First Five Minutes In The Exam Hall

The world has indeed advanced a lot and we rightly live in the age of modernism. In the olden days there was no TV, children played in the open, there was physical interaction among people and we used to write essays on topics like “Last Five Minutes in the Exam Hall”. Now all of this has become much more advanced. Now situation has changed so much that I am compelled to write an essay on “ First Five Minutes In The Exam Hall”.

 I will explain how. Today was our Engineering Material sessional and i along with my friends had prepared well for it. Actually we were very confident that we had prepared well and were like, bring it on!!! But there is a saying that “A cat teaches lion all tricks except climbing on the tree”. I am afraid our Materials teacher also taught on the same lines and upon looking down on the paper it was the same story:

 In class: 

1+1=2 

 In exam:

f(x,y)=summation delta sinx/under root of cot2x. Integrate the expression

Needless to say that when the exam started, while everyone was writing on full tilt and was thinking which answer he knew best, i was thinking whether to make a run for it now or five minutes later.  Those five minutes were the most crucial in the whole paper. As i had to make a decision, then and there, in the full presence of all students and teachers, whether to do the paper or not. They say that time heals everything. I agree with them. Time surely heals everything, including one's sense of shame. For when i resolved that i would do the paper, i first had to dispel the feeling of ashamedness at what my parents would say if they were present now. That solved, the next big step was to see whether i knew ANY of the questions a little bit. Tears filled my eyes ( from the inside) when i remembered the good ol' days when i checked to see if i knew ANY of the questions a little less so i could leave it in choice. But i was brought back to reality when our teacher came in the class to check upon us. He went to see each student personally and asked if there was any problem. When he came to my desk, I learned that i am very good at controlling emotions, and that this teacher also gives courses on Anger Management. Well i ignored the violent infighting going on in my heart, and said with a big smile in my face, “Sir there is no problem, You have made a wonderful paper "( the latter i said in my head).

As the paper progressed my decision making capabilities were being enhanced every second, as i found out that the longer i remained in the exam hall, the more i dwelt on the paper, and the more i was able to derive from it. For staying in the exam hall made me DO the paper, and once i had resolved to do the paper, there was no looking back. I did all the question asked of me, though i hardly knew anything about the long question, in fact i doubted i had even read that topic, but there is always a saying there that," Where there is a will, there is a way". So i kept doing the paper even when my course mates had started to leave the hall looking dejected, and i am proud to say i did the paper good enough to get respectable marks (and be able to look my friends in the eye)

That day i truly began to respect my Math’s teacher, who emphasized all the two years i studied from him, that whatever happens," Don't leave the exam hall before time." Now i know the value of his words. And thank Almighty for being kind upon me, and giving me the chance to study from such a great teacher.