Wanna top exams? Look at your hero's pic

Hitarth Pandya & Prathima Nandakumar / TNN / Mar 4, 2006, 21:24 IST

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While there are students who believe in hard work, there are those who would not mind being called superstitious.

Wanna top exams? Look at your hero's pic

SURAT/VADODARA: Wear a black ruffle, carry a pen with red ink, take a look at the picture of your favourite hero �� these are some of the blind faiths students taking board exams plan to prescribe before appearing for the examinations beginning March 16.
While there are students who believe in sheer hard work, there are those who would not mind being called superstitious, as they have nothing to lose but lots to gain if it worked.
Ruchi Shah admitted that she would keep a picture of her favourite hero Ronit Roy, handy. She said, "Everyone knowingly or unknowingly do have certain beliefs.
I won't lose anything if I take a glimpse of Roy's picture, in fact if I do it would surely increase my confidence levels."

Similarly, Ankita Desai would be wearing white with black floral print when taking exams. She said, "I strongly believe that such things do exist.
I have noticed that whenever I have worn black and white it has benefited me. Even during trial exams at tuition class I wore the same dress and I am sure I will score well in the finals too."...
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However, there are those students who believe there is no shortcut to success. Swadha Desai, another board student, said, "How can such things work when you are not prepared? The only way to achieve success is hard work.

I will take the exam without even thinking about what I am carrying and with which pen I will write the exam." Jeet Mehta agrees and says, "I do believe in God but I also know that if I am not prepared nothing in this world will be able to help me score well."
Interestingly, even parents are equally involved in superstitions. Nandita Patel, a housewife in Rander area, has been fasting for the last one month for her daughter Asha.
She said, "This is to appease God so that my daughter does well in the exams." Kavya Shah, a class X student of Vadodara, says, "I used to scribble 'Om' on all my answer-sheets even during prelims...
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I believe it brings good luck." She discontinued after teachers warned that the board might disqualify her. Dhruv Dinesh, another class X student, wears a black thread around his wrist, which his mother calls a good luck charm.
"I have noticed some few changes in my son �� like the thread around his wrist during exams. I suspect it is to do with some superstition. But I don't want to make him feel conscious about it," says Smita, Dhruv's mother.

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