Nervous, anxious, a little confident, excited, only a few words to describe how I had felt during the PSLE period. Of course, after one paper, I had felt a sense of relief- as though a heavy burden had been lifted from my shoulders- for I would not need to revise that subject anymore!
Going back in time... ...
Earlier during the month, an intensive session of revision for me began(all because of PSLE), especially chinese. I was particularly weak in this subject, and the worst that I wanted to happen was for it to pull down my aggregate score. And so it all began, everyday, I revised at least three subjects,(Chinese was definitely one of them)for the next few remaining weeks. Time passed quickly, and my first paper-English, was drawing closer...
Finally. This was the day. I sat at my seat, the paper on my desk. My hand hovered nervously above my pen, anticipating the start of the examination. At long last, 5minutes which seemed like an hour passed. At a signal from the invigilator, I grabbed my pen, and began scribbling furiously on the paper. Every now and then, I glanced nervously at my watch(the least thing I wanted was for me to run out of time). Before long, I had completed the paper. I leaned back in my chair, relaxing- for once. Checking my work, I spotted several careless mistakes. Without hesitation, I seized the chance to earn a few more marks for this paper...
"close your booklet, and put your pens and pencils on the desk!" The examination had ended.
(This was about the same thing that happend for all the subjects, except that for Science, I was euphoric that my primary school learning journey had finally ended, for it was the last paper)
Maybe, besides Primary School Leaving Examination, PSLE could possibly stand for Please Stop Learning Everything!
