After a month.
The first board exam of life is always a memory. It started last month and finally it was over today, ending to all the stress that he had been carrying for last one month. This is the first exam in their life, that gives them the feelings of how to prepare patiently and present the best at the right time. They were doing that for school exams, but then the stress was missing. They were quite comfortable in giving those exams and prepared as well. But then when it comes to board exam, a whole different mindset comes automatically.
Getting up early, putting up a discipline, reading all day, revising important pieces as much as possible throughout the year and then focusing only on the particular subject in the gap - it gives a different experience and one can learn only when he faces. Sometimes, we would find him roaming inside the house in midnight - he does not know the word stress, but he feels the pinch. Covid certainly spoiled all these kids to a great extent - once upon a time, they were all addicted to games and even not admitting that they were cheating us. In fact they were cheating themselves, its just that they were not realizing. Thank God, finally he realized and put up the hard work.
The exam started on 27th Feb, and was over today. This year the board organized the exam a bit early, but I felt it was good for the students. Usually they schedule the exam to start in March and extend till April, but the heat waves would add extra stress - it easily crosses 40 degree centigrade in April. This year they had announced early that the exams will be in February giving the students the mindset to plan and prepare accordingly.
Did you notice anything in my Holi post ? If you did not notice, then he was missing in the pictures. The reason is that, the heat waves started when their exams started, but then there has been unexpected thunderstorms, and he caught up cold (which was manageable) and did not play colors as he had one exam just the day after. One more interesting commitment - he did not eat any preserved food outside during this entire period. The reason is that, once he had bowel issues after eating a sandwich from a reputed store. One of my doctor friend advised medicine and advised not to eat preserved food as its possible that the food may have developed bacteria because of several reasons. These are small commitments that one need to do in order to attain goals and this is their early experience. And most importantly he was away from Games for last several months - beyond expectation. Hopefully this post will remind him when he grows young.
Today he was quite comfortable as his favorite subject was there - Math. But when the students got out, the scene was quite tense - the paper was tough. That made us a little nervous, but when he came out, he was cheerful - he did well.
This entire time has been equally stressful for us, but we never set any high expectation. My rule of life is that prepare and present your best - and then God will help you.
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