“I want the presentation by the 14th class along with the reports, the topics for the final will be decided then only”…alas! It is the time we wait for the most…or dread. Whichever it may be we know that sooner or later we have to face it…reports, finals and the presentations. I thought a lot before writing this down, assuming that a lot of people would be on the verge of a panic attack like I always am when exams come up and piles of paper start smacking my head in dreams that turn into nightmares filled with ink pots, stacks of notes, feverish revisions and the ever famous what- would- mom- say- if- I- didn’t- get- a- job (this one’s for our graduating students).
Well the scenario in SZABIST before the semester ends is not quite different from anywhere else. First we have our classic nerds who can’t wait for the exams to start so that they can test their amazing skills and see how the magic of their pen builds a relation with their Einsteinic mind, leaving us lower human life forms to crawl behind praying for the marks that might be left for us.
Next we have the still- not –finished- with –my- work types who want to study for the exams for unfortunately cannot as they are in too much debt, completing not only their work but of others around them too. You see these people running from the photo copier to the computer lab and back again, fighting with the canteen guy for not having stable coffee to keep them calm and repeatedly cursing the printers.
Lastly we have the never- have- and- never- wills. The coolest group of people who don’t let trivial matters like final exams that would either make or break their gpa affect them in anyway whatsoever. We see these types lounging away the time texting their friends, talking about the latest trends or smoking away casually just two minutes before the exam, claiming to have not studied a bit. But whether they openly show it off or hide it behind dark shades, it is a well known fact that every student here at SZABIST is tensed whether they like it or not.
Oh but it’s not just the students who are tensed. It’s our administration that has to be on their toes too. I mean its not easy screaming repeatedly in the auditorium “do your paper, do your paper” while invidulation, or changing the seats of overly excited students who not only want to do their paper but fully assist others in theirs as well. Arranging tables and chairs even in the farthest corner of the room trying to cram everyone in while getting suggestions from students that drive you up the wall.
Our dear professors have a hard time on their own. The popularity of every teacher at SZABIST which throughout the year is reduced to snide remarks, creased eyebrows and grinded teeth from the students, rises sharply when the finals loom in. Every where we see students following their teachers around, asking the never ending last minute questions with their little friends tagging along till the prof’s have to take refuge in the bathrooms. Long lines outside offices and the occasional “please don’t fail me sir!” during exams. Our teachers enjoy being on the throne and if you have one’s like I do then you would be banging your head against the wall trying to remember that last point while you hear them snickering behind you, giving you lordly looks that confuse you till you just want o rip you sheet off.
But whether it is students, teachers or the administration everyone here knows that in the end we would be going back home with good memories…oh who am I kidding? We would still be biting off our remaining nails till the results come. BEST OF LUCK everyone.
agreed. but still, the lower life forms like me, are enjoying szabist as well =)
ReplyDeleteonly enjoying szabist thats it hahahha
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