I’m an Indian and educated in India and proud to be a by-product of the Indian education system.
In my years of growing up I did feel the peer pressure of excelling in my studies and topping the class. However, luckily by the grace of God and with the support of my wonderful parents, I had no problem with the healthy pressure and excelling in my academics.
What I experienced was a healthy competition and I would attribute most of that to my wonderful parents who never put pressure on me to choose a particular field. Importance of being good at academics was always stressed, during my student years, but never exaggerated. That made all the difference to me and I had a healthy student life.
In India, education system is very demanding and year after year one hears of kudos being given to those who shine and the field that takes the cake in this respect is the IIT Entrance Exam.
I’m not an Engineer nor have I taken IIT JEE -Entrance Test, but know of many people who have taken, many of them are my friends, who are qualified engineers, from the renowned IIT India.
This year as well, approximately a week back the newspaper headlines were full of news, of toppers. But somewhere tucked in a corner of some of these newspapers was some of these students committing suicide after viewing their results !! Yes………..
It is great if one can become an Engineer but first , is it not important to become a good citizen and embed the values of becoming a good citizen in our youth.
One’s value does not increase just because one becomes an Engineer. Don’t we need to reconsider the pressure that we put on these college kids. There are many students who excel in their exams but may not get through the IIT Jee tests. Does that mean that they are unfit and useless???? Is this the message that we need to give our youth and children?
Peer & parental pressure many a time leads many a student to choose these professions. Don’t they need to be given a chance to choose.!! Let’s not kill the youth ! Do you want to give them a chance?
I think this song from the movie ” 3 Idiots” truly says it all.
Lyrics of which are
Give Me Some Sunshine Lyrics
Saari umar hum
Mar mar ke jee liye
Ek pal to ab humein jeene do
Jeene do
Saari umar hum
Mar mar ke jee liye
Ek pal to ab humein jeene do
Jeene do
Saari umar hum
Mar mar ke jee liye
Ek pal to ab humein jeene do
Jeene do
Na na na….Na na na….Na na na….Na na nana na….
Give me some sunshine
Give me some rain
Give me another chance
I wanna grow up once again
Give me some sunshine
Give me some rain
Give me another chance
I wanna grow up once again
Kandhon ko kitabon
Ke bojh ne jhukaya
Rishvat dena to khud
Papa ne sikhaya
99% marks laaoge to ghadi, varna chhadi
Likh likh kar pada hatheli par
Alpha, beta, gamma ka chaala
Concentrated H2SO4 ne poora
Poora bachpan jalaa daala
Bachpan to gaya
Jawani bhi gayi
Ek pal to ab humein
Jeene do jeene do
Bachpan to gaya
Jawani bhi gayi
Ek pal to ab humein
Jeene do jeene do
Saari umar hum
Mar mar ke jee liye
Ek pal to ab humein jeene do
Jeene do
Na na na….Na na na….Na na na….Na na nana na….
Give me some sunshine
Give me some rain
Give me another chance
I wanna grow up once again
Give me some sunshine
Give me some rain
Give me another chance
I wanna grow up once again
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I will leave you with this thought…. Give Me Some Sunshine, Give me some rain, Give me another chance
I wanna grow up once again…. WILL YOU?
