recently i had my mid semester examination.In the examination hall having nothing to write and a lot of time to spare. i looked around.i tried identifying the different characters that one finds in an examination hall. Some of those were:
- The well prepared geek: this guy is the most cliche.Found in almost every examination hall.He is usually the first one to come to class,all stationary in place.and submits paper on time.Be nice to him.Fat chances are that he's gonna be acing the exams.
- The so-much-to-write nerd: These are Another stereotype.He definitely gives all the average students a complex.He starts to write the minute the bell rings and keeps on writing till the invigilator takes away his sheets.He is also the one to ask for the most number of sheets.If one notices his expression its somewhere between a man with constipation and a surgeon doing a surgery.
- The smiling jock: This one is usually late in class and first one to submit his sheet and leave.Some of these students are actually rankers.One will always see a smile on their faces .Never a moment of doubt,even when they view the paper for the first time.
- The watcher: .This student looks at the watch at least 3 times in a minute and are usually the ones to ask the invigilator "how much time left"? every 10 minutes!! the reply is usually followed by super fast scribbling...
- The dreamer: I think most of us belong to this category.the view outside the windows has never felt so interesting as it does during an exam.at any given moment one can see atleast 3 students spaced-out.they can be staring at anything possible even an irrelevant eraser can be as interesting as a movie.
- The nail-biter: During my exams this year ,I spent a lot of time staring at a guy who sat adjacent to me during the exams.He spent 10 minutes of his time biting his nail at different angles while being spaced out and another then another ten minutes trying to find someone to chuck the bitten nail on .He's not the only one...... nail biters are a frequent sight in an examination hall.
- The love birds/love-struck: Trying to identify them in a class is not easy but if one pays close attention,one will definitely find them.Usually as fate would have it ,they would be sitting at different corners of the class.While the whole class is glancing around for help these two longingly look at each other and give those secret lovey-dovey smiles.In case of the love-struck-he/she's the one who keeping looking longingly at his/her crush but the subject never reciprocates.
- The loo-goer: this student surely drinks a ton of water before an exam.He keeps on wanting to go to the Washroom.Though not allowed most of the time.With an uncontrollable bladder this student at least goes to the loo thrice.Funny thing that there is always a strange content smile on thier face after they come back from the washroom.
- The peek-a-boo-er: Technically I would have called him a cheater.But this student cant really cheat.He's more like a wannabe pseudo- cheater.He looks around frantically for help.keeps on trying to look at the answer sheets around him but never catches more than a glimpse.His disappointment on not being able to cheat is similar to a footballer losing in a penailty shot.
- The-clumsy: I am not sure if this student is genuinely clumsy or tries it as an attempt to cheat. this students pen,pencil, eraser,sheet,q paper keeps on falling one at a time or all at one go..
- The socialite:this student glances around looking at other students not to cheat but to just say hi or a whispered "what up"
- this is not a type but the invigilators during an examination hall are immense source of entertainment.if one has 2 invigilator both ladies.eavesdropping their conversation can open new doors to one s ides of what gossip is.if one has a male and female: flirting between the two is a funny sight .the male invigilator being extra nice and giving the lady to sit on the chair,getting her coffee,and trying to make an interesting conversation.all this makes the examination hall a very interesting place indeed:)
