the conversation a clear version for you ppl
X- I don't know what to study for the finals!
Y- Don't exams test what you should have already learned and know?
X- Yes, but I dont really know anything!
Y- Wouldn't studying now be too late......
X- Not if I know what to study!
Y- I give up...........


EXAMS…………….


Exams exams exams…………..huh…. the only thing that matters these days is what we score in the exams, entrances…. How can an entrance of just a few hours decide everything about the knowledge one has gained all through the years???? Is the knowledge gained that is important or the marks one gets in the exams? Marks are not always the replicas of the knowledge one has gained through the year…These thoughts started making rounds in my mind when the exams were continuously being postponed these days the reason well known to everyone. Now when the exams and marks decide the career, how much you study, or the knowledge gained don’t really matter. All that matters is the marks and just the marks.


Next just look at the correction system. The papers in some universities are corrected within a span of 10 days. The results of some 10,000 odd students given in just a span of few days……


Where are we heading to? Is the knowledge gained just for the sake of exams?


The teaching these days is also being influenced by the exam wise important topics. Then what about the subject??? When will one learn the REAL subject other than the ACADEMIC subject important in exam point of view?????


Yes, exams are necessary so that the one not interested in studies learns something for the sake of marks, but deciding the fate of the student on the basis of just those marks?? Exams and results should not be ones that need to matter but finally what matters is how much one has learnt. We the students fall prey to these and now because of the situation prevailing there might be many who dread their future ‘coz the exams are not being conducted………….thanks to this system even I am the prey to all this.


Admission into kinder garten also needs an exam… the child is made to face the fear of exams from the age of 3 itself. When one doesn’t get a proper score what happens to the confidence levels of the child only the child knows. When will others understand exams always don’t judge the caliber of their wards. Thanks to this system the parents start comparing their kids to the one who scores higher than them bringing the confidence levels to some negative points. Thanks to this education system many sorts of depressions have come up into existence. The one who can face it is the winner the one unable to beat the stress levels is subjected all sorts of insults in the society. Why is it that the education only decides everything? Why can’t one plan a career in an off beat field???? How many parents have the courage to encourage their child to choose an off beat field????


Please do think about it once….we as students are facing it now, tomorrow as parents hope we don’t go back to square one………


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-SNEHA NAIK

DESTINY.....

I have been wondering whole of my life what is destiny...don’t I plan my destiny? Whenever we face a failure or our thoughts do not become reality for us, people try to calm us down saying “May be this is your Destiny" how true is this? Many of the sleepless nights I have had trying to find answers for my varied innumerable questions this was one of them. Why do we try to escape every time when we have to face a failure? Why doesn’t He give us the courage to face the failure? Why don’t we stand up for our actions? Why is our destiny given the disgrace for bringing a failure in our life? Trying to find solutions for many such questions but I don’t drive to any conclusion.

Destiny, fate are they just for our satisfaction or true facts? Did He write so many stories a different story for every living being? What is destiny- my future? What is my fate- the story of my life? Do the lines of our hands really speak about our future, our destiny?

I started blaming rather satisfying myself thinking this is what destiny is during my intermediate days. I did work hard to fulfill my mother’s dream of seeing me as a doctor. But I guess I fell short of the interest as I never dreamt being a doctor. I took interest in biology during my tenth and hence landed up taking BiPC. Till then I haven’t even chalked out a career for myself but, blamed my destiny for not making me a doctor. Never thought whether I was interested in it or not. Next landed up in OUCW, never had dreamt in my wildest dreams that I would land up in that jungle one day. But that place turned out to be heaven for me. I had the greatest moments of life there but, never ever thought of thanking my destiny for that beautiful life. Then came the next phase of life for my MSc. Was unable to convince my parents for letting me attend an interview for integrated PhD. They convinced me saying that was not my destiny and hence you couldn’t go but the fact that I had failed in my attempts to convince them. Then why blame my destiny? It did give me an opportunity which I couldn’t utilize and started blaming my destiny.

I have learnt to stand up for my mistakes. I no more want to blame my destiny for the situation I am in. I am responsible for all my deeds and I am ready to accept it. Now I am a happier person sensing that it was my fault but, found and easier way of blaming my destiny. Thanks to my friend (aki) for this realization. The regular chats we have had and the depressed soul I was all these days, I am no more of that kind atleast trying to be. Thanks to all my friends who had to bear with my depressing stuff (special thanks to aki and trish)

-SNEHA NAIK

WHAT NEXT????
When the days seem dull, the nights go sleepless, the future uncertain, the situation not in our control and when everything we plan for life goes wrong we are stranded with one and only one question “WHAT NEXT?” I am sure many of us have faced this question and will continue to face this question till our death. The same question but the situation different each time. Do we have any answer for it? Will we ever have any answer for it?
Is this what keeps the life going? When 1 step of life is achieved and even before the success is thoroughly enjoyed the same question raises again “what next???” Is it the reason for our survival, the reason for the increasing demands and the reason for dissatisfaction in career in my case??? Even before I finish one work the mind starts working on the next thing to be done.
May be the desire to do a lot of things in this short span of life gave birth to this question amongst us. May be the desire to be in the top league in this rat race gave birth to it.
Is there any end to this question in our lives? Is death the only answer???.....................


-SNEHA NAIK