Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Heat of anxiety



Just a glance at the question paper
Ears grew hot
Throat clogged
Felt the jaws aching
I wipe my dampened palms
Sitting in the examination hall
I realize, it’s the heat of anxiety



What if  you learn a lot with full dedication (At least you think so) but questions in the test paper seem alien to you? What if you find some questions dancing in front of your eyes which you ignored and thought they were not 'that' important? Moreover, time is running out and you see all your friends engrossed in writing...

Sometimes, it happens due to extreme nervousness. One of my relatives, a brilliant and dedicated student, returned after the paper and started crying. everyone was shocked. A student who studied well and had great knowledge couldn't write well in exams. He said "As I got the question paper, I started to feel as if I knew nothing."


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45 comments:

  1. It does happens to some students.My son, too, enjoyed your poem.

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    1. A BIG thank you to your son!! I'm really happy!:)

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  2. Hopefully your cousin did better than he thought !

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    1. He, obviously, got less marks in that paper..:( but as I said he was a very good student, he managed to do well in others...:)

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  3. Sadly this does happen. But weird as I am, I like to give exams. Actually the less I am prepared, the more I enjoy the actual exam process.

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  4. Oh, I know exactly what you mean here. Well penned. I am so glad THOSE days are behind me!

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  5. True ... that is some scary situation to be in re!

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  6. it happened with one of my friends.. scary situation.. :-o

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  7. Test-taking anxiety is a serious condition...

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  8. I used to pray to the God of Bullshitting and vomit on my papers...Verbal Diarrhea out of my pen..

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  9. Anxiety is full of heat, peace is required and the right answers

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  10. Ah the tensions of a student life!! even now I get scary dreams where I went prepared for maths when it was a biology exam :P

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  11. An uncomfortable heat for sure. I remember times like that!! Thanks for posting.

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  12. I like the perspective - heat of anxiety ~ Can be used to do well in an activity though ~

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  13. Test taking can be tough, especially when you are sitting for college entrance exams. I remember studying so hard for the SAT and then not doing very well. Then I went and took the ACT and practically aced it. I was more relaxed and didn't overly prepare...just went in and took it. You captured the emotions felt in the heat of the moment perfectly!

    Kathy
    http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com

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    1. Being nervous is inevitable but too much of anything is not good you see...
      Thank you Kathy!

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  14. My grandson seems to have a bit of test anxiety going on .... I feel so sorry for him. Hope it fades as he ages.

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  15. Oh yes I know how this feels... you just get so nervous and all the questions seem to be alien.. as though you have never seen those topics at all... It is really very scary at that moment..

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  16. This is the worst feeling ... anxiety. Roiling heat and such an unsettling feeling with no productive place to go!

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  17. its such a common feeling for all students irrespective of age or gender! and your poem harnessed the emotions pretty well :)

    Richa

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  18. i recall this feeling - luckily dreamed more about this feeling that actually experiencing it:)
    and love your take on heat.. i still need to work on my TT post..:)

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  19. Nice take on heat.

    http://joycelansky.blogspot.com/2013/07/theme-thursday-heat.html

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  20. yes thats really scary...nicely put!

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  21. I somehow think that we never truly outgrow those types of feelings that we have when we take a test. Throughout life one takes many tests. But I think after one graduates from school the hardest tests we take after that are the ones when we go for job interviews. I do not think that any test in school prepares one for taking an oral exam during a job interview. Especially since they can ask you questions totally unrelated to your job. But then again some people think the hardest test is when their baby tests them as a parent. We all want to pass that test.

    I love the heat you have shared with us for this weeks Theme Thursday. May you pass every test you take and good luck for your cousin on his tests too.

    God bless.

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    1. Thank you very much Mrsupole for your best wishes!! Glad you liked it:)

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  22. This has happened to me! Beautifully capsulized here.

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