An average student’s one of the small struggles.
I
scored 120 out of 125 in Mathematics in my 1st year graduation i.e.
B.Sc (Bachelor of Science). I scored 114
out of 125 in Sanskrit. I was one of the
toppers in the college in these two subjects.
Yes I was also a topper. But ONLY
IN THESE TWO SUBJECTS.
My
friend has scored 97 out of 100 in Accounting in PUC. He has also scored 82 out of 100 in English
(Definitely a good score for a tier 2 city’s student). He was one of the toppers in these subjects in
his school. Yes he was also a
topper. But ONLY IN THESE TWO SUBJECTS.
Both
of us are average students as per our records.
Our overall subject’s average score is around 60%. As our marks in other subjects are very very
average ;-) (Earlier days I was hesitant to share this truth now doesn’t make
any impact on my life style in any angle J).
I
struggled to understand other subjects.
I struggled to remember the notes.
I struggled to remain awake while reading those boring subjects.
I
some how survived all my struggles of studying.
Yes for a student who is already been tagged as Average at studies,
education is a big struggle. Especially
the era I studied 80’s & 90’s, if you don’t study then you are tagged as
good for nothing. If you fail you LOST
ONE VALUABLE YEAR. Hold on hold on,
losing one year is not a big deal. There
are worst things than this. That one
year of your life am sure would be equivalent to one decade. That’s how society treats you rather treated
you. As though you don’t have future at
all. You are done. You are a big burden on your family. You are a shame to the family (society’s
perception). So passing with those
notions in mind for an average scoring student am sure is an achievement than
for some one who gets rank. We deserve
more honors I guess ;-).
Where
is the problem? I have scored wonderful
marks in Mathematics & Sanskrit.
Where is the problem when my friend has scored such a nice marks in
Accounting & English.
Is there
a problem in our education system?
Though I respect a lot for Indian education system, which generated and
still generating wonderful engineers, doctors, professors, etc which are 20 –
30% of the population I guess. There are
still people like us who scored average in villages or remote places who
stopped continuing studies only.
What
problem am I realizing now? One simple
example
Mr.
Manjul Bhargava, Indian origin mathematician who was recently awarded Fields
Medal / Nobel prize for Mathematics chose Maths & Saskrit as subject to
study. I think he did not have Physics,
Chemistry & Biology also to study & pass. I guess his score was not calculated on the scores
of all these subjects. If they had then
he is also an average student???
Hope
the guessing is on you now to rethink and make sure our present & future
generation don’t get affected by this Super Man / Women expectation from their
studies. Let the new students be not
averaged based on all the subjects that you hardly use in your life. Excecpt H2O for water & CO2 for Carbon
Dioxide I don’t remember any other chemical formulas & I don’t think it is
needed for me to make all my candidates to get thru and join the companies I
propose them for.
