Exams have always been the most exciting part of school days.
No scope of sleeping early or getting up late...evening time for
play, suddenly becomes a Dream !!!
Study...exams...of anything can be handled...but when the
subject became MATHEMATICS...headaches, stomach aches,
Heart aches etc etc used to crawl in my Body... I am so sure
of this fact that i have not done so much of Bargaining with God
for any other subject(... Bargaining-> A deal between Me and
God for not asking for anything else if my this exam goes well...)
So, coming back to the point..it was the Autumns of '96..when i was expected to appear for this Ice candy exam and to add to my terror
my Dad was going to teach me because my Mom was busy (.. how
could you let this thing happen to me mom? Left me alone to study
maths and that too with dad...a religious lover of Maths...showing
every possible creativity in solving questios...with not only one
method but with min. of 4-5 methods..because verification of
understanding of maths can only be done by doing maths more
and all the more...)
so, on that Sunday afternoon he started with the first chapter -TIME..and
the actual Time refused to pass. He took my three 'IAS' level tests of that
chapter in the end and made me understand and redo That ONE question
which i did wrong in complete 1.5hrs.. When my mom came she realized till 8
in the evening i have done PhD in 'TIME' but know nothing else (not to mention
the scoldings i was showered with) and then as a life Saviour she took me. She
gave me a break of half an hour and taught everything else.
I actually passed nicely in that exam but kept on facing this fear of
Maths. Then one day a New
teacher---Maths Sir came to our class.
He was just so cute...
and i was Super-duper impressed with him but how to impress
him was the question. unlike his sweet looks, he was very
tough in dealing with his Dear subject-Maths. so, i started
studying maths day in and out. I satrted discussing problems of
maths with my DAD!!! Later on..slowly n slowly my Fear
Started transforming into my Curosity and then in actual
My Passion....Definately i succeeded in my plan of impressing
Sir but now, more than sir, i waited for the topic he will teach.
Now, after so many years of that incident i feel...it was not my
fear of Maths but my Ignorance towards it which made me scared....
Now m happy and have done Graduation in Maths !!!
