The interior of the office was like a box, though much bigger. She sat on one of the two white plastic chairs opposite the doctor's seat. A singular piece of furniture, the long rectangular wooden table on four legs served as a demarcation…
3 Unusual Things Excellent Students Do During Examination Periods
Have you ever wondered what goes on in the head of the straight-A student in your class? Well, here it is!
Professor Jane was in charge of our examination centre that day and it has been well-known to every student in the whole university that she always ends up catching one or two students engaging in examination malpractice. My classmates were all riled up and everyone was sitting on pins and needles because you never could tell what you would do wrong to get to the Students Disciplinary Committee. It had been rumoured in previous years that Professor Jane had caused the expulsion of a final-year medical student because she borrowed a pencil in the examination hall.
I was not jittery like my friends and classmates were - in fact, I was so calm I had begun to think that I wasn't normal. My calmness eventually wore out when I got to the examination centre and found out that the examination had started fifteen minutes ago. My tears came spilling down without warning and I tried reasoning it out with Professor Jane…and as expected, she refused to let me in. Most of my classmates who were already in the examination hall were sympathising with me already and shaking their heads for what was to become of me and even I was sure I was doomed. However, one thing I had always remembered was an audio I had listened to titled, "You Are Valuable". I knew that there was nothing too good for me and so, I insisted on staying outside the hall, not giving up.
Some minutes later, Professor Jane walked towards the window and happened to see me standing under the scorching sun. Maybe it was a momentary motherly feeling or maybe it was because I had found favour in her sight, she beckoned to me and allowed me into the examination hall. Although she did not give me a minute extra, I was able to finish my work with speed.
When the results came out, it was shocking when my classmates saw my name topping the class list and they all asked me what my secrets were. I refused to tell them and only wanted to share my story here, with the audiences of Gbemi Writes and the world.
1. I activated the principle of the blessing of education.
Recently, especially as the school exams started, I have heard students sigh and shout, "All of these will not matter in heaven!", "Why must we do exams? Can't our lecturers trust us?", " Only a fool will read!" and a lot of strange sentences seem to constantly fly around.
However, if I had had that type of mentality, I would have left the examination venue immediately after I was refused entry. I would have flipped my skirt, turned and entered the nearest cafeteria to soothe my broken soul but I didn't do that because I knew that whatever I had found myself doing should be done well. I knew that education is not a curse and is in fact, a blessing because when I get educated, I get equipped for innovations, more wisdom and inventive thinking. I know that getting educated implied that more souls were relying on me to help them and doing very badly in my examination will disappoint God, myself and humanity.
Having the mindset of education being a great part of the blessings we have as human beings will cause you, as a student, to do your best without getting tired. It will help you find your schoolwork interesting, tutorials sweet to attend and exams the best things to do on earth.
2. I activated the mindset of working at ease.
My professor made me come in late yet I was able to top my class. This didn't come because I was intelligent or because I had read - of course, they also played a very integral part. But, of what use is one's intelligence if one were unable to calm down in an examination setting and write properly?
I knew that fidgeting and losing my calm at that moment was not going to help me get my desired results so, the business of wisdom I was in prompted me to take a deep breath, shut out the noise around me and focus on the sheets of examination papers before me. It isn't normal to fail any exams as a student, it is not the will of God for you, not the will of your parents, not the will of your teachers and I'm very sure, not your will either so why should unexpected situations that pop up suddenly determine how well you do in an examination?
Therefore, it is only right to apply the wisdom of ease to your examination. Refuse to be intimidated even when you have just a few minutes left, a real soldier does not leave the warfront until he either dies or he kills his enemies off. Likewise, you are the soldier, and the examination is your warfront, your examination papers are your enemies and you have to finish it off because you have been placed stronger and higher than any examination.