Essay On The Night Before An Examination.The night before an examination is a dreadful night. I have heard that a condemned person enjoys a good sleep on the night before the final morning when he is hanged. Perhaps the secret is that the sentence has set all his doubts at rest and reconciled him to his fate. If this, however, be true. the lot of an examinee is harder than that of a man who awaits hanging. On the night before an examination the examinee is on the rack and can neither concentrate on his studies nor enjoy a restful sleep.
To maintain perfect composure on this night is a sheer impossibility. Even the exceptionally meritorious students experience a sinking of the spirit. They. too, impatiently turn the pages of the books; even the best of preparations for the ordeal fail to set them free from worry. And since it is the lot of the brilliant ones, the lot of the average students is, much worse.
An average students starts reading just at nightfall and keeps poring over the pages in a disquiet manner. He skips over a few topics but on second thought, discovers that those topics are as much important as the rest. He turns the pages and read them but can hardly follow what the words mean. A sense of despair creeps into his heart, but only a moment and again he begins fresh assault. For some minutes the sentences give out their meanings but the students find that he has devoted a disproportionately long time to a topic and reads hurriedly. The result is obvious; again he fails to make out the implication.
A spell of total despondency descending on him, he leans against the back of the chair. He gets deeply immersed in thought and curses his lot. His mother sees it and thinks that her son is exhausted and needs a bit of attention. She affectionately asks him to the dining table but receives a shock when her sOn, in utter exasperation, gives a rude answer. But mother's patience is often unassailable, so her persuasion prevails upon him.
This diversion works a healthy change; once again he becomes resolute. He comes back with a refreshed spirit and starts with an unshakable tenacity of purpose. Promise to sit up all the night comes very easily.
But fresh trouble arises before long; the mean begins to have its effect on the examinee. At first he feels his faculties to be greatly weakened. Drowsiness follows quickly, and he fails to comprehend what he reads. In spite of himself, his eye-lids close, but with tremendous effort he opens them. But this yields no result; before reaching the close of the sentence he sleeps again, and his head hangs down.
Soon he starts up with a jerk and rubs his eyes, but his resolution has already begun to fail. He thinks that a short nap will cure all trouble and goes to bed. But his effort to get a sleep is defeated by thick coming fancies. Even the things got by heart seem to have gone clean out of his head. He can manage to recall only some patches with great difficulty and finds the bed intolerable.
He gets up and takes down the book. In a nervous state he pursues some pages and confuses the ideas.. With a dogged determination he tries to follow the order of thoughts but once again his head reels. He gives up to despair and goes to sleep. But his sleep is no sleep of the just (sound sleep). It is disturbed by horrible dreams. His sleep breaks many times, and he shudders, to think what may happen in the examination hall. And when he rises in the morning, he is completely shattered in body and mind.
The night before an examination is more dreadful than the examination itself. In the examination hall one has not to speculate about the questions and their nature; so one has not to be in trembling uncertainties. What remains for one to do is either to attempt at answering the questions or to leave the hall. But on the night before it a boy can neither leave his books nor fix his attention on them. If he proposes to leave them, it occurs to him that a wise use of the minutes that lie ahead may fetch him good marks. But to concentrate is impossible in this condition of suspense, doubt and uncertainty. So he has only to sit and make frantic effort to read or to write in his bed.
To maintain perfect composure on this night is a sheer impossibility. Even the exceptionally meritorious students experience a sinking of the spirit. They. too, impatiently turn the pages of the books; even the best of preparations for the ordeal fail to set them free from worry. And since it is the lot of the brilliant ones, the lot of the average students is, much worse.
An average students starts reading just at nightfall and keeps poring over the pages in a disquiet manner. He skips over a few topics but on second thought, discovers that those topics are as much important as the rest. He turns the pages and read them but can hardly follow what the words mean. A sense of despair creeps into his heart, but only a moment and again he begins fresh assault. For some minutes the sentences give out their meanings but the students find that he has devoted a disproportionately long time to a topic and reads hurriedly. The result is obvious; again he fails to make out the implication.
A spell of total despondency descending on him, he leans against the back of the chair. He gets deeply immersed in thought and curses his lot. His mother sees it and thinks that her son is exhausted and needs a bit of attention. She affectionately asks him to the dining table but receives a shock when her sOn, in utter exasperation, gives a rude answer. But mother's patience is often unassailable, so her persuasion prevails upon him.
This diversion works a healthy change; once again he becomes resolute. He comes back with a refreshed spirit and starts with an unshakable tenacity of purpose. Promise to sit up all the night comes very easily.
But fresh trouble arises before long; the mean begins to have its effect on the examinee. At first he feels his faculties to be greatly weakened. Drowsiness follows quickly, and he fails to comprehend what he reads. In spite of himself, his eye-lids close, but with tremendous effort he opens them. But this yields no result; before reaching the close of the sentence he sleeps again, and his head hangs down.
Soon he starts up with a jerk and rubs his eyes, but his resolution has already begun to fail. He thinks that a short nap will cure all trouble and goes to bed. But his effort to get a sleep is defeated by thick coming fancies. Even the things got by heart seem to have gone clean out of his head. He can manage to recall only some patches with great difficulty and finds the bed intolerable.
He gets up and takes down the book. In a nervous state he pursues some pages and confuses the ideas.. With a dogged determination he tries to follow the order of thoughts but once again his head reels. He gives up to despair and goes to sleep. But his sleep is no sleep of the just (sound sleep). It is disturbed by horrible dreams. His sleep breaks many times, and he shudders, to think what may happen in the examination hall. And when he rises in the morning, he is completely shattered in body and mind.
The night before an examination is more dreadful than the examination itself. In the examination hall one has not to speculate about the questions and their nature; so one has not to be in trembling uncertainties. What remains for one to do is either to attempt at answering the questions or to leave the hall. But on the night before it a boy can neither leave his books nor fix his attention on them. If he proposes to leave them, it occurs to him that a wise use of the minutes that lie ahead may fetch him good marks. But to concentrate is impossible in this condition of suspense, doubt and uncertainty. So he has only to sit and make frantic effort to read or to write in his bed.
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