A story about the the kids of the yesteryars and the youthful youth of today!
Time has changed... Those who were in grade 4 or 5 a few years ago are doing their undergraduate and i feel that time is flying with a
superspeed.I am gonna tell u about the things which i have seen in the past 2700 days...
I never felt the competition till 12th grade or so because i didnt cared about iits, nits et cetera... they were dreams which were never going to be fulfilled and i never gave a damn about them.... i wanted to enjoy my life a bit( not that iitians or nitians dont enjoy, but that was my perspective) .I always thought that moral lessons and GK classes are just escape from the Sci , maths and Soc. Sci..English was painful... that was an exceptional... we never used derogatory, inflammatory ( and all the - tory words used these days by the ministers to ban these -tory things)... We moved on. I reached higher secondary level.... we were told that the outside world is ruthless, cut throat, its all rat race... et cetera ... so we have to concentrate more in our studies and quit those moral lessons, and the most important games classes... :( the same dialogue was
used in the lower classes to and so moral lessons was virtually closed .... so to face the ruthless world, we had to sacrifice the "moral lessons" ( i was not so sad regarding this even at that time)...
Back to the main point.. the face of the youth changed... all turned towards orkut... ( i still dunno wat does orkut mean) ... we suddenly grew... moved more freely... all turning their heads towards something which is not flesh.... Time indeed changed...
Now we entered college, a new place, a new set of rules to be broken.... but the main thing was we were facing the world.. the same ruthless world.... here it was a rat race at every point... strategies at every point... how to please the lecturers????? :O ... wickedness at a new level...
Most of our own kind can write their own books and all will be a best seller.. iam sure about it...
lengthy classes, lengthy homeworks, lengthy assignments, lengthy records but but but very short time... I am not blaming anyone but just sharing the same plight...
We are running and running forgetting something and that something is very very large... Today irrespective of the grades we receive, we are under stress at some point of time.... Our curriculum says that we should have relaxation classes at least twice a week... sadly like our moral lessons they too were turned into
something worthless... ofcourse in the beginning we had those classes which were headed by some scholars (obviously not in relaxation)... so it was of no use...
In college, we are supposed to learn most of the things on our own, but the thing is we have to sacrifice one out of the two.... ithulle ehavadhu onne thodu... touch one of the fingers-academics or practical learning,of course many stalwards are there who touch both the fingers and succeed but i am not one among them...
I touch only one finger at a time... ofcourse we are forgetting something... that something can be anything from happiness, love, "being human" to many more things...We all are getting nuclear, our dimensions are reducing exponentially.... and this worries me a lot... cos i am seeing this exponential graph and it makes me sick...
have we all forgotten something.... ???
We are learning but we are not learning completely, dats y some "spiritualistic" people say we r like dogs... we dunno anything as compared to what "they" know..(see what modern edu. has brought us into) ;) jokes apart...
Everything has got shortcuts and loopholes and we at this age are using all the possible ones making things easier but unknowingly we are indeed making ourselves look fools because nothing comes easily and what we are getting are for only a short span of time... what we do harder, lasts longer.... we all are conning ourselves, at least i am doing so, dunno about others...cant say... we are seeing what we want to see and that's not called LIFE...
We are not complete... running after something at all point of life... like that donkey running after d carrot... its never gonna get it but it runs... This is the best example to show our plight
... some are not donkeys( they are clever enough not to run in vain) .... some are helpless... some tend to find new ways... so join the club... whic one are u gonna join??
even when iam writing this, when i am ending this, i dunno why i am doing so because i have more to go... the real thing will come soon...
Ps. Dedicated to all those who see the same thing which i am seeing...
Ohhh, I agree with this post completely! Didn't i tell you, let's go stick it up on our department's notice board?! The unfairness I was feeling that day, the anger and really, the total disbelief...thanks for spelling it out here.
ReplyDeleteWell said Yuvva :)
Yes, I can feel your frustrations and I think every one sometimes or the other go through these feelings. But as you say rightly, this is time when everyone is in a race. You need not run but atleast you can balance both the lives. The one you want to live and the one everyone is running after. The trick is to take out time for your passions and the things you want to and love to do and at the same times have to do the things we don't very much enjoy. The balance , as and when you achieve it, is the best thing. It satisfies you and gives you the feeling of satisfaction and elation. It is for you to work it out. and I know you will be able to. Emotions well expressed. Keep it up.
ReplyDelete@CJ- Just imagine what will happen if we stick it at its appropriate place... :O
ReplyDelete@Sudha aunty- Thank you once again! :)