Till yesterday I thought the fright
of board exams was only exaggerated and over-rated but today I know the
feeling. It’s bad! Right from the moment you enter the hall. Sweaty hands,
butterflies in the stomach and a red yet pale face. I was terrified, 24 months
of my life I was studying for Economics for today, yeah today. Today was now.
I squeezed my pockets as I gazed at
the anticipated faces equally scared. Some were the usual ones, those Toppers
who get freaked out even after a surprise test but there were those too who
always showed what studs they are and how they didn't care about studying.Well, today even their faces were worth watching. I couldn't stop but analyze
the faces. I felt like I would just break down and wished that I had studied a
little more, concentrated a little more, got a day more but of course not. I
walked to my seat, Candidate number 5355 and sat silently. I could see the
whole hall from the last seat. I could see my friends wishing each other luck a
million times as they bit their lips in complete nervousness. The hall was a
cluster of emotions, everyone was thinking so loudly that I could feel their
emotions imping on mine. Or was it me feeling the wave of board exam
pressure? I guess I can’t deny. I kept gulping my saliva like it was a tablet
of knowledge which would fix the price elasticty concepts and other economic terms
in me.
I never knew that I would be seeing
myself like this! And just by the way, my economics paper was quite good!
