Got my Semester 1 Results today ...... Can't believe I am actually half way through the course! Phew!
Got 3.50 as my TGPA (Term Grade Point Average), out of 5.0
This is quite a decent score, considering that I have had devoured 5 out of 10 courses already! Days were quite hectic, Nights were even more drastic! Assignments, Submission, Powerpoint Slides, Quizzes ... All this managed between the Dinner times, movies, chatting, surfing, partying, sight seeing, and of course, being with my beloved ... 'Sleep'!
I am constantly hammering this on my mind, that at this age and at this stage of my 'academic' career, grades do not matter! Yet, somehow the sense of greed and remorse surrounds me at the same time, when I look at my marks. Phrases such as "I could have done better", "If only... I had studied a bit more", "Next sem I'll try to score more" and alike; keep on hovering in my mind! I say WHY?
It is then I realize, that, we, as Indian students, are constantly bred within our education system, to race against each other on a benchmark of 'marks', 'grades', 'scores', whatever! Why is it that the first thought that crosses our mind (pre-exams, during the exams, and post-exams) that, I should score this much..... anything less than this is something to be ashamed of! We, intrinsically, have been developed in such a way, that we unconciously (or even sub-conciously!) try to be merely qualified than being thoroughly educated?
I do know that grades are a measure of feedback on how much the student has 'understood' of what is being 'taught' to him/her, but why such a tremendous emphasis as if it were to be a matter of life or death!
From now on, of whatever is left of my student life, I refuse to be dragged into this grindmill! I would not be bogged down or flattered by any grades of any magnitude, and the sole purpose of my academics will be to be educated and not just qualified!
If Only.....
Aditya
P.S.: This is from personal experiences, observations, trials and tribulations! The reader has it in the free will to disagree with any of the opinions, thoughts, and ideas.
