Hurray! Exam results are out!<\/p>\n
Well, I am very happy. I have been really tense all those three weeks after the exams. On the results day, I could hardly wait to get to university. I turned my laptop on as soon as I reached Portswood and kept it in sleep mode all the way. By the time students were getting off on the high campus bus stop, I had \u201cresumed\u201d it and connected to the Internet. On my way to ECS in the middle of road, I learned that I had landed very near to my target, off by a negligible margin \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know why I get so much depressed with exams. I have been taking them for the last 17 years which comprises 70% of my entire life! But I am still uncomfortable with them. During my term time, I am usually relaxed, enjoying lectures, doing assignments and even participating in extra-curriculum activities.<\/p>\n
As the exams dates get closer, I start panicking. I compile my notes, index and revise them over and over again, trying to cover all topics. A few days before exams, I become tense. You might laugh at me but I feel like I know nothing about the subject. The more interesting part is I can\u2019t tell which topics I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s an overall feeling about the subject. It is like a fire alarm testing during which you know that it is false but you still can\u2019t concentrate on other things.<\/p>\n
I look at the notes carefully with my eyes scanning through each topic and my mind revising its important points. Everything looks alright but as I close those notes I again start feeling I don\u2019t know enough \ud83d\ude42 I request you not to discontinue reading this blog and start looking for a \u201cprofessional help\u201d phone number for me. I am healthy and don\u2019t have any sort of those problems you are impatient to suggest. (By the way, why do you have this number in your diary?).<\/p>\n
The night before the paper, I hardly sleep for 3-4 hours. I wake-up early, skip bath and shaving (what a shame!) and revise my notes. Then I try to relax my mind. I reach the examination centre trying NOT to think about the paper and pondering if there is any intelligent life out in space. And then, when I get the paper in my hands, I am usually relaxed. My time management skills are poor but I generally do well in exams. And that\u2019s my funny exams story!<\/p>\n
There is a positive effect of the above exam-o-phobia. It forces me to keep studying during exams. It makes everything tasteless but study. It forces me to stay out of bed when I can\u2019t keep my eyes open, to think about equations when I cycle etc. More interestingly, it forces me to not to argue with anyone and replying them with, \u201cYes, you are absolutely right and I agree with you\u201d when you have no idea what people are talking about!<\/p>\n
NOTE:
\nSorry for my last blog. I messed up with copy and paste and forgot to include a paragraph! No, I can explain it. My exams were a couple of weeks away at that time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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