Every day when i open my morning dose of newspaper with a cup of bliss called "tea" for some reason. I am greeted by a bunch of really happy faces(please note that there is a slight hint of sarcasm) with a bunch of happy looking senior citizens handing them flowers, as if to say thank you for letting us fuck you up! Who are these happy people? Why are they so happy? Why are they being branded like this, as if a chicken right before being slaughtered and packaged for the meat freezer.
Ahh the grind of being educated I always think to myself. Today either you score nearly perfect or atleast die trying, that is what everyone around expects from you, right? Look at today's paper irrespective of the day it is, you will definitely look at a bunch of zombies smiling on cue by the shady photographer. Next to them is a figure which was previously thought to be impossible to achieve by any human atleast. A zombie can do it though, this is from effective evidence and not a judgment. Today children are scoring marks in a year which is my combined total for my entire educational years. I ask a simple question , if a person is able to score a near perfect score then what good is the test? An exam is there to determine whether you have solely understood the concept previously taught to you. If they score perfectly that can mean two things, we are living in a world where Einstein has been cloned successfully but wait a minute he failed at school. Ahh the irony of this world.
All these so called toppers are just slaves to the system and their ever so wanting parents. Why play when you can study, why have a hobby when you can study, why watch a movie when you can study, why do anything when you can study? If you feel I am exaggerating look at their scores. You have to work hard now so that you can have what you want when you grow up......hahahah. If only that was true! you have to work hard for everything, not now but for ever if you want to get anything in life. But in this pretense of working hard you don't forget that you are not a machine but a human. When i see the mockery of these meat shops which run under the clever title of coaching classes, I only feel pity and sorrow. Have we finally accepted the privatization of our education system. When studies is more like a product or a hamper rather than a gift.
I don't say people who top their exams are all like this but somewhere that sense of childhood is not being reinstated by the pressure and expectations that are being forced onto these young minds. Such pressure is not experienced even as an adult, then why subject it to these minds which are still developing? Is this the reason we see constant news of children committing suicide just because they couldn't live up to such idiotic expectations. Yes, this phase is important for any individual but smashing this point is not the right way. There are plenty of people out there who are "SUCCESSFUL" in society's terms and conditions but have never had the support of an high scoring education.
The system is not to blame rather the approach of the people who have abused the system and the people going through it. There are plenty of avenues that are popping up and presenting a bright future but these have to be accepted and implemented. A doctor and engineer are not the only option, why an engineer is working in banks as a clerk today! What has banking and engineering have in common! But this just reflects that your skills matter today not your marks or grades. When the world is changing for the better, we are changing for the worse of it. So let's just say that if this is the education offered the way it is offered I wish the illiteracy rates go up, up and away.................
Ahh the grind of being educated I always think to myself. Today either you score nearly perfect or atleast die trying, that is what everyone around expects from you, right? Look at today's paper irrespective of the day it is, you will definitely look at a bunch of zombies smiling on cue by the shady photographer. Next to them is a figure which was previously thought to be impossible to achieve by any human atleast. A zombie can do it though, this is from effective evidence and not a judgment. Today children are scoring marks in a year which is my combined total for my entire educational years. I ask a simple question , if a person is able to score a near perfect score then what good is the test? An exam is there to determine whether you have solely understood the concept previously taught to you. If they score perfectly that can mean two things, we are living in a world where Einstein has been cloned successfully but wait a minute he failed at school. Ahh the irony of this world.
All these so called toppers are just slaves to the system and their ever so wanting parents. Why play when you can study, why have a hobby when you can study, why watch a movie when you can study, why do anything when you can study? If you feel I am exaggerating look at their scores. You have to work hard now so that you can have what you want when you grow up......hahahah. If only that was true! you have to work hard for everything, not now but for ever if you want to get anything in life. But in this pretense of working hard you don't forget that you are not a machine but a human. When i see the mockery of these meat shops which run under the clever title of coaching classes, I only feel pity and sorrow. Have we finally accepted the privatization of our education system. When studies is more like a product or a hamper rather than a gift.
I don't say people who top their exams are all like this but somewhere that sense of childhood is not being reinstated by the pressure and expectations that are being forced onto these young minds. Such pressure is not experienced even as an adult, then why subject it to these minds which are still developing? Is this the reason we see constant news of children committing suicide just because they couldn't live up to such idiotic expectations. Yes, this phase is important for any individual but smashing this point is not the right way. There are plenty of people out there who are "SUCCESSFUL" in society's terms and conditions but have never had the support of an high scoring education.
The system is not to blame rather the approach of the people who have abused the system and the people going through it. There are plenty of avenues that are popping up and presenting a bright future but these have to be accepted and implemented. A doctor and engineer are not the only option, why an engineer is working in banks as a clerk today! What has banking and engineering have in common! But this just reflects that your skills matter today not your marks or grades. When the world is changing for the better, we are changing for the worse of it. So let's just say that if this is the education offered the way it is offered I wish the illiteracy rates go up, up and away.................
very well said....felt like somebody was reading my mind since years and presented it in perfect words...
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