COVID19 Stories #3

Today, despite of all the unpleasant experiences that COVID-19 has caused, there is one thing that I really feel grateful about - I am not graduating in 2020. Yes, I really feel great about this one fact. Yes, it was long back that I had graduated and yes, still, I am a student. But, one thing that I am really, really thankful is that I am not graduating in 2020. And there are obvious reasons for it. First, I got a real graduation ceremony, where I received the certificate in reality, in reality, because it was not the virtual reality, but, a deep deep real reality. Secondly, because I got to write my exams and prove my worth. Yes, the system of examination was really questionable then. With no autonomy the exams were inconsistent, sometimes they'd be declared just a week prior to the exam, creating a panic situation, while at other times, the exams would be postponed indefinitely (perhaps more definite from the current times, because it was certain that in a span of 3 months, it will happen for sure). And yes, there were instances when the new semester will reach half way with no knowledge about the results of last semester. Yes, there were a lot of inconsistencies then. Instances from paper settings, to buying degrees and improper checking which I acknowledge, just with a certainty that such practices will exist for longer and creep in many other so called newly established systems as well. These are perhaps the inconsistencies of the education system itself, for we cannot walk back to the times of Socrates, those thoughts of learning have disappeared from long. The system of education is a becoming a business now. Anyways, that is not the point of discussion here.

The point is though I belong to those times, I feel grateful. Whatever were the inconsistencies and the rotting system that continues. At least we were clear with what is happening. The way the exams are to take place now? Oh, I mean are they to take place? Because a few days back, they were not to. Then comes a new guideline that exams for final years should take place. The way these decisions are inconsistent makes me feel happy about those inconsistencies and inconveniences that I had faced as quite small in magnitude. The way these decisions are changing day and night are creating havoc in the lives of some really good students who are hopeful about their future. I wish the different ministries also realise the anxiety of the students of the graduating batch. Whether they have to prepare for entrance? Or their exams which will or will not happen? The kind of chaos that is reflected in the system makes me reach only to one conclusion - 'Learning is never waste' So, if you are also in the same group of graduating students of 2020, my advice is prioritize it according to your own decisions. Be prepared for the exam, so if it happens, you get to excel, and if it does not takes place, you still know. Now it is the time to materialize - 'Chase Excellence, Success will then Definitely follow back' (3 idiots) Another one... It is a free advice, you may accept or reject. 🙂🙃😜

Have a happy life!!!

Random Stories - COVID19 Pandemic

Again as I travelled, I recalled the news reporting of community transmission of the COVID19 pandemic. I saw, some people on the streets, perhaps they were the labours who had returned back, or maybe some poor people. Definitely, they were daily wage earners. They drank water from a can which was accompanied by two mugs. Don't know from where the water was filled? Was it even filtered? I wonder. Then, was it their thirst which was vital or the purity of water which made sense? My focus shifted to the three boys who were drinking tea at the same stall. No mask, no gloves, no safety. Is their life not worth? Or are they making their today worth? Survival for today, risking the survival for tomorrow? Or just thinking that tomorrow will come only if we survive today. They had no frowns on their forehead, as if they were ignorant of COVID19 transmission. Now who is helping them? That became the next question. With the bare clothes on their body, did they had a chance to tie something as a mask? Another girl, passes from the street, again no safety measures at all. Maybe she was a beggar. So would she beg for one time meal, limiting to her today? Or beg for mask, thinking of some future? Are their lives that trivial? If so much of relief work is going on, as claimed, why the evidences are contrasting? If we have the right leaders who care, then why does it appears like who cares? Yes, the India of the Rich and Powerful Vs Poor and Powerless was very much visible, one more time... Today!

Make the best of every opportunity: Learning from the exams in Covid19 pandemic (Case of M.P.)

The new decision of the Madhya Pradesh Government seems to be in the favor of the health of the students, promotion on the basis of past performance. So of you have performed good in the earlier semesters/ years, and considered every opportunity to be equally important then definitely your result is going to be good enough, but, if your plans were to work in the final year or semester, you probably are in a difficult situation. Moreover, it turns to be an extremely happy situation for those who did not prepare at all for their exams, who were missing the classes, missing the coaching and wondering what the life will be once they pass from the college. So, now the suspense ends to some extent, at least in terms of exams. No exams for any of the years / semesters and promotions would be given on the basis of past performances. Yeah, a little disappointing for those sincere students who really were studying hard for their exams considering this lock down to be an opportunity to prepare really well. A little disappointing for those who kept preparing for conduction of exams again and again, maybe rework is what they had to do, maybe they enjoyed doing it, and if not, definitely they will enjoy it now. Utmost chaos of exams taking place or not taking place and when and how and where and why were really some of the most disturbing questions creating an atmosphere of anxiety among students. And I do consider this decision to be in the favor of the students, one, because they can now feel safe, two, because their anxiety is relieved to some extent (to some extent, because, you never know what may happen tomorrow, this also being a reason for me to write today itself, before the decision changes again and I get no chance to express), and, three, the most important reason, because majority of the student community, I guess would have been avoiding reading and preparation. It would only be a handful of those intelligent guys and girls who would have been really working on in this lockdown, and I am really sorry for their l

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