School is always fun, but one thing that spoils the fun is a reminder that there will be an exam at the end of every semester. Down here, exam season is that season where lecturers show how powerful and mighty they are, as their every word reminds you about the forthcoming exams. While some are kind enough to remind you of the importance of good preparation, some just want to scare you. The truth about exams is once you get scared, you tend to panic in the hall, and panicking is bad for business.
It was just a few weeks to the exams, and as always, we will have both lecturers and some of our senior colleagues trying to instill fear in us and make sure that they get everyone to read and try to put in effort, as when you hear them talk, you can draw the conclusion that if you fail to read, then there is no way you can actually pass any course, and that alone serves as motivation to get one to bend down and do the needful.
"Don't worry; the semester exams are in a few weeks, and you guys still look lost. When I say something, nobody even has an idea. When we were students like you, we always studied ahead of our lecturers, so we always had an idea of everything they were talking about. I promise you guys, my questions will sweep you off your feet." One of our lecturers threatened getting everyone worked up, as he is not the first to mention how difficult their questions will be.
While the lecturer was still in class, I drifted away and got completely lost in my thoughts as I tried to picture how strict the exams would be as well as how difficult the questions would be since almost all our lecturers have promised us they will be brutal with their questions. I saw myself in one of those big exam halls with my question paper in my hands and invigilators moving left and right with no room to even ask a friend if there is a way they can help you out. As always, the invigilators were shouting at the top of their voices, "If you know you have anything on you that will implicate you, please do away with it. You can do away with anything that can implicate you now because if I catch you later, there will be no second chances." When a friend tapped me on my shoulder, bringing me back to reality.
"Bro, why do you look lost? Your body is here, but your mind is far away. I hope you are fine." Dera asked
"No, I am not; all these threats from all these lecturers are actually getting to me and making me feel scared about the forthcoming exams." I responded.
"You don't have to be scared, bro; all we have to do is start reading ahead of time to enable us to cover all that we have done so far." Dera said with so much determination.
"The way these lecturers talk, it feels like they might even bring questions from topics we did not cover or were not even taught." I responded as I buried my head in my palms.
"You have to calm down. We have been in this school for about three years now, and you should know how scary these lecturers try to make exams sound, and I don't expect you to get so worked up because of exams." Dera said as he tapped me on my shoulder.
"I really cannot help it this time; you know I am always like the stubborn one, but all these threats are really getting to me." I responded with a fake smile on my face but still feel the same deep down.
"We have written so many exams in this school, and this is how they threaten us: all you have to do is play your part by reading and being positive; remove negativity." Dera advised as we both stood up to leave the class.
