I know how it feels when a lost opportunity just crushes
your spirit completely. But I've learned a few things from experiences like this:
I studied my 11th and 12th in sri
chaitanya junior college in Hyderabad. And I can say that it’s the worst place
for someone like me who likes to play and have some free time. But I didn’t
really have a chance to escape that because I already changed two colleges
saying I didn’t like them. But I made some of the best friends I ever had there
so, I kind of loved that too. We had the most awful timings (from 7am to 7pm).
Despite all that I studied there working hard hoping to best in JEE ADVANCED,
and finally the day came. My home is a bit far from my exam centre. It took 45
min to get there. I was in the examination hall and my father was outside. Then
the invigilator started to check the ID proofs and that was when I realised I
didn’t have any. I went up to him and asked if it was ok if I didn’t have my
ID. To my horror, he said that it was compulsory and he can’t allow me without
my ID or I should go and talk to principal. I was terrified, All the coolness,
confidence and effort of two years gone in one second. My mind went blank and I
ran to my dad and explained the situation. We then went to principal’s room
which was all the way across the campus and when we talked to him, he said it
was not a big deal and students do that all the time and he allowed us to
submit the ID before the exam ends. I was relieved but still in chaos. Then we
ran to the hall and the invigilator had to verify everything and I started the
exam 20 min late.
It was like the worst
thing that could happen has happened to me. But I don’t regret that (I do a bit
though) because I have learned many things about myself. After sitting in the
exam, for the first 5 min, all I could think of was “why did this happen to me”,
but after some time I thought that if I keep thinking of that, I was going to
ruin the exam more. It was like an optimist guy and a depressed guy talking to
each other in side my head. Finally, I could get over all that by the starting
of second paper and I did pretty well in that. The important thing was that I learned
that I had good self control and I had good command over the subjects. And after
coming here to IITR I learned that you might not end up with what you want but
you can always try and like what life puts you through which I can say is
something you don’t regret.
But the most important thing that I learned from this
incident was “CARRY ID CARD EVERY WHERE.”
