Yes, I loved it a lot! So what’s the big deal, everyone else loved it too! One way or the other, sometime or the other everyone did experience what Inu (Ishaan Awasthi) did. A child prodigy, I believe everyone is. But when is it that the parents would stop and let the kid take over? When do they exactly stop forcing him from doing things their way (which is mostly the right away)!? Here’s a small story…
Name: Krish, Class: XI, Age: 17, Ambitions: Many, Class X %: 75, Class VII %: 90, Expectations from family/friends/relatives/neighbors etc etc: State rank in Class XII
Rating in Class XI (until now): VERY POOR, Attention to studies/class: Poor, Feedback from teachers: Below Average, Special Talents: Unknown!
What is it that most of our schools are preaching!? Get a 99% in class XII and join IIT or worse case is 90% and get into a descent college. If you get anything less than 70, don’t take up engineering or medical; study B.Sc. and run behind jobs or stay jobless for long time! But Krish’s bio-data (which is printed above) clearly suggested there’s no place at IITs. And with lots of ambitions and dreams, he did what all his classmates did but without a will! Then came a call for stage plays for the year with which most of the boys were not interested (they knew only IITs) Krish didn’t think twice to register and wasn’t worried what his parents would say!
The practice sessions went on, classes were missed, notes not taken and attendance shortage was obvious. As the event concluded, Krish was awarded the best actor for his class and the college. He brought with him 2 trophies, which delighted his parents. As he was the winner for his college, the next call was for inter-collegiate level. He won an award again!
Class XI %: 45, Attendance shortage: 4 subjects, Feedback: Might fail in Class XII, no seriousness in studies!
What could have his parents done!? They encouraged him to do more plays, took him to external troops and challenged him to win again! There were calls for TV and radio shows… He was winning prizes wherever he went! But Class XII exams were waiting to come, everyone did hard work, made him feel inferior, treated him a dumb and declared he would be one of the low scorers for sure! Eventually, it was true! The teachers suggested he should not take up further studies and whatever he was capable of wasn’t really useful! This made the parents sad…
Yet another sad story… our lives are decided based on what’s widely accepted by the society and our environment! Mostly we are ruled and influenced by strangers than ourselves! If Inu is a good painter, there’s no big deal. Important factor here is, since Inu’s classmates are good at studies he has to be good at studies and not painting. If they become engineers and doctors, join MNCs, earn well and work abroad, he has to follow!
Krish’s life moved on. He now accepted the challenge to win, not in his plays but in studies. He joined some college, got good marks and is now doing what his other friends are doing. Being a little different is such a curse in our society even to this century!
Let Krish be a Krish and Inu an Inu… dreams and ambitions are for oneself! Don’t poke your nose!
Name: Krish, Class: XI, Age: 17, Ambitions: Many, Class X %: 75, Class VII %: 90, Expectations from family/friends/relatives/neighbors etc etc: State rank in Class XII
Rating in Class XI (until now): VERY POOR, Attention to studies/class: Poor, Feedback from teachers: Below Average, Special Talents: Unknown!
What is it that most of our schools are preaching!? Get a 99% in class XII and join IIT or worse case is 90% and get into a descent college. If you get anything less than 70, don’t take up engineering or medical; study B.Sc. and run behind jobs or stay jobless for long time! But Krish’s bio-data (which is printed above) clearly suggested there’s no place at IITs. And with lots of ambitions and dreams, he did what all his classmates did but without a will! Then came a call for stage plays for the year with which most of the boys were not interested (they knew only IITs) Krish didn’t think twice to register and wasn’t worried what his parents would say!
The practice sessions went on, classes were missed, notes not taken and attendance shortage was obvious. As the event concluded, Krish was awarded the best actor for his class and the college. He brought with him 2 trophies, which delighted his parents. As he was the winner for his college, the next call was for inter-collegiate level. He won an award again!
Class XI %: 45, Attendance shortage: 4 subjects, Feedback: Might fail in Class XII, no seriousness in studies!
What could have his parents done!? They encouraged him to do more plays, took him to external troops and challenged him to win again! There were calls for TV and radio shows… He was winning prizes wherever he went! But Class XII exams were waiting to come, everyone did hard work, made him feel inferior, treated him a dumb and declared he would be one of the low scorers for sure! Eventually, it was true! The teachers suggested he should not take up further studies and whatever he was capable of wasn’t really useful! This made the parents sad…
Yet another sad story… our lives are decided based on what’s widely accepted by the society and our environment! Mostly we are ruled and influenced by strangers than ourselves! If Inu is a good painter, there’s no big deal. Important factor here is, since Inu’s classmates are good at studies he has to be good at studies and not painting. If they become engineers and doctors, join MNCs, earn well and work abroad, he has to follow!
Krish’s life moved on. He now accepted the challenge to win, not in his plays but in studies. He joined some college, got good marks and is now doing what his other friends are doing. Being a little different is such a curse in our society even to this century!
Let Krish be a Krish and Inu an Inu… dreams and ambitions are for oneself! Don’t poke your nose!
2 comments:
I know, seriously; Our education system badly needs a face-lift.. atleast until the XII. Parents? they need a crash-course(in most of the Indian middle class families). I wonder when will this stereotype of either BE or MBBS after XII gonna get dissolved..*Sigh*
Yes, thats a good question... but with the IT slowdown and all the reality shows on TV, ppl r now turning a little gutsy! :-)
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