Why do we constantly have to take exams?
In fact, yours truly is about to sit for one
tomorrow and her teeth are practically chattering and she has to resist the temptation to yank her hair out and scream! Remember when you were in primary school and you only had to worry about five subjects only? Well, in secondary school, it sucks to have to study seven extremely hard subjects as well as
maintain your sanity all at once.
In my opinion, we don't gain anything from exams. We memorise and study and do exercises after exercises until our brains melt but it all goes away after exams, right? We rejoice. enjoy and relax during the holidays but when the time comes for us to return to school, our heads are as empty as my father's plate at
Sri Paandi's after he finishes eating his
briyani rice. So, are we gaining or losing here?
Why am I freaking out over the exams? The main reason here is because I want a PlayStation 2
soooo badly!!! This beautiful joy-bringer has eluded from my grasp for almost 3 years. Do you have any idea what it does to a teenager's mentality!!! I also feel pressured. Not by my parents or friends but by myself. I want so badly to make my parents proud and get a prize at the end of the year and move up to the best class next year that I have to resist the temptation to cry my self to sleep every night. I'm also afraid that if I fail to
achieve my parents expectations, I will probably be suffering for the rest of my life. If you think I'm joking, you are sadly mistaken.
So even if we gain or lose by taking exams, feel pressured by it, be
tempted by the glorious
PlayStation 2 or go insane studying to make our parents proud, we still have to take it for some reason. Let me know if they finally agree to ban all exams in the future...