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7 exams down, 1more to go.Lot of wickets down, lot more to go.Concentration levels dropping by the day, and depression levels soaring high. Impatiently in wait for a call, I'm verbose about CAT for its debacle, which has left normal human beings, the non-geek material guys like me scratching our heads. An year long of braving the maddening traffic every week to attend lectures for writing my future has left me no peace now, thanks to the 2 hour-odd exams. I wonder why the system in which we are is like this.A few black bubbles here and there on an OMR sheet are scanned and our future path is printed.A few bubbles in the right positions,and a few wrong ones skipped would make a lot of difference, an IIM or any other lower ranked b-school. Any rejection from an institute is pleasantly let out, saying sorry..all the best  for your future endeavors !.What the F man, those words are really disheartening. Spending an year with books, skipping weekend fun is not easy.But we have done it, and all I get to hear these days is a Sorry.Man!. Not that I'm too right on my part. In the rat race for b-schools, had the cat been wise enough, we would have breathed happily, and whatever little talent we have could have easily fetched us a call. And now, guys like the ones at the symbiosis have cashed well in the folly of cat, and and every other guy giving cat has given snap, the symbi exam.So , what has now happened the IIM material guys are now feasting on the  non-IIMs and the non-IIM material guys are thirsty for a call, and are left blank.Me, included. All I get to hear now, is my mom saying, a little more hard work without wasting your time would have got you more marks in the eggjam and you would have not had this ten-shun. The same words I hear everytime I reveal a result at home.I hate it. I believe hardwork doesn't get you a cat or a symbi call. All that what your brain tells you to bubble in the exams, those 2 hours make all the difference.

And every other person I meet now asks, what are you doing now, what next? You are doing CAT aaa?? No uncleji, I dont want to do CAT, an MBA is what I want to do, and CAT is the exam for it! F! Every soul on this earth always seems to be ready to give free advice, no matter what it might be about.Hearing of the recession word, now people say, Amreeka lo jobs annni padipoinai, software koolipoindi. :-O News channels seem to have enlightened every layman in India now.

Boring stuFf..DoNot reAd

Rarely does my conviction about a particular thought get overthrown so easily. But this did happen when I came across a piece of writing in HT on Jan 16 by Sagarika Ghose “Idiot is as idiot does”.

“3 Idiots” – The nation seems to be caught by this whirlwind slating this movie as the highest bollywood grosser. The flick thoroughly impressed me with the innovative humour and smart characters-Centimeter, Virus et al.The exponents of the movie went bonkers showering all the adjectives in the dictionary, myself being one of them till I came across the write up in HT. The movie does make an impression but the point is whether the education system needs to be denigrated to this extent. It makes a strong statement using caricatures such as ‘Virus’ to blame the rising incidents of suicide and stress among students. But the point to be noted is how many of us have actually come across such a person in real life, very few.

The movie talks about pressure but fails miserably to explain which pressure is acceptable and which isn’t. There is a clear cut deme.
arcation between positive pressure and negative pressure. Without pressure exerted some students may never realize their true potential and may jus resort to fate. It is only when you push yourself does the true self come out. It’s said “Necessity is the mother of all inventions” which is more than apt for this situation. The extent to which we may be an idiot at times is limited. If education is a waste we might as well throw this country away into hands of foreigners and sit brainless.

Most of us may actually never come across a “Virus” but just a negligible clone of his who may to the maximum just make us pull our hair, not more. Instead at times it can be seen that a teacher would go out of the way to help their students especially in esteemed institutes .More can be done than jus blaming the professors and restless parents, all they want are a bright future for their child. If given a thought we would realize the problem does not lie in IITs, Parents or demanding professors.

The primary problem staring us in the face is we have too little of anything to satisfy everything. We have only a handful of IITs, IIMs to cater to a population of a billion. Even more shocking state would be that of having just a single All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for the 2nd highest populated country on this earth. The underlying theme of the movie is based on IITs is evident though it’s named Imperial College in the movie

The stress is not that Indian students are finding it difficult to study or do not want to study; rather it’s a well known fact that they are much better at it than their European counterparts’ .It’s this cut throat competition which is giving rise to stress related problem. When questioned many IIT students have confessed to the fact that with the facilities provided at IIT it’s much easier to study. The difficult part is they cannot afford to take a breather during the session as everybody is working hard to get that coveted placement. The fact that they have overcome a lot of competition to get a seat at the esteemed institute is just adding oil to fir
The movie is undoubtedly funny but shows education as a mere waste unless people have immense potential. The major flaw is Ranchodas Chanchad was a topper, whatever the constraints may be but he had to prove that he was academically brilliant and had excellent technical knowledge to show his superiority over ‘Chatur’ at the end. Targeting education as a major failure can have disastrous consequences. We would not want our future generation not taking education seriously especially when India being breeding ground for talent. Playing the blame game on individuals, parents, professors would not serve the purpose.

