The Battleground

It’s that time of the year when teachers rule and caste their magical spells onto the students. It’s the end of semester and as always I am not equipped to face the battle.

Three weeks to endsems: I team up with Akhilesh, Rahul and Kingshuk to equip myself with the latest ammunition. Akhilesh and Rahul take charge of finding out the syllabus and books to refer. They approach the most reliable sources The Girls Hostel and Base Camp of 9 pointers. They handover the information to me and Kingshuk and we set ourselves to buy the ammunition. We rush to the store house Sify i-way (not the library) to get a copy of all the notes and books. With just two weeks to endsems I and my battalion are all equipped.

Two weeks to endsems: Its time for chalking out a strategy for the battle. A quick scan of datesheet, syllabus and rounds of meeting with my team mates a perfect strategy and timetable is in place. Every hour has been booked for all 6 courses and strategy in place to convert C’s into B’s. With just 10 days to the endsems the implementation starts.

One week to endsems: We are way behind schedule and running out of time. We decide to bunk all classes and cancel trips to 22 no. and just concentrate on studies. 3 days to endsems only 3 courses out of 6 are half prepared. Its time for swot analysis. We decide to study for the first exam.

Two days to endsems: We set early in morning and start with the easiest part of the course. By the afternoon we realize that the easiest part is not so easy and we have a mammoth task ahead. By late night infact early morning we have managed to finish the half of the course.

A day before endsem: Slowly and steadily we assimilate all that has been taught to us in last six months. By the evening we get another shock and discover new chapters have been added to the course. Its time to run to Karan Sehgals base camp to quickly review the left over course. We set ourselves to burn the midnight oil but then God castes his spell on us. There is no electricity!!!!! By late night with almost 15% of the course left we handed over our fate to the mercy of God.

Execution day: With just few hours to the first exam we quickly revise the course and rote some numericals and head off to the examination hall. As always teachers have set all the questions from the 15% left course (I wonder how do teachers always get to know what I had left) and left our marks in mercy of the teachers.

I and my friends fought like brave men with our pens and calculators and finally surrendered………………………………..