Exam Fever

You know about exams. I mean who doesn’t. I can’t remember how many exams I have taken till this age. But one thing has never changed. The dread.

I just took the stats exam today and I was all cool just before the start. I have read all the material pretty well and was confident enough to crack even the toughest probability nuts. But see. After exactly 75 minutes later I found myself all wrong. I was splashed by a bucket of freezing water just to remind how wrong I was. Needless to say I screwed up the exam.

So what’s the catch? Are exams always meant to be that way? Well one good thing about all these repetitive experiences is that, they warn you of your complacency. In a sense they will always charge you up with the feeling of insecurity or feeling of being a beginner again. That reminds you of facing the unexpected, facing the chaos or broadly facing the real world.

And you know the best thing about exam? No matter how much you screw up the last one, they always keep on coming. I better catch it next time.