The condition is that of “too less for too many”. This nation has tons of quality students but only a handful of quality institutes. The main issue is of wants, we have many to ask but very less to satisfy. Lesser the resources higher will be the competition.

The state would do better to set up more educational institutes rather than setting up counseling centers to console grieving parents and students. Some resources used to set up SEZ’s, cricket stadiums, bridges can very well be diverted to setting up world class institutions which would cater to generating knowledge pool. Infrastructure can originate from knowledge but without knowledge there can be no infrastructure.

When things in ur lyf seem ,almst 2mch 2 handl wen 24hrs in a day isnt enuf, remembr da jar nd 2 cups of cofee
A prof stood b4 his philosfy clas nd had sm items in frnt of him.Wen da clas began , wordlessly, He pikd up a vry large nd empty jar nd proceded 2 fil it wid golf balls.
He den askd da studnts if da jar waz ful they agreed it was.
The prof den pikd up a box of pebbles nd poured dem into da jar.He shook da jar lightly.The pebbles rolled into the open areas bw da golf balls.
He den askd da studnts if da jar waz ful.They agrd it waz.The prof nxt pikd up a box of sand nd pourd it into da jar.Ofcourse da sand filled evrythin else .He askd1nce more if da jar waz full.The studnts responded wid a unanimous YES
The prof den producd 2 cups of cofe 4m undr da tbal nd poured da entire contents into da jar efectively filin da empty space bw da sand. The studnts laughd.
NOW said da prof ,as da laughtr subsided,
I want u 2 recogniz dat dis jar represnts ur lyf. The golf bals r da imp things- ur GF ,FRIENDS,nd fav pasions-things dat if everythin else waz lost nd nly dey remaind,Ur lyf wud stil b ful.
Thhe pebles r da othr things dat mar lyk ur job,house ,car
The sand is everythin else-The smal stuf
If u put da sand into da jar 1st He continued derz no room 4 da pebbles or da golf balls.The same goes 4 lyf
If u spnd al ur tym nd energy on da smal stuf u wil nevr hav room 4 da things dat r imp 2 u
so....
pay atention 2 da things dat r crucial 2 ur hapines. spend tym wid ur family,take ur gf out to lunch.
Take care of da golf bals 1st - Da things dat realy matr. Set ur priorities. The rest is just sand.
1 of da studnts raisd her hand nd inquired wat da cofee reprsntd
da prof smiled Im gald u askd.
it jus goes 2 sho u dat no matr how ful ur lyf may seem derz always room 4 a coupl of cups of cofe wid a frnd..

bUnK!

Holidays, the news of which make us jump in excitement . The kid in us springs up from nowhere and excites us about the next holiday that's coming up.A holiday from college would mean a movie, hanging out with buddies, whiling away time, and what not. Anything unproductive is truly valuable for us, right? ;).Though tideously cruel and gruelsome,assignments and exams have always put us through a lot of crazy experiences. Drooping(word courtesy, ahem ;) ) over the book, the words seem to sprialling in, hypnotising our mind, dragging us into slumber.Never have we felt more sleepy in our lives than on exam days. No-lab days would mostly convert into bunks, dumma in our lingo.The jitters that we've had on our bunks during the first few days in college,have allayed our fears over the days, and we now casually walk out of our homes under the noses of our unsuspecting moms and dads, and we bunk college. Non-exsiting library fee , exam fee, 'college development fund', application fees come to our rescue to fuel the fun that we plan up on our bunk. There is just a need for a small reason to skip college. A friend's birthday, a friend's-brother's-friend's birthday, non-existing stomach and headaches, so-called combined study excuses...can be anything.For the ever-fearing people, bunking college is great deal in itself. Eyes roll all around the place they are, looking for any spies that their people from home might have possibly planted . Constant jeering by co-bunkers builds up courage over the days, and as the bunk count increases, the entire city feels like home, and no more fears crop up.  We feel a sense of accomplishment, elated when the day gets over, we walk back home as if we were really tired of studying.  Naughtily patting our back,we giggle in our minds, and wait for the next movie to release,so that another bunk comes up!