Enough of wasting time .. i have to start atleast now if i want to pass ..suddenly my head is spinning and i dont know where to start from, i dont even know the syllabus !!! ( now i know what you are thinking of me ;) but then i have managed to pass this way for the past 5 years ) . with my brand new , just dusted books, i set off seeking advice from all those generous souls who are midway through and wouldn't mind letting a word or two of advice slip from their mouths .
After admiring their sincerity and learning prowess, i finally get a hang of the enormity of the portions and wisely decide that this is not the time to display my chivalry and attack the portions from the front . Instead i get those "Important Questions " ( somehow ,only those would not show up in the question paper tomorrow , by Murphy's Law) from my "well wishers" and set of on this formidable quest for a pass mark.
Last 14 hrs
I realise that i am getting nowhere , and then meticulously plan out a strategy ( which i know am never going to implement) and decide that it would be better to start full fledged after dinner .
During dinner i see all intellectuals of my class engrossed in discussion , teaching ,comparing status ... omg where am i ?
After a hurried dinner, on the way back i find consolation in the fact that a few poor souls like me exist too and we all decide to tackle the challenge through " combined studies " .
After a while into the combined studies i find that we are only discussing how to study , what to study,but not studying actually , i decide alone would have been better , and head to my room.
6 hrs before
"and marketing of perishable goods like apples ... and Newton made a living by selling apples .... selling is not marketing understanding consumer .. goods washing machine .. Newton is washing clothes ... "
what !!!! it was a dream ....omg i've been sleeping all the while thinking that i am reading...
the remaining hours are spent skimming the pages, half asleep , audio learning (friends recite the lessons to me )and finally rush off to the hall just on time .
The dread is here
Happy that some of the questions i prepared for have come , i start to write the answer . but the pen doesnt move, suddenly everything is blank .. i remember the humorous analogy that sir had derived for easy recall , but now i recall only the humor and not the concept !!
Very sure that i would be coming again to give this paper a second time, i set off creating my own stories , proposing theories and explanations ( i take time to giggle at them too ) , cursing the education system and finally hand over my research paper well before time .
The irony
I make sure that my parents are mentally prepared to accept news of my flunking , desperately pray for mercy that i dont deserve and don't even bother to learn the correct answers.
But wonder of wonders most of the times it so happens that i pass . (strange isn't it ??)
Musings
What does the education system attempt to ascertain ? a persons rote memory , his writing ability in those 3 hrs ? and how do these help in guaging a persons true command over the subject ? The system should have a gamut of more practical, logical and application oriented tests .And these should be on a continuous assessment basis .
Illusions
This is too far fetched an idea and if anything the system will only go worse , what with a 5 th class kid already being burdened with IIT coachings and schools with no playground becoming the order of the day .....
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A neat and light topic.. One thing is you are not as bad as u have potrayed. Ur explanation abt ur planning and not doin, is a candid confession which most of us are yet to come to terms with. 'Well begun is half done' and so the saying goes. But the irony is we begin well by planning, but that gives a feel of half done and so cuts down the effort estimation by half thus leading to complacence. Sense of completion is no motivation. Lastly about education system.. A deep thought would make you understand that this system is good. First of all this end-term carries only 60% weightage. Secondly, tell me, would u ever bother to open ur finance texts if there is no end-terms?
true siva i wouldn't bother to read something i dont like . but it doesnt make much difference now either , because i'd focus on memorizing just enough for me to pass .
and would'nt care to remember them later . so what is tae point in giving an exam just for the heck of it ?
yup.. its a Catch-22.. We dont read if there is no exam. But when we read there is no point in the same. Then why at all read. And why at all exam... ha ha..
see you've come to the same point that i had raised and youve ended up contradicting your own statement :)
so it is true that this system of conducting meaningless exams is flawed .
ya true in a way.. But tell me. Is there a better alternative? Maybe at the PG level this sort could be avoided. But till school, this seams the best method. Not all are matured. And in India, fear works. And not many would want to get disciplined enoung to pursue a learning on his own. If you can suggest an alternative to exams in the school level, then your argument is very strong.
teaching, as a process should evoke an interest such that the pupil is interested to learn.
not everyone needs to learn everything at the start. let him learn what he is interested in completely and learn the other things along the way , as the need arises. like the ancient gurukula way. now all this is not meant for a primary school kid. but this can be implemented from atleast 12 years onwards.
Two things..
One, for teaching to evoke interest, first considering the dearth of teachers, not many will stand to that. U too would agree that abour 20% of the teachers whom you have met are worth a ton.
Two, lack of knowledge should not be confused with disinterest. Or rather, we tend to choose a subject not out of liking,but as according to our understanding. If u had a good arts faculty visiting, you might want to become an artist.
But, thinking objectively requires maturity. Till UG, that maturity is scarce. So, beg to differ, I am unable to agree with you that exams are bad..
It's an assertive & exaggerated (often needed in literature content) truth of Indian Educational Systems. That's why students like Mary are getting just good marks in the exams otherwise she would be the topper due to her creativity (even in stress times).
Ferdi ,we all know that no one can excel you when it comes to sarcasm . we also know that there are some moments when you inadvertently spurt out the truth.but instead, i would rather like you to look at the blog critically and send your valuable opinion ,
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