well as if written i am seventeen and face all mortal dangers that all student (17)......face in this part of the world........board exams......
see i am a free boy, free as anything that is born in the land and have the right to....be free always..even if in my mind....
This right i am sorry to say is denied to me after the results....every single year in a country like mine where the education system is inclined to rote learning......the higher the marks the more successful the boy is slated to be.........
when people call me asking for my marks i feel humiliated to jus mention my marks......
this humiliation has jailed me in my mind......more than physical captivity this hurts me even more........yeaterday a friend of mine asked for my marks...i had a good impression on him and the good impression thing made me lie to him....
this boy lives in my aprtment building and the other friends know my real marks....
this fear will never let me face him again.....i am torn....
i cannot go out now, bacause i cannot face him....
i am a captive
3 comments:
very true... and yet so unreal.. we are captive because we allow them to bind us.. at least thats what i think.. :)
Yes,I think it is true,for sure.Nowadays I ndian educational system is progressing towards a direction,that surely supports "rote learning"."Marks proportional to knowledge and status",is the current motto of our society.I mean why is world becoming so much competitive and complicated,where relations have been blown apart and just competition ,that too, in terms of marks,becoming a daily routine.
Utsav Chatterjee
i sulk when i see almost everyone with a 90+ score....and i'm not kidding...those types of guys are everywhere
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