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Writing something on blog is easiest thing provided we don't care about the quality of contents and just write whatever comes to the mind. The pressure on kids to out perform every one in this world is increasing day by day. Recently about 400 students of commerce stream got 100% marks and still could not get the admission in LSR college, Delhi. I agree that these days the kids are much ahead then previous generations in the matter of intelligence but the parameters of intelligence are totally shaded by percentage. In fact the excitement and pride of the news of some body getting 'x' percentage does instantly get faded with instance of 'Y' getting higher marks. This nullifies the performance of 'x' and then 'y' and then so on... We all (students, teachers and Parents) forget that marks is nothing but the report card of a particular moment when some one may be doing better than others but it does not mean that all other students are weak. One may be weak in academics but stronger in other areas (like business, sports, painting, creativity etc. etc.). There are in numerable areas of activities which are open for great career in present days and believe me offer even better opportunities than academics. Parents don't appreciate the career other than academics and hence pressurise the kids to focus only on academics. It is not fair and good for the peace and happiness of the families. History proves that those who scored 'D' grades were capable enough to hire 'A' grade students. In fact moderate marks in academics creates entrepreneurship, humbleness,confidence, Creativity and risk taking abilities in the students who in later part of the life become very successful.
I have seen the shyness, frustration and fear in the eyes of children with lesser marks or failure in academics which is mainly because of pressure from the colleagues and high expectations by the parents and society. They feel their dreams shattered and start loosing confidence day by day and finally getting frustrated or going into depression. In my view the children not highly successful in academics should take it as a blessing in disguise and move forward. Probably God wants them to be successful in other areas which are much ahead than the career provided by academics. Parents should promote such children to excel in other activities and build career. This will help the children, parents and their families to prove their capability in areas which interests them.
CP
1 comment:
Hello,
It is not so easy to write on the blog. As u said u can pen down whatever comes to mind..but it is very rare tht such matters come to mind n one writes on the blog. I have come across many people who r not able to write or converse, so the effort put by u is really appreciable. To comment is the easiest thing, as u know the content on the blog..n one can put his or her thoughts. But selection of a topic is the really very tough.
I totally agree with u tht kids r pressurised for the academic studies. But i believe tht even if one is not so good in academics, he/ she should have some goal to achieve. The goal should be very clear in the mind irrespective of any field. We should always encourage our children , so tht they can achieve success in all the fields of life.
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