Exam time of a life time

First University examinations… A BIG stress for every student of the new semester system. The syllabus was huge and so were the expectations. The professors were anxious and graved and grilled us with precision. Less than a year from our 12th board’s trauma, we were getting subjected to that same pressure. Again for a month, at least, we had to sacrifice our lives and take a deep sea dive into the world of books. The only funny thing was how in college everyone was so relaxed and calm and the line “kuch ni pada yaaaaaaaaaar” was to be heard on everyone’s lips everywhere in the corridor. It’s weird how people can lie so much. The library was cruelly striped of its glory and splendour as the shelves were emptied mercilessly. Nobody cared anymore about the fine they had to pay and just the sight of a course book would set our hearts racing. The backpacks were a curse and they cursed us too when books weighing kilos were lugged in it. The main aim of existence of students and teachers alike was syllabus completion. All in all, we were in a mess as we had to excavate notes from the long past and students were dazed as in these six months we had just come to acknowledge ourselves as college guys, we had just settled in and now it was exam time, this was very unsettling. Well, but one thing surely lifted our “dil to baccha hai ji” attitude. More common than the study related queries were the fantasies about the after exam holidays! The December chart was all chalked up with the places to visit. Amidst all the chaos and confusion came the exam time. One thing was very surprising and also very relaxing that even on the morning of the exam the corridors were swarming with laughing students. They did have books in their hands but somehow none seemed to be paying any attention to them, a mark of our brazen confidence. The exam time went pretty smoothly but there were confusions in between too, some wrong question or a wrong paper in one case when the paper had to be repeated after half an hour. The highest drama that unfolded in our class was when a student forgot to bring her ‘Admit Card’ and the principal admonished her in front of the whole class. She was literally harassed and she had to call at least five people so that her admit card could be brought to the college. All of this took away around half hour of her precious time and that does not count the time she wasted worrying about the ordeal. I personally believe that it should not have been made such a big deal of as anyone can make mistakes.

On the last day of examination, the last half hour was like a black curtain keeping us away from our world of sunlight and play. I could sense that the entire class was agitated and wanted to submit their papers and go but they held on somehow. When the exam was over and the final full stop had been put we chucked aside the curtain and were dazzled by the streaming light. We didn’t know what to do and where to go but started with a mall nearby. For two days, I am sure, everyone would have woken up early in the anticipation of some subject to study but must have been shocked when they would have realized that none was there!! It took another day to seep in the feeling that we were finally queens of our own time and could go wherever we wished and do whatever we wanted. Now, a full week after the momentous day it’s laid back fun everyday. I can pursue my hobbies and plan an outing with my friends almost everyday but the worst part is that 200 SMSes per day don’t seem enough and phone bills are the new monsters. Oh well, so be it!!




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Tulika Banerjee is a student of Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women. She is very passionate about everything she does... she loves to write, sing, dance, paint, speak so on and so forth!! Her friends love her because she loves them A LOT! She generally takes charge of stuff and sees that they are done properly. She is affectionate, strong and a voracious reader. Life is fun for her and exploring it is her job. She hopes that she can grow up well and achieve all her goals.