(03 September,1988 / Sonepur, Saran, Bihar, India)

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Examination

Examination is game of number
Awakening after a deep slumber
A play of words for someone
A puzzle hard to crack to many a one
Set forth a benchmark
Set to guide your mark
The more the merrier
Helps in our career
Talent is not tested
And knowledge is wasted
Examination doesn't judge you
It do judges your output of an hour or two
On some selected matter
Examination is game of number

Submitted: Wednesday, May 09, 2012


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  • teal Sky (5/13/2012 9:06:00 PM)

    yes, it's true.examinations have become (or probably always were) the benchmark where one's ability to cram and then to write that crammed matter in a few hours is tested
    .that's test for (i guess) perseverance rather than knowledge.those who cram up every bit of every page are just the human form of encyclopedias.and one can buy an encyclopedia in a 1000 bucks.they aren't of any use when it comes to real life challenge/problem solving.
    but sadly to say, i can't see any other method to get what it does done.


    just like facts are not science,
    dictionary is not language,
    cramming is not knowledge

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  • Shahzia Batool (5/13/2012 10:10:00 AM)

    Very true, , our examination system is most of the time test of memory, and not of knowledge n ability...it produces cramming robots n not any meritorious learners...though prose is the right medium for such issues, but even then if u draw attention through a poem it works....

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