to select what to write, but because we’ve to actually think and retrieve what to write… (He he he!) Scholars keep on writing and writing and writing….and we, keep on thinking and thinking and thinking…!!!! This is the time when even a lay person in the ‘Horror movie hall’ can identify that who’s actually a scholar and who ‘seems to be’ a scholar (like us!). Because most of the ‘seem to be scholar’ are good at extra curricular activities like sharpening pencil, changing pen, turning question paper, adjusting desk and benches, looking at the watch, drinking water and the best is staring at the wall…lol! (I know I should not write about passing supplements and peeping at others papers as it does not fall into my principles!)

The best way to kill time there is to write in the answer paper because when you actually know everything, the time flows like wind. But that ‘so rare’ phenomenon happens with us only when the last hour of the time starts. Somehow it suddenly happens that we are able to recall all the answers in the last hour when it is almost impossible to write all of it. The thinking process and even the writing speed, it becomes like faster than Chacha chaudhari (Chacha Chaudhari ka dimag computer se bhi tez hai!!!).

And finally warning bell rings!!! And a loud voice strikes our ear ‘ tie your supplements’,’ scratch the unused pages’,’ check your names, roll numbers…bla bla bla….’ !!! I feel like AREY KOI DYNAPLAST LEKAR AAO RE!!! Great minds when at work should not be disturbed!!! But no! Howzzat possible, they will actually come to us and ask ten times, ‘ check kiya kya?’ (Arey yaar baksh do…abhi toh likhna shuru kiya hai, abhi kya check karu???). And the count down begins….10, 9, 8, 7,….and suddenly…STOP WRITING!!!!

The thought process still continues in our heads…Really…? That’s it…? But I’m still not done…. Same story again…? But ma’am we got the papers 10 minutes late so how can we give it now…? Ma’am please just 2 min more (jaise aur time milta toh world top kar lete…!!!)

When we look around the ‘Horror movie hall’, mixed expression faces are more then happy faces. Because most of them don’t know how was their paper? Then the dialogues like this are heard, “ yaar questions to bahut easy the par answers bahut tough!” Lol! Few ‘Girls’ starts crying,” mera 2 mark ka wrong ho gaya!” Crap! I feel like hitting them on faces….Arey hum garibon ko dekho yaar, we’re always so satisfied. Someone comes to me and asks me (Big mistake u see…!!!) “Wango, paper kaisa gaya…???” my best answer is, “woh mein kya batau yaar… who to result hi batayega na…” he he he….I know…that’s  me….!!!  I’m always happy that finally it’s done!

But guys keeping jokes apart, this is the thing which almost every time happens to most of us in the ‘Exam hall’. But still we do not try to make it in a right way. May be we intentionally do it to face the same ‘Thrill’ of exam again. Most of us survive these cyclones, few of us don’t…. but still they stand. I’ll say that they stand perfectly because they know what is falling down…

Great men say, ‘Failure is the path towards success…’ that does not mean all of us should take it. But failure makes the sweet fruit of success sweeter…which all of us want to taste…..every time…!!!

So guys…study well and do not sleep or do extra curricular activities during the exams….even I’ll try to avoid those….;)

Chalo abhi BACK TO STUDIES janeka…!!!

All the best to all my exam going friends (wish me too!!!) and those who are not, keep praying for us…!!!

Keep chilling!!!

(Note: This blog was written during my study leave when I was getting bore studying in library…believe me…it happens …he he he!!!)