I wanted to write a piece which put something me and my peers place way too much emphasis on, into perspective by likening the examination process to that of the evaluation of , for example, rehab patients.
             In both situations, individuals are being assessed for their suitability to 'the real world' after experiencing the artificial environments of school/ a medical facility. This is the reason for likening the students/patients to fish in a fishbowl.
             I want to write a segmented piece. For example, divided under various subtitles, to a degree. My actual inspiration for this is an episode of Criminal Intent, where they mentioned that institutionalized people developed obsessive-compulsive like habits related to organizing things.
             Doesn't apply to me, I stopped ages ago. For about twenty minutes, people have been giving me paranoid sideways glances under furrowed brows as their pens engrave their thoughts onto the papers. The girl next to me has been furiously stretching her hand every few minutes. Hand cramps. You'd think if she was working so hard she'd be done faster.
             But now the supervisors are interrupting the panicked or relieved eye-contact conversations across the room as they drift around collecting papers. I make a few smug glances at friends... and some not-so-much so and when the time comes, gather my pens, water bottle and walk out.
             It's the build up that kills you.
             The waiting before you go in. The morning routines, trying to spread your toast when you're shaking like a leaf. All the while you're just hoping that all the preparation was worth it. Such cliches tend to drift through your mind at times like these.
             Childbirth. It's such a beautiful moment.
             Weddings. It's so wonderful they found each other.
             Funerals. They lived a wonderful life.
             And as much as you chide yourself for being
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