The daunting exam season is in full swing, and as with just about every exam, the time spent between walking into the classroom and walking out is hardly to our liking. That said, there are those individuals that add a bit of character to the unsettling occasion. Here’s a look at 10 persons in every exam:

1 Early Bird – This is that one person who walks out at least 30 minutes – sometimes a full hour – before everyone else. Maybe he/she is just a complete star, but somehow he/she seems to master something the rest of us struggle and slave over.

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The Novelist – Ten minutes have passed. You haven’t started yet. You look up and glance at the person next to you. They’re already on their fifth page, and clearly have more to say to the examiner than everybody else. You can be sure they’ll be asking for that extra paper before long too.

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The Reciter – This one guy sitting in the middle of a silent room. Somehow, he manages to have a lively dialogue with himself. Trying to convince yourself you know the answers?

4  The Pop Quizzer – The student who walks around asking every other student waiting outside the exam room ‘you studied calculus?’ ‘Indices not coming on the paper? ‘ ‘You ready?’

5 The Cheaters – Whether its by passing notes, using hand signals, or whatever other means they concoct, you can all but guarantee that you’ll have some classmates who take the phrase “sharing is caring” a bit too seriously. 

6 The High-achieving Pessimist – Sure enough at the end of every exam, this person will announce ‘Lawd, me fail!’, but on results day gets a sparkling ‘A’. (The annoyance of many classmates, no doubt)

7 The ‘LA Lewis’ – The guy who always exits the exam room boasting his ‘shellingz’ and ‘soboliousness’, but on results day is nowhere to be found.

8 The Inquisitor – Five minutes into the exam the hand goes up. 10 minutes later the hand goes up. Another 15 minutes the hand goes up…again, making you wonder if there is something you are not understanding on the paper. Another wonders why the invigilator doesn’t send him out for disturbance!

9 The Sleeper – After 10 minutes of searching your brain and working those fingers, you hear snores coming from your left.  Looking over, you see a name written on the exam paper and an open mouth catching flies.

10 The Borrower – Wait, did this person realise they have an exam today? First, a pen, then my eraser and ruler, now my calculator. Looks like he/she needs to borrow my brain too!