Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Looking for shortcuts?

A break was needed after crossing the hurdles of exams, after giving the XII boards. I urged for some refreshment and finally settled with a novel, The Stars ✨Shine down, by Sidney Sheldon. Lara, the main character, was a portrait of beauty with brains. She rose from poverty to become a very rich and successful builder. The story left me thinking, if she could do this after all the unfavorable circumstances, could I be that successful some day.
My mother told me, "Phle to 8th pass krte h naukari mil jati thi logo ko". And how time changes, now institutions keep running after degree and higher education. Couldn't we just start earning without going through the depression of finding a college and then getting degrees. Lara didn't even had to study upto Eighteen years. She had a cheque in her hand, and started getting wages when she was not even twenty one. These stories develop the feeling inside me, like why this college?  Why all of us couldn't just pass school and start earning, and then I blame the education system.
People and their ways change a lot with time. And all this has become necessary, I tell my lethargic side. Cause one can understand that only due to two possible reasons I have such ideas. Either I'm least interested in studies or just showing up my lazy face. Out of which the former is not true. So I decided to leave these ideas in the story itself and face the realityMy mother told me, "Phle to 8th pass krte h naukari mil jati thi logo ko". And how time changes, now institutions keep running after degree and higher education. Couldn't we just start earning without going through the depression of finding a college and getting degrees. Lara didn't even had to study upto Eighteen years. She had a cheque in her hand, and started getting wages when she was not even twenty one. These stories develop the feeling inside me, like why this college?  Why all of us couldn't just pass school and start earning, and then I blame the education system.
People and their ways change a lot with time. And all this has become necessary, I tell my lethargic side. Cause one can understand that only due to two possible reasons I have such ideas. Either least interested in studies or just showing up my lazy face. Out of which the former is not true. So I decided to leave these ideas in the story itself and face the reality, I can surely be successful but, "There's no shortcut to Success ".
(Sketch and PiC - Akashita Sahu)

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