Exam time and lucky charms!!!

I remember my school and college times where I used to get more religious and superstitious before my exams used to start. And I know this happens with most of us as deep down we have some fear in our heart getting dumped in exams. In this process of giving exam after our hard study (in some case) and superstitious activities if some goes well, we consider those activities as lucky charm for us. Or in some case we analyse that in some or the other exam we have done certain thing and both gone well.And in successive exams whether or not we study , we do follow the activity as our lucky charm. So today I will be discussing some such lucky charms associated with me that I used to follow before my exams.

The very first act of superstition was to go without having bath!! I know its something awkward but I don't know from where but a random thought came to my mind after analysis of lot of things while I was in school that "all the exams I used to gave with shower were fetching me less numbers and the one I gave without having it gave me Full marks" made me die hard non showering person on exam days during school time. Then in college thinking it as superstition I did a mistake and all my first years I took normal showers before exams which ultimately fetched me 64 percent with one back. I made it a point not to take shower on any of the exam days which eventually helped me to get Final result in seventies...

The second act of superstition was having eclairs before exams. Actually this habit came to me while I was in college. Actually my mummy used to feed me some curd and sweet before each exams. But in college as she was not there to do the same tantrum she just advised me to take some sweet before the exam. I tried all kind of toffees and chocolates but it was eclairs only that worked for me. I don't know what chemical they use to prepare it or it was just a chance, but after each exams that I gave after having eclairs , gone at its best.

And the final talisman was to come late in exam irrespective of the seriousness of the examination or subject. The late commence ranges from merely five min to fearful half an hour. This is from school day only.. I found it beneficial for me. How? Actually I was a kind of person who used to study just last night before the exam so my whole syllabus got completed by morning only and then I had to do revision also.So that revision process used to took a bit time in morning and made me late every time but that revision only helped me a lot to cope up very well with the exam. Even I had done much better than the people who came on time in one exam where I was half an hour late!! I know this was very risky for me but but in the end I was gaining from it!!

P.S: I could have shared some more charms, but it is a bit personal!! ;)