EXAM TIME AGONY AUNT

Sleepless nights. Empty cups of coffee. Endless piles of books and sheets scattered all over. Puffy eyes and dark circles. Premature ageing. It is the most vehemently hated, dreaded time of the year again. Each day becomes doomsday and each chapter becomes a battle to innocent students like you and I. Passing- let alone scoring well- is victory in itself. Appearing for the test, alone, is survival.

My first and foremost, and perhaps most fruitful advice to you is, do not leave the entire syllabus for the last day. This would be the right time to call me a hypocrite, but trust me, I have zero regrets. Why spend your short-lived youth at the desk, learning, mugging and shoving information down your throat; when you can sleep the day away in peace, in the comfort of your bed and blanket? There’s nothing like a day spent napping.

Fellow students, believe me- I understand your limitless plight. I’ve been- and still am- a first-hand victim to the same, societal-imposed atrocity called examinations, as you are. I, too, go through phases of internal hyperventilation at the image of my mathematics textbook. You are not alone in your battle. Your voice is heard.

As a matter of fact, after more than ten years of being a rat in this bafflement called education; after more than a decade of being subjected to the same, compulsory mental burdens as you are, if there’s anything I’ve mastered in life, it is the self-taught art of mugging chapters after chapters the night before the exam.

Here’s a quick tutorial on how YOU can master this art as well-