its quite interesting to see how people react to the result of that exhaustive 3 hrs gruelling called 'examination' (yeah i know its worse than a guerilla war). some exceeds the rest and are called the rank holders, some simply comes under the average group and some do not make to the list at all. i have seen many people suddenly collapsing and crestfallen when they find themselves marked that seemingly dangerous alphabet 'F' in front of their name. i was consoling a friend of mine whose result came unclear even after re-evaluation and one can imagine how one will react to this result. so i tried to console her saying that crying is not going to solve anything. i told her to brace herself up and clear the paper after giving the exam again. "tumhare liye kehna ashaan hai..." yeah its easy to say i know. but then i said, no i know that its hard to do but then its not impossible and then its not the end of the world, exam is not everything i added after a while. to which she gave a sobful reply "exam is everything..." and it gave food for my thought. is it true? is exam everything? well then i had to convince her and said rather convincing myself in the end " well there are much more important things in life than exam like understanding what you are learning (sounds like 3 idiots but it just came to my lips). exam is just a part of it so you better take some rest to do some thinking and prepare yourself to re-appear in the exam..."
had i been in the same condition may be i would have reacted in a worse way...and it applies almost to everyone. i dont want to blame my friend here who thinks exam is everything or the education system which make it feel that exam is everything but then i would very much like to know if only 3 hours is enough for some unknown person who checks only tose things written on a few pages of the answer paper to evaluate a person's one long year learning and depth of understanding of the subject?
i leave this question open to all the 'torch bearers' and 'future pillars' of the nation for neither do i have a torch now am i a pillar. i'm just one of the many people who cant help thinking such things while consloing a friend when crestfallen.
