Even the saints say, “God do not put me to test”. A
test saps the energies of a persons, generates mental agony and makes him
incapable of’ thinking correctly, Examinees shudder at the thought of the
examination and fear of failure makes them unhappy. Evil dreams haunt the
students and the dose of admonition given regularly disturb them.
There the examination, the students suspend pleasure
giving activates. They do not go the play ground: cancel their picnic and forget
about cinemas. They are busy with their books go on reading while sipping a cup
of a tea: go on revising while lying in bed, they discuss questions; talk about
books and Cram about answers. Sonic perch on the trees: others sit in the
retired corner and still others stick themselves with chairs.
The examination fever touches the highest point on
the night before the examination. One gets disturbed sleep. Students get up
early in the morning and even the atheists pray. In front of the examination
hail one feels that everything was evaporated from his brain. A friend says.
“This question is sure to be set”. Another says. “Have you prepared these
questions?” The student feels disturbed and turns the pages of notes of hooks hazily
and rolls his eyes over the answer.
As soon as he takes his seat in the examination hall,
he prays to God or revises the questions. If the question paper is difficult,
glasses of water are ordered. The candidate perspires. An easy question paper
may make the choice of questions difficult. As he sets down to writing, he may
feel that much has evaporated from his brain.
Even after the examination the fever still haunts
the student. He tells his friend. ‘I was a bit confused” or “I could not do
justice to questions”. He counts his marks daily and thinks that he would get a
second class. He remains in this type of suspense when the Indignant Da comes.
He tries to find his roll number in the newspaper. This movement is very
troublesome because failure .would ignite taunting remarks of the friends, neighbors
and the relatives. Even if he gets through, he would be heard saying. “There is
something wrong with the examiner. Perhaps my answer sheets are replaced.”
Examination fever cannot be measured.