Are you SMART?

Instructions before you read:

1>Please feel free to skip questions if you don’t know or do not wish to answer.

2> Also do not stress on questions as you will not be graded.

Here I start:

Q1) Which elementary particle is attracted to an electron?

Q2) Which pole of a magnet is attracted to the south pole of the magnet?

Q3) Which gender is attracted towards female?

I hope you answered all the questions honestly. Now let’s analyze little bit. If you got all the answers correct you may have noticed that all the answers have something in common. So, here is a fourth question, what is it? Noticed? Noticed? Noticed? Ohk Take time………. Not yet. Let me tell you, all are opposites. Right? Keep this conclusion in mind and continue reading.

Many say that future generations are smarter than the previous ones. This implies that if we go back in time we will find fools and if we go to the future we will find smarts. I would like to see that mid era when we were at neutral point on the time scale of foolishness and smartness. I wonder what people call that era. 

Once Einstein quoted, “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of fools.” Sometimes I doubt about our generation and the generation mentioned by Einstein.  Look at today’s scenario of the world around. What Common name do the devices bear these days? Is it “SMART” what came through your mind. If it is the same then I wanted the same. SMART phones, SMART tablets, SMART Watches, SMART Television and the list go on. All these devices flourishing in the market and most of us are attracted to them. Do you still remember the Common thing we had figured out while answering the questions above? Yes, opposites.

Do we need a conclusion? I think it’s all ready done in our introduction. Last question, do you have a smart device? :P

This is my first recited poem "The Roadside Stand" by Robert Frost.

 I would like to thank

 Mr. Santhosh Kumar Kana ( PGT English, Kendriya Vidyalaya Kathmadu ) 

for his motivation and appreciating my work. 

I am also thankful to my friend Sefali Agrawal who helped me to  recognize my potential.

 

  Examinations

It was a year left and then a month for the ultimate test Boards for all the twelthies. Though there are very precise devices to measure time but still flow of time is never felt the way it moves.

February the slight fever could be felt. Everyone seen with books and saying “aab to padhna padega yaar bas ek mahina hii reh gayee hee”. The same line gives you motivation and dread both. Teachers always expect students to be prepared before a month of boards but it’s just the opposite. It’s when the preparation starts.

In no time just a week left and self-study time starts. An alarm was set for March 1^st. We felt, it is English we can do it in a day or two. The next day I woke up and felt the effect of yesterday’s snack at the restaurant. My Stomach going wild after every few minutes. You are always advised not to have eateries from outside but who cares. Never happened so what would today make a difference. But it does.

With running stomach and knocking head one can do nothing but go through English texts. It gives you pleasure and preparation both. I don’t know about others but my English preparation started a week before. 

It doesn’t matter how experienced you are with examinations you can always feel its fever at any level. It always happens during examinations you need a break after every chapter and sometimes after paragraphs. My hands magnetized towards my cellphone. Logging to social networking sites during each break and chat pops out saying “How much have you prepared? I haven’t started yet.” No matter how much you have done 

your reply is always same.

I think the best way to prepare during exams is to solve sample papers.  It gives you an idea of how much you know. You are able to find your strong and weak points. Someone has rightly said “The best practice is to match practice. “ This gave me an idea of why not solving sample papers exact at that time when the examination starts. And it really works. You train your mind as the situation demands.

As I said flow of time is never felt and I was in the examination hall. The 3 deciding hrs of your year’s hard work and few months sacrifices.  First day of examination and I can see all faces whispering a silent prayer. Since I had done with sample papers at same time before, it wasn’t a wrapped in a wonder for me. Examination hall is not a place to experiment with questions but prepared results at the tip of your pen.

The moment you come out of the examination hall you search for “your” company. If your exams were up to your expectation you will search for cheerful faces and your subject teacher else the one who is in your team.

Three days to go and battle with physics starts. It’s a subject which scares everyone. The most hated part is the derivation. Sometimes I felt that scientists never had intention to load all their experiments and papers on students, it’s the educationists who have done it. And most of us curse those genius scientists. Three days without distracting myself solved as many problems as I could. I was quite good with the theory part so needed a glance of it.

5^th march 10:15 am physics paper in my hand. I opened the middle page and saw a question which was very familiar with me. It gave me a slight upliftment. The 15 mins are not just to read the questions. Its time when you have to structure your answersheet too and prepare some of the answers. Some questions will make you feel that you can do it easily but when its time it’s out of your head. You feel that the equation is in your head. You just need a recall but this doesn’t happen. 

Its time you have to return the answer sheets. A student just asking a minute or two and the invigilator replies “Two minutes has 120 seconds my dear” and snatches it. Out of the class all you can see is surprise faces.

As physics got derivations chemistry has got reactions. One has to remember the reactions by hook or by crook. Reactions are like atoms and molecules of the subject. You don’t mention them; they don’t mention your marks. Sometimes I felt that if I had done this part earlier. I think the 5 days gap I was totally mad. Studying for fun and studying for exams are like two faces of the coin.

11^th March, Chemistry paper in my hand and I look around for a while. Nothing but cheerful faces. No doubt we are going to rock the papers. Everyone were done with the paper in just 2 hrs.

Mathematics and nine days in hand. More gaps more relaxed you feel. One of the coolest thing about math’s is no theory to remember. What you need to do is just practice.   

Computer and physical education to go. Just a day for computer and a fast revision was only possible. Some subjects you don’t have to work hard. One just need theme of the chapters. Physical education was a book never opened throughout the year. I think most of us were more concerned with the postures then with the texts. After all picture speak more than words!

We had done with all the papers a day before the colorful festival “Holi”.  I wish my batch for colorful results.