WHAT EXAM EXPERIENCE

I LIVE IN TOWN, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA. I WAS ASPIRANT OF BECOMING CIVIL ENGINEER.  THE COLLEGES WERE VERY EXPENSIVE TO JOIN.  THEN THERE HAD BEEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF BECOMING ENGINEER BY STUDYING AMIE COURSE, CONDUCTED BY THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS (INDIA), GOKHALE ROAD, CALCUTTA.  THERE HAD BEEN VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING CLASSES FOR PREPARATION FOR WRITING EXAMS.  ALSO, THE STUDENT HAS TO WORK ALONG WITH THE PRACTICING ENGINEER.   I WAS STUDYING STUDENT SHIP OF ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, THE PREPARATION HAD TO BE DONE SELF, THE INSTITUTION HAD DESIGNED THE SYLLABUS AND EXAMINATIONS WOULD BE CONDUCTED EVERY SIX MONTHS ONCE.  WE SHOULD PREPARE OUR SELVES FOR THE PREPARATION FROM TEXT BOOKS.  THE EXAMS ARE ALSO VERY TOUGH.  IN STUDENTSHIP WE HAD 5 SUBJECTS.  THE FIRST ONE IS ENGLISH, SECOND ONE MATHEMATICS 1, THE THIRD ONE WAS MATHEMATICS 2, THE FOURTH ONE WAS PHYSICS AND FINALLY THE FIFTH ONE WAS CHEMISTRY.  THE COURSE IS ABOUT INTRODUCTION FOR ENGINEERING.  STUDENTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO JOIN THE COLLEGES FOR FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS HAD TO JOIN THIS COURSE IF THE STUDENTS ARE REAL ASPIRANTS OF THE ENGINEERING COURSES.  THE STUDENTS HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY PREPARE FOR THE EXAMINATION FOR HOURS TOGETHER EVERY DAY.  IF ANY DOUBT ARISES, THEY HAVE TO CONTACT THE SENIORS FOR CLARIFICATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPTS OF THE SUBJECT AND GET TRAINED FOR SOLVING THE COMPLEX PROBLEMS.  NOW,  IT CAN BE SENSED HOW DIFFICULT THE SUBJECTS ARE FOR PREPARATION.  THOUGH THE STUDENTS STUDY CONTINUOUSLY, STILL THEY FIND THE QUESTIONS IN EXAM NEWER TYPE.  WE HAD TO KEEP ON STUDYING STRUGGLE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPTS, DO GROUP STUDIES FOR SOLVING THE COMPLEX PROBLEMS.  ALSO, IF THE STUDENT HAS TO COMPLETE THE EXAM, HE HAS TO SECURE 250 MARKS FOR 500 MARKS, I.E. THE AGGREGATE HAS TO BE 50% FOR ALL THE FIVE SUBJECTS, AND HE SHOULD SECURE 35 MARKS FOR 100 MARKS FOR GETTING CLEARANCE FOR ALL THE SUBJECTS, I.E.  A STUDENT HAD TO GET TOTAL MARKS OF 250 FOR 500 MARKS FOR 5 SUBJECTS AND SHOULD SECURE AT LEAST 35 MARKS IN EACH SUBJECT FOR TOTAL PASS.  AND IF THE STUDENT HAS GOT ALL THE SUBJECTS MORE THAN 35 MARKS AND WHEN TOTAL THE MARKS ARE BELOW 50 FOR 100 HAD TO STILL WRITE ALL THE SUBJECTS AGAIN.  IF THE STUDENT HAS SECURED MORE THAN 60 MARKS IN ANY SUBJECT, THEN, THAT STUDENT WILL GET EXEMPTION FROM WRITING THAT SUBJECT AGAIN.   HAD TO WRITE AN EXAM AT CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA.  I HAD SECURED A SEAT IN A BUS TO CHENNAI, THE TRAVEL HAD BEEN 12 HOURS.  AFTER REACHING CHENNAI, I HAD STUDIED YESTERDAY FOR LONG NIGHT.  THE EXAM WAS IN THE AFTERNOON.  EARLY MORNING I GOT UP EARLY AND HAD BATHED AND SAT FOR PREPARATION.  IN THE AFTERNOON I HAD BEEN TO RESTAURANT FOR MEALS, AFTER MEALS I HAD TAKEN BETEL NUT AND BETEL LEAF ALONG WITH SPECIAL MASALA.  AFTER CONSUMING THE SAME, I HAD ENTERED EXAMINATION HALL AND FELT UNEASY AND UNCONSCIOUS AND SEEN THE SURROUNDINGS BLURRING AND I COULD NOT DO EXAM WELL.  THE RESULT BEING FAILURE IN EXAMINATION