My balcony overlooks a SSC examination centre, I was watching the reactions of many of the students gathered before the exam.
Most of them were accompanied by a parent/s and a few were walking in alone, some of them were huddled up in deep concentration and some preferred to stand and revise all by themselves.
there was this particular child who I was watching all along and he seemed to me to be(My own assessment)the class "Smartie' his friends gathered around him and most of them were trying to ask him a lot of questions and showing his books and reams of paper which he seemed to be answering patiently..what a lovely child. In the near distant stood his mother and a grandma(looked like to me) who were watching their boy all the while, doting and the boy was busy helping the others out.
The bell went off, and there was panic amongst students and parents hugging kissing last minute revisions and rushing towards the door. This boy, went to his mother and grandmother and said his byes and hugged them both, his grandmother traced her hand all over his face and drew it towards her own, that was such a sweet gesture, and they stood there watching the boy till he could be seen no more.
The after reactions are wonderful to watch, you can immediately come to know if the paper was easy or tough and how ? just watch the students faces, some are smiling and even do a little jig whilst some are trying and hoping for a miracle turning the pages to see the right answer was theirs.
The parents more anxious than the students havent I been there too ? and the anxiety is killing ... ... a prayer on my lips for the students and hope the next paper is better than the previous one.....God Bless them.
