Hello Freedom My Old Friend

Ever since my 12th exams were over and done with (which, mind you, was only about a month ago, give or take).  Well I’ve had this nigh overwhelming feeling of emptiness. As all my fellow survivors of 12th grade in India can attest, the sudden feeling of FREE time is difficult to come to terms with, especially when you are used to having all of your time mapped out into study this, then study that, rinse, alter, repeat.
End excerpt from my unpublished post....
New one ahoy. My point still stands though. 
The Indian educational system is built on an extremely unsteady foundation of non stop cramming. Not a single blink-of-an-eye is spared for such trivial things as hobbies and mental health, to the point where the kids who get spat out of the system don't even remember what kind of things they used to do for "fun". That's not ok, no matter how many Indian parents believe that a slightly larger chance of their children becoming big shot doctors or engineers and raking in the money, is worth that kind of sacrifice. 
The hypocrisy of the system, is so comical sometimes, that one is left to wonder if perhaps one isn't in a cartoon. For instance, every so often the board under which I studied till 12th grade, will announce some changes, either in syllabus or in examination style. Either way, the change is always phrased as a way to reduce the amount of "mugging-up" that kids do, or to reduce their stress, but in truth just increases both exponentially.

In short, dont have kids in India, unless you are sadistic enough to enjoy their misery, and if you already do, then please, don't force them into your pathetic mould of success, the world needs a lot more than doctors and engineers to make it go round!


















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