Board Exam Diaries

Hi all, I present to you my latest story titled "Board Exam Diaries." This story is based on my school days and my Board Exam days.

As the Board exam season is near, I want to motivate my juniors for Board exams.

I completed my schooling at Sindhi High School, studying there from Nursery till my 10th standard. Till the 9th grade, everything was fine, and nobody asked me about my marks. But when I came to the 10th grade, people started caring too much about me and my marks.

I met great teachers like Jyoti Mam (my nursery teacher), Rekha Mam, Masthi Babu sir, Suma Mam. But during the 10th grade, I met two awesome teachers who motivated me and gave me new ideas – they were Lata Mam and Pratima Mam.

During the 10th grade, I joined an institute to train myself so that I could get a good percentage in my boards. The institute I joined was IISE, located near Ram Mandir, Rajajinagar. I met nice teachers like Rajesh sir, Venkat sir, Prasanna sir. They taught me well, and I started enjoying the subjects I hated. The subject I disliked was Chemistry because I never understood its practicality. However, Prasanna sir explained the concepts well and in a fun manner.

I met an amazing teacher named Harish; he taught us Geography so nicely and in a fun way.

At school, Lata Mam was my English teacher, and Pratima Mam was my Geography teacher; she sometimes taught us economics too. Lata Mam conducted debates on current affairs, and all of my classmates and I used to participate, improving our public speaking skills.

Pratima Mam explained Geography and Economics so well that we started enjoying her classes to a great extent, and I learned the concepts nicely.

Rekha Mam was my English teacher for 3 or 4 years; she increased my creativity and helped me improve my public speaking skills. She encouraged me and other students very nicely.

Suma Mam was my Kannada teacher in 8th grade. She encouraged me a lot while learning Kannada and helped me improve my writing skills. I liked her teaching style a lot.

Masthi Babu Sir was my Kannada teacher in 9th grade; he motivated me a lot and helped me with grammar. I remember the classes he took for Samasagalu. He taught so passionately.

Here comes the main part, my Board Exam Journey. So, my Board Exam started somewhere at the end of February. I had farewell and graduation day during mid-February. I still remember the farewell day and Principal Mam's speech during Graduation day.

So from Feb 12th, my study holidays started. Firstly, I never cared too much about it; I was like I will write however much I know, but I will prepare the best. I won't leave any point during my preparation, as I knew these study holidays were very important.

My exam center was Army Public school located at K Kamaraj Road, Bengaluru. The school is really big and has huge gardens and playing grounds. I liked that school a lot even though I never studied there, but still, something was special about the place.

My first exam was English, the exam in the middle was Social Studies for which I had got a 10-day gap, and the last exam was Math.

I faced all the papers bravely and in a cool manner; I wrote everything I knew and believed in myself.

Finally, the last paper arrived, that means the last day of my Boards, the last day of my school life; the date was 23rd March.

I was worried about my Math paper; my Math teacher was with us at the exam center. To relax our minds, she told us to close our eyes and imagine ourselves writing the paper with full confidence as if we know all the answers. I imagined it and felt good.

Then finally, we entered the class; the invigilator gave us the question paper. Before reading the question paper, I took my God's name and prayed to him to guide me through the paper. I saw the questions and started analyzing them in my mind; after a few minutes, I started writing. The writing time was 3 hours; I completed the paper in 2.5 hours and started checking my answers.

The last 10 minutes, I imagined myself going outside the class and enjoying the moments with my friends.

I recollected all my school memories in the last 10 minutes. Then finally, our papers were collected, and we were told to leave the class.

Yayyyy! My Board exams were over. That day is the day I am going to remember and cherish my whole life, the day I wore my school uniform for the last time.

At the end of May, the results were declared; I scored 72% overall, scored 90% (out of 100) in 3 subjects.

Now, though I am a college student, I still visit my school often and meet my teachers.