The prognosis isn't good

This is for all those who are waiting for their CBSE Board Exam Results, of X and XII. I know how you feel. I have felt this way once before, two years back... Although it was the same, yet I remember, it was completely different. I was more confident then, I knew the approximate marks I would get in each subject, and they all came out nearly accurate. Now, I lend my ears to anyone who has something to say, about how erratic the whole system of checking is and I want to believe it... Two people told me the same story, but it happened with two different people: Apparently, the candidates knew less than 50% of the answers correctly and they were expecting the worst, but one of them got 94% in Math and the other got around 97% in Chemistry. And both of them knew something was amiss and there had been a mix-up with the neighbouring roll numbers, but who would complain? Maybe it was not the best time to show how honest they were, so they did not go for re-evaluation. There might be some truth in the stories, but it is for the weak to rely on them.

I can recall that in Xth, the number of people calling up to find out how you fared was exponentially higher than the ones who called to wish you all the best. But for me, I remember only those who belong to the former group. They are nicer.

The Xth results determined what subjects you were going to get in 10+2. Its not so now. Its a lot more. I don't really know how much the marksheet will determine the course of my life; it remains to be seen.


I'm not nervous. Not nervous at all...