Drive away the examination blues

Updated on: Monday, February 22, 2010

The tenth and intermediate board examinations are round the corner and one thing that bothers the young minds is the ‘examination stress'. The factor of stress plays an important role for success in the examinations. Many falter or fall short of the desired level at the finishing line just because of this factor.

Sahitya Academy award winner and writer Yandamoori Veerendranath says that it can be easily driven away by practising certain simple techniques. At a talk organised for the tenth and intermediate students by The Hindu Education Plus in association with Sri Prakash Educational Institutions at Visakhapatnam recently, he doled out a number of tips on how to beat examination stress. “Practice the tips for about 20 days and the result will be seen,” he assured.

Tips

* Smile in the morning for five seconds, looking at yourself in the mirror.

* Smile inwardly at the time of receiving the question paper. Tighten your left fist, take a deep breath and wait for a few seconds before answering the question paper.

* Chew a cardamom while writing the examination. Avoid talking to people and friends at least one hour before the examination and never involve in post examination discussions.

* Go to bed immediately after studies and do not indulge in any other activity like watching television or games.

* Develop your concentration by tuning your five senses. (eat clove, light an incense stick in your study room, study under a table lamp, use a wet cloth to periodically wipe your eyes, listening to spiritual slokas and ragas, take bath before sitting down for studies, apply a little bit of kasturi or perfume behind the ears after bath and sit for a two-minute prayer.)

* Develop the habit of ‘key points noting', as this would improve your memory power and help you during revision.

* Non-vegetarian food releases adrenalin and this acts as a catalyst to stress. Avoid eating non-vegetarian food at lease one month before examination.

Yandamoori also dealt with various other issues like ‘target' and ‘desire' relationship between the mind and the soul and ‘watcher' and ‘performer'.

Speaking about the difference between ‘target' and ‘desire', he said, “For success in life they have be the same. One cannot aim to be a chartered accountant and at the same time desire to be a movie star. Both ‘target' and ‘desire' has to be the same.”

He also urged the students to dream big for bigger success in life and be careful while choosing friends.

“Friends play a major role in shaping the career and studies. “Choose intelligent and good friends and stay away from exploiters and people who talk more and work less,” he said. Yandamoori delivered the talk on ‘How to be a number one student' both at Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada. While at Visakhapatnam it was held in association with Sri Prakash Educational Institutions, at Vijayawada it was held in association with Karur Vysya Bank Limited.

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