Exam fever

Students caught inbetween IPL and exam season reminds me of one of my exam nightmares. Eventhough there are many.. this one is special as I always say, situation turned in my favour. (Over நினைப்பு  தான் !!).
Being the daughter of a banker who gets transferred every 3 to 4 years , I have studied in 8 schools. Studying in different schools has its own plus and minus... ok ok .. I won't lecture you on that by the way one major minus was that you have to build your image of a good student from scratch with every new school because teachers usually go by word of mouth from previous year teachers and determine their 'Gems' for the next academic year.
Impress பண்ணனும்  இல்லைபண்ணலைனா சின்ன  matterku எல்லாம் ஆப்பு  veppanga  !!.. So being or acting like a good student forms a protective cover and that will give you 100% scoldings proof protection.

Quarterly Exams were about to begin. The class teacher dictated the exam time table and asked us to prepare well. I was new to the school, it was my testing time once again. First exam was English.. I didn't worry much and did my exam well. I hate to discuss the exam papers and went home early after it was done.

Now, I have to prepare for my next exam...'Maths' ... I worked hard and got ready next morning to prove myself and didn't speak to any of my friends that evening. No distractions please. I went to school ontime as I didn't want the exam tension to get over me. I was sitting at my desk expecting the whole class to be tensed.. to my surprise everyone was cool. Supervisor came in and gave the question paper. I closed my eyes for a second and then read the question paper. I got the shock of my life.... mega serial effect.. What ? What ? What?. £$%#### ... The question paper was for English paper 2.... அப்போ  grammar questions.. essay.. precise writing..comprehension writing.. இதெல்லாம்  எழுதனுமா.... what about my algebra .. trignometry and geometry....

I turned around and asked the girl sitting behind me- ' Today maths exam right !'..She replied- 'Hey today English 2 and tomorrow maths' . Then I realised .. oh இதுக்கு  தான்  அந்த  mam ரெண்டு  தடவை  english  english சொன்னாங்களா ... சிறு  புல்லைத்தனமா  இருக்கே  !! The girl gave me a weird look and asked whether I have prepared for maths. I said Yes . 'Lucky You', she remarked. அடி  பாவி .. To learn once for an exam is a crime and I have to do it twice. ... என்ன  கொடுமை  sir இது !!!

The girl behind me gave me a quote of her own equivalent or more than a Zen thought  - You should be happy that it was a grammar paper and you studied maths... imagine if it was otherwise !!

Anyways her statement haunts me even now... I get dreams of going for a exam and get a maths question paper...and time runs out.. I am unable to complete my paper  etc.etc.....
கொடுமை கொடுமைன்னு  கோயிலுக்கு  போன  அங்க  ஒருகொடுமை ஜிங்கு  ஜிங்குனு  ஆடிச்சாம்  !!! 

PS: Don't ask me how much I scored in both the papers... எவ்ளோ  தான்  விழுந்து  விழுந்து  படிச்சாலும் .. வர  mark தான்  வரும்  !! You get what you get !!

Comments

Hari said…
Madam... ithellam kooda parava illa.. unga board exams la enna nadanthathu nu konjam vilavariya ezhutherela ???

Antha kathaiya naa konjam refresh pannanum... Athula en role kooda irruku..so atha cut-short pannama... ennoda pugazh parava ezhuthunga... :)
25 March 2010 at 15:01
Sreekumar B said…
Well happened to stumble across your blog.. i know your mother tongue is tamil but i was kind of surprised (pleasantly!)by your usage of the tamil slang (popularised by vivek and vadivelu).. your blog would definitely be a hit with the college going kids.. nice and easy to read.. keep blogging.. cheers!
26 March 2010 at 02:39
VPP said…
@ Haricharan: Sure... I will write that with lots of glory to you very soon!!!
26 March 2010 at 12:33
VPP said…
@Sreekumar-Thanks,I don't know whether it will be a hit or flop. However, I am thoroughly enjoying it at the expense of my mokkai and those who read it :)
26 March 2010 at 12:37
vidhya said…
this reminds me of Mr.Bean!!!chumma solla koodaadhu nallave mokkai podara!!!
27 March 2010 at 14:15
VPP said…
@srividhya: koodave purandhadhu.... maaradhu.. (Mokkai :))
27 March 2010 at 21:24
Anand D said…
Jingu Jingu pazhamozhiku etha arumaiyana 'gif' image.

My guess..You would have scored more in Eng-2 than in Maths :) Is that right? :)
28 March 2010 at 15:17
VPP said…
@Anand: May be ,may be not !!!! :) :)
29 March 2010 at 12:40
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