Thursday, February 26, 2009

DEAR BORED, EXAM STUDENTS.........
Wassup people? I know that creepy feeling is coming up again, just behind your neck like a dark, long shadow waiting to engulf your brains into blankness. Take a chill pill dudes and gals and take some time out to relax.

It’s not as bad as it seems you know, we have all been through this before. Your mom and dad too! But you know what? It was a lot easier for us. Our parents hardly knew which paper we had to appear for the next day, we did not spend 20 hours of studying, we did not have to worry about what clothes to wear for tuition and whether our stationary was passé or not.

We never had to think if our fancy mobiles had enough balance to chat with 26 best friends and then some more. We never had to bother uploading our i-pods to keep track of the new tracks. We definitely never spent anytime brooding over high protein and low carb meals. Nor did we ponder over tight tees and high heels

Life was pretty easy. We just needed to attend school and revise at home. The college cut off marks did not begin and end in 90’s.Our neighbours and uncles and aunts never sent any good luck cards or curiously inquired about preparations.

We did not have aptitude advisors; help lines to de stress or an unending television network to choose from in case we needed a break. We did not have sentimental parents who were worried more than us and whether or not we would score more than their best friend’s bright daughter did, the year before last.

School was fun; teachers were individuals we looked up to even though we often mimicked them, the Principal often a role model. We did have our share of fears and tears but that was while sports not study time. We never had to worry if the online 6.3version of our vistas laptop was unable to download important points. Our grammar lessons were not complicated with an extra sms language ‘wid d kinda lingo dat is a gr8 ‘shortcut to things we wanted to say.

It was very easy for us, no tempting coffee shops or burger joints to hang out in, no multiplex or bowling alleys to chill the pep in, definitely no hot set of wheels to zoom around town in .Most of you still have the same books that we studied and believe me, it is still not easy for us to read them. That’s probably because we are not as well read as you I mean we did not have chicken soup for the teenage soul series to choose from.

It must be really tough on all of you out there, to be saint like and distance yourself from all these worldly pleasures, to concentrate on unending dates, lines and chapters of something that you have probably already revised 50 times over from guide and model paper books.

But you know what, the good part is that within a few days, it will all be over and you may return to your world, one which you make worthy living in, in your own special way. Till then, just breeze through with your papers; give it your best shot because all of you are much more competent at multitasking than any of us ever were.

Good luck and God bless from an entire generation of people who would have loved to be in your shoes. ;).

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