Mind boggling March

Hello there,

If you have been regular at my blog, you would have noticed the change in theme; if this is your first time, then a warm welcome.

This time of the year is the most crucial in many a student life – annual exams, board exams, b-school interviews, placement interviews (both under grad and post grad) and what nots! And, in India its not the student alone that’s a bundle of nerves; its the whole family.  I still remember the day, when my uncles, aunts, grand parents, cousins, my mom’s colleagues, my dad’s friends called me up to wish me good luck for a math exam. More than the wishes I remember hearing the standard phrases ” Are you well prepared”, “Dont take any tension”, ” Revise 3-4 times”, “Write neatly” etc etc etc, and with a teacher at home (and by the way, I have graduated and hold a masters degree, however mom still goes to school ), I was bound to hear them over and over again!

The biggest convenience of a mom and child going to the same school lies in the commute from home to school and I used to love the morning walks from home to school the day I had an exam because it gave me precious few minutes to revise, recollect and recite (I was a Sanskrit student at school and sanskrit meant lotsa and lots of poems). My mom had to go through harrowing experience of hearning them whether she understood or not.

I think of this every march and I am sure there at least a thousand Chinis out there going through similar emotions. My best wishes to all kids and hope they all sail through this period successfully!

Chini

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