Exams

We all know the word. We know it so well that we dread any sentence even remotely related to it. Yes, for my first rant I've decided to talk about.....

                           Have you ever felt that way?

The reason why I'm blogging about this? Because I'm nearly done with mine! :D A few more days then I'm home free baby! Ah, the final days feel so nice dunit? But then we have to endure hell to get there.

There's the week before the exam during which we cram and speed read through all the topics, the subjects, the notes, the exercises. All so we actually know stuff when the day comes. Then there's the ten minutes before the exams, when we totally panic trying to remember that one thing that you just read last night when you were staying up late to study. After ten minutes, the silence. The stress filled classroom where you know everyone's going through the same thing as you. Everything you did the whole semester was for this. Oh wait, what was that thing with the example and the reason that teacher was talking about that one time? And the notes that I copied that time in class, what did they say again? Urgh, I should have paid more attention. But that eventually passes even if you don't want it to. First, you remember stuff at the last minute and try and write it down before the teacher comes and takes away the paper. Then you turn to your friend who's sitting next to you to talk about the exam. You find out you wrote something wrong, and then your friend also gets that slap in the face. You start to regret it, then you move on to lunch with your friends. Then you forget about it. Until the next week or two when the results are out. Then you start panicking more than before! XD But that's another story :P

The average person usually just wants to pass. But then again, there are those who get A's and B's. And then there are those who somehow always manage to get A's like they're nothing. Late nights, paper cuts, and no fun what so ever. What could be better? :( But then, we kind of need exams, don't we? We need that kind of deadline to make sure we're not wasting out time. If we're forced to do something that's suppose to be good for us, shouldn't we at least give it a try so we get something out of it in the end. So, what do you guys think? What do exams mean to you? And what is or was it like for you?