Published: 27 June, 2008, 14:50
Edited: 27 June, 2008, 14:50
A monument to students’ superstitions has been unveiled in Moscow to mark Youth Day. Students believe it will make it easier to pass exams. From now on, you'll just have to perform a simple ritual in order to succeed.
A round granite platform with a giant five-kopeck coin in the middle, a pair of copper boots and bronze student's report-book have been installed in a park in Maryino, a district in the south-eastof the city.
According to organisers, to pass your tests successfully, you need to stand in the middle of the huge coin and make a wish for the upcoming session. Alternatively, you can rub the copper boots while thinking of a good mark.
To pass an exam you step into the boots, close your eyes and try to throw change at the five-copeck coin. But to be lucky throughout the whole exam session, a superstitious student must throw a coin and hit an abbreviation of their university written on the granite platform.
The project was designed by a group of students from a university in Moscow.
Whether they're being serious or not, they claim the monument will help thousands of students on the eve of their exams.
Many superstitions are passed on from generation to generation.
For instance, students believe that washing their hair before an exam is bad luck, whereas keeping books under the pillow will definitely result in excellent marks.