Midsem Muddle

     It was a pleasant sunday evening and I was going about doing my pretty usual stuff (ie. doing nothing) when I suddenly realized that I had a midsem exam to appear for on Monday.And in order to appear for any exam you are supposed to know the time table of that exam.So,I rang up Ketan.He told me that the first paper might have got rescheduled to 11:30. (Rescheduled??? What was its scheduled time in the first place????) I got to know that it was supposed to start at 9:30.
     I didnt know how to react to this piece of news.If the paper got delayed then I would get some time to study for that subject which I was yet to start.However,that would reduce the time I would get for the second paper.Anyway,as it stood I would be able to write atleast one paper well instead of messing up both of them.
     Then Alok called me up to tell me the same piece of news with an added twist.He told me that Rohit had posted on orkut that the exam would start on Tuesday.I called up Sanjay to check the validity of the news and he told me the same thing but also mentioned that it was not from any reliable source.In other words,I should be in college by 9:30 or come late at my own risk.
     I started off next morning for college and reached by 9:10. (All the while I was hoping that the exam would start at 11:30) But it was hope against all hope.When I reached college I saw that students were running helter-skelter(which I realized later that they were trying to find their arranged classroom).Then came the jolt........exam would start at 9:30. Responsible people like the Comptroller of Exam told students that it would start at 11:30 but......................
    I was done with only 6 pages of chapter 2 and had to even look at the heading of chapter 3. (and yes,one more thing;chapter 1 wasnt there......this is for people who would start thinking that I was through with one chapter and started off with the next).
    Then I came to know that quite a few students didnt make it to the exam(actually they didnt want to). So,the college authorities had to arrange for a re-exam on friday.There were some adamant students who insisted that they take the exam that day itself.And so they did.
    The midsem exam has become a farce.This is not only my view but also has been concurred by some authority in the Comps department.(A few comps guys went to that person to tell him that they had missed the paper and would like it to be rearranged.The person initially refused.But on pestering he blurted out " arre midsem hi to hai,nahi diya to bhi chalta hai")
     I am not at all blaming him for making this kind of a statement.Infact he is the 'one' for me as he has been brutally honest.If only we had such people in the exam dept then we would have been saved from such harassment. (actually i am just exaggerating a bit; harassment??? what kind of harassment???  midsem or not,my time table doesnt change.I dont care a damn about it. Infact 'midsem' for me means 'less duration of college',so more fun)