This is a video in which I talk about the simplicity of ‘Achievement’ in your life. Hope you’ll like it! 
Archive for May, 2010
In India, after one’s 10th grade a student can choose to take one of the three streams that are provided, namely – Science, Arts and Commerce. Mostly, students take science only because their parents want them to take it or under peer pressure. But the thing is that they don’t realize this until it’s too long. The same is also true for other fields too. But it is more widespread in the science field.
Parents only think this way – Their children will go to school, then they will choose science, then they will do engineering/medical, will become an engineer or a doctor, and will earn huge chunks of money. This is Indian mentality, not only Indian but I think of anyone living in this planet. They only go for the tried and tested method; they don’t want to take risks. Actually, in my opinion, risk’s definition would be fear. Fear of the unknown. They will live in as much poverty or low condition but will never go ahead that line where (according to them) there can be two possibilities – One, they would have to face failure and two, they would be enormously successful.
They prefer to live in whatever condition they are but will not go more than their limits even after knowing that they can have a better lifestyle by doing so because there is “risk” in that. Okay, live in whatever lifestyle you want but at least don’t criticize someone because he/she didn’t take the field you wanted them to take. For example, I have seen many parents whose children have taken science, criticizing someone who hasn’t.
I give you my example, I wanted to take science as well (because of the reason I talked about earlier) but I came to know about my passion, i.e. writing. So I will be opting for arts. I told about it to my mother and she agreed, but when my mother told about it to someone who’s child would be taking science, she exclaimed – “What?! Arts?! He will not earn a single penny by doing so. Don’t let him do that, he will never be able to live a good life. Becoming a writer is not an easy task; he will never be able to make it.” See? She is not only trying to change what I want to do but also not giving a chance to my mother to speak a single thing.
We want to take arts, and you want to take science, go then take it, but for God’s sake, don’t discourage us. Go marry your science and let us marry our arts or commerce. You don’t have any right to tell us what we should be doing with our lives. Go be whatever you want to and let us be whatever we want to.
And guess what? Those people, who are not sure of what they want to do, get influenced by them and end up messing up with their lives in future. This is really very bad. This is because of that old mindset which I discussed in my earlier post on education. And, sometimes, this really annoys me a lot. Our country’s education system needs more reforms, and I am happy that we are reaching towards it step by step.
PS: By seeing that I am writing a lot of posts on education, I should make a separate category for them! 
Photo credits: “You can’t!” by mazlov, on Flickr.
“You got your lesson right kid?”
“Yes, I do sir.”
“Good, now go back to your seat and don’t do anything useless.”
“Yes sir.”
Now, how many of you had that kind of a conversation with your school teacher in your school days. Almost everyone right? I myself had that kind of conversation, but not only one time, but almost like twice a week. But I didn’t understand what “lesson” was there for me to learn. But as I grew up, I got to know that almost everyone in this world will try to teach you a single lesson, whether he/she is a friend, parent, teacher, neighbor, or whoever.
But the thing they are trying to teach you is the same – Don’t get too close to anyone as they are going to leave you one day or the other. Well, being very close to anyone is not a problem. I have many close friends in my real life and on the internet as well. And guess what? They are also trying to teach you the same lesson. They may not even know it, neither will you!
Learn that single lesson, and move on. Like all those quotes on the internet say – “Learn from your own mistakes.” Fine, I learned from my mistake, now what? This is the question many of my friends ask. So, what do you really learn? You learn that you don’t have to commit the same mistake again. It doesn’t matter how much big your mistake is, it doesn’t matter that you lose all your best friends, the thing is, you learned a big lesson.
Now, many people fail to realize this, and what they do? Suicide. Well what does suicide means anyway? I came across this definition of suicide somewhere (I don’t remember the source):
Suicide is a permanent solution to temporary problems.
At least first analyze the problem you are in, and then take proper steps. Now you will think, “Huh-uh what this 15-year-old kid will teach me about life?” But you are wrong! This 15-year-old teen has had many bad experiences, experiences that would make any teen suicide within minutes. I am not praising myself, but I am showing you your potential. If a 15-year-old kid can do that, so can you!
Help prevent teen suicide, go to this site to get more help with your problems: YellowRibbon.org
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Photo credits: 365.034 Tired and Frustrated by marvin L, on Flickr.
