BATTLE WITH FEVER

With world cup fever gripping up among cricket aficionados, there is a phobia prevalent among the student community. It’s the Exam Phobia.

Unfortunately, our human body isn’t designed like windows, in which multiple windows can be processed at the same time. Only a select few privileged mortals are capable of multitasking. The rest of the people, can utmost, crib about the schedule. They are not sad about the world cup being played in the month of March, but are pissed off by the fact that their exams overlap with world cup.

This is a fundamental problem for cricket lovers. The cricket season in our country starts in the month of March and our education system doesn’t give a special consideration for the cricket fanatics. Mathematically speaking, there is a very high probability of declivity in student’s performance in a logarithmic scale
(Ps: I am an ENGINEER )

It may sound as a simple issue to a few but this is a multifaceted problem. Parents & tuition teachers have to sacrifice some crucial matches of world cup for their wards or students. Statisticians will be put to a dilemma. They have to decide whether to collect data about Sachin’s centuries in world cup or to record the number of people appearing for the board exams.

Despite of the above challenges, cricket & exams have co-existed for many exams. Even though there is no symbiotic existence between the two, these events are of synonymous nature
(PS: No wrong usage of word . For a final year student like me, Exams are indeed comical event)

Let’s try to analyze the similarities associated with cricket & exams

1. The preparation, irrespective of the number of hours, will never be enough. Only after you enter the field (or exam hall) , you will want to ask the opposition captain (or the invigilator) , in Oliver twist style “Can I have more” (PS: Here, more refers to practice time & not food :p )

2. The expectations of the spectators will always be utopian. It’s not feasible for Sachin to score a century in every match or a guy, who always scrapes through his exam, to pass with a distinction.

3. The atmosphere will always be tense. People must realize that a match or exam isn’t the end of life. There is always next time.

4. Performance will always be “Super Ordinary”. It’s natural that we use an unnecessary adjective in India (Word usage Reference: http://life-means-so-much.blogspot.com. I don’t want get caught for plagiarism :D )

5. It is impossible to predict the outcome as the end result will be capricious. No statistical method, till this date, is able to determine the quantitative outcome of a match (or an exam)

6. The probability of the failure increases proportionally to skyrocketing expectations. Sometimes, the expectations are as high as Taipei 101, the world’s tallest building.

7. Demand-supply gap will always exist After all, in economic terms; we are still a developing country .

8. At the end of the season, the report will always be a stinker
During this period, media will make money, by projecting these “Larger than life events”. It’s time people realize that it’s yet an another match (or Exam)

(PS: Media, includes my blog also, which is glorifying a trivial cause )

At the end, we must salute these people, who manage to come out successfully in flying colors in their exams.
(Here, success is measured in a relative scale. In a class, there can only be one topper :) )

Believe me, Multitasking isn’t simple. I had to turn off my Winamp play list for writing this blog.

PS: I would like to mention a special word about the organising team of instincts (SSN), who successfully did not conduct the blogging contest.