Thursday, 7 June 2018

EXAMS!

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EXAMS! 

My future is going to be determined by mere numbers, 
 I will be judged, in fact, my intellect and my existence will be defined
By some figures that appear on a sheet, figures which are termed marks
 And from which grades are built up 
Grades that determine my future life,
 My career, basically, form the foundation of my life! 
But, why, WHY? 

Do those figures reveal my abilities,
 What if I didn't properly understand just one topic,
What if I was nervous and unsettled during the exam, 
 What if I forgot, I know but I forgot?
Are these factors ever considered? 

 We are at the mercy of examiners.
What if they don't understand student's point of view when marking subjective answers, 
 What if they made a mistake in marking, 
What if they made a counting error?
 None of these factors may ever be considered. 

And I'm only left with regrets,
 A whirlpool of questions takes over my mind:
What if I had just gotten that one mark or marks, 
 What if I had remembered that answer during the exam rather than after the exam,
What if I had seen and corrected that mistake when doing the paper,
 What if I hadn't made that silly mistake, 
What if...? 

Exams don't clearly and completely reflect the depth of one's knowledge and abilities. Sometimes, the topic that we know and understand completely well is not tested at all and the topic you didn’t read is tested on. Sometimes, the time is just not enough. Sometimes, circumstances are not in our favour. 

But, still, they form the foundation of our future. They will always be there; their existence can never be eradicated. So we have no other option, but to just bear their presence in our lives. And, every time we make a mistake, we should always learn from it. 

                                     Written by:
                                          Ritu Karania, 
                                          Year 12



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