It’s that time of the week again, exams. Ugh. I swear
writing exams every single month is a headache in itself, and then forcing
yourself to sit in those hot, stuffy rooms for 3 hours, gives a greater reason
to complain. As I sat there on those rock hard seats, trying my best to
concentrate, it started up again…the ‘pssts’ and ‘eh macha’ sprinkled throughout
the excited whispers. I was done with my exam by then, and I’m sitting there
listening to the boy behind me, discussing answers as candidly, as talking
about the weather, with his next-door neighbor. As I sat there processing what
was going on, I began formulating what I’m going to write about cheating in my
next blog. So here it is…
I
understand if you don’t study, or don’t feel like it. Honestly, I don’t either,
especially with the dry and repetitive structure of the Indian education
system. It’ll bore anyone to tears! But that doesn’t mean you take the short
way out. I touched upon this in my first blog, how I feel everyone here is
ready to slide by, without actually doing the work. This is what I notice when
it comes to exams at my college. It’s like students literally come for these
exams just to chill for 3 hours, and giggle their way through the answer
sheets. While, the rest of us (or should I say bare minimum of us) work our
$&%^# off to elaborate on answers!
The
worst part is the teachers and the way they handle the situations. A light pat
on the shoulders, accompanied with the slight drone of the student’s name is
apparently enough to get them to stop, until they start up again in two
minutes. This is the way a student gets reprimanded. My old schools, you try
stuff like this, they catch you, you’re thrown out of the institution within
seconds. CONSEQUENCES! Has no one ever heard of that in this place?! Rather
than reprimanding students’ actions, the teachers overlook it, pretending to be
focused on something else. Even worse, the female teachers will smile and shyly
turn away, when male students give em that ‘hey, I’m just fooling around, miss’
look. Oh my god.
So
here’s what I say. The base of sleaze, bribery and corruption in our country,
according to me, lies in the education system. If our students are not stopped
now, you really think things are going to get better? No one’s asking you to
become the saintly Mother Teresa, but for once, just be honest! Is it really
that much to ask? In a country so rooted in tradition and culture, we have not
instilled the basic morals and values within our young ones. We are the future,
they say. What I say is you’re just a walking hypocrite if you blame the
corrupt politicians for the fallbacks of our country, if you’re sitting there
in class, rapidly copying away answers.
The
whispering boy behind me, who I know pretty well, wants to become an IAS
officer. O___o This position is the pinnacle of prestige and repute in the
civil services category in India. You are representing the nation, and its
people, who will rely on you for the growth of the nation. There is nothing
more honorable (so it’s considered) than getting selected as an IAS officer.
And I’m sitting there thinking, this guy’s gonna be an IAS officer?
Please,
just for once, try just doing your best. Dishonesty is not the way to go.
I
decided to jot all this down on the first day of exams, hoping that after
reading this, you may change your mind, and keep your eyes on your own paper,
perhaps :P
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