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Taking An Exam

Check the clock
Read the problem
Stare at the problem
Read it again
Look in notebook
Write down an equation
Erase - wrong equation
Check time
Move on
Number 2
Read
Stare
Read
Write answer
Look back at first problem
Flip through papers
Find nothing
Move on
Check time
Read
Answer
Read
Answer
Read
Stare
Check time
Read again
And again
Sift through notes
Look at equations
Find one that matches
Solve
Check time
Check over the numbers
Did I get the same number twice?
No
Shit
Where did I go wrong
Whatever, move on
Written by marina2020 (Rain Woman)
Published
Author's Note
13/30
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