Class I Railroad and Answer Sheets
It is not that easy to become a Hero to Zero in No time. I am not talking about Suresh Kalmadi, Barkha Dutt and Chetan Bhagat. This is a post about the class tests and examinations that tortured us during our school days.
I was a champion of sorts in getting zero marks in class tests and examinations. When I joined a new school in Class 6, I became a hero with my joke-cracking skills , own composed songs, Dancing ability and my secret weapon - Mimicry. My friends were also scared of me because of my Karate skills. It was the best three months of my school life (June 1992 to August); and then the Mad-Mid term Test came into my life. I never knew that a simple school Test would change my status from a Hero to a Zero in a jiffy.
You might think that getting Zero marks in an exam can be easily achieved by not writing anything on the paper. There is no thrill in getting zero marks by not writing anything on paper. The real achiever is one who fills up the examination answer sheets with his literary, logical and analytical skills and still manages to get zero marks for the paper. I fall under such a category.
Zeroes have been a part and parcel of my life. Getting zero marks in exams is an art by itself. I had mastered this art at a very tender age. Very few recognised my skills in this area. If only the Ministry of education had noted my skills, they would have conferred me with an honorary Doctorate degree or at least a Master of Arts degree. My teachers had a very bad habit. On all other days, I was allowed to sit along with boys in classroom. Three boys would sit on one bench.
Exam time is the only time when I become a sincere prayer warrior. Even If I had not touched my text books, I would pray very sincerely as soon as the question paper is handed to me. During those days,getting an additional sheet of paper was seen as an achievement by itself. The main answer paper had 4 sides. More often I would find it very difficult to cross these 4 pages itself. After
I was a champion of sorts in getting zero marks in class tests and examinations. When I joined a new school in Class 6, I became a hero with my joke-cracking skills , own composed songs, Dancing ability and my secret weapon - Mimicry. My friends were also scared of me because of my Karate skills. It was the best three months of my school life (June 1992 to August); and then the Mad-Mid term Test came into my life. I never knew that a simple school Test would change my status from a Hero to a Zero in a jiffy.
You might think that getting Zero marks in an exam can be easily achieved by not writing anything on the paper. There is no thrill in getting zero marks by not writing anything on paper. The real achiever is one who fills up the examination answer sheets with his literary, logical and analytical skills and still manages to get zero marks for the paper. I fall under such a category.
Zeroes have been a part and parcel of my life. Getting zero marks in exams is an art by itself. I had mastered this art at a very tender age. Very few recognised my skills in this area. If only the Ministry of education had noted my skills, they would have conferred me with an honorary Doctorate degree or at least a Master of Arts degree. My teachers had a very bad habit. On all other days, I was allowed to sit along with boys in classroom. Three boys would sit on one bench.
Exam time is the only time when I become a sincere prayer warrior. Even If I had not touched my text books, I would pray very sincerely as soon as the question paper is handed to me. During those days,getting an additional sheet of paper was seen as an achievement by itself. The main answer paper had 4 sides. More often I would find it very difficult to cross these 4 pages itself. After