: AFTER CLASS 12: DROPPING, EAVESDROPPING :POSSIBLE REASONS AND AMICABLE SOLUTIONS

Remember the line from the movie 3 idiots: “Life is a race”? Yes, you have got it all right. Our lives are now dangling from the post. Because we have now completed Class 12 and have still no idea about what we want to be when we “grow up”.

Its really traumatic for me and millions of students like me to figure out a line which they want to make their destination. With 2 years of hard labor for board and entrance exams, congratulations to all those guys who have qualified with flying colors. One of my classmates has secured 96% in CBSE 12^th Board Exams and got a seat under Aeronautical Engineering in IIT Chennai. Brilliant guy, lucky enough? Well this may sound absurd, but actually both hard work and luck play equal roles in administrating our career. My friend secured 94% and did qualify NEET 2013 [like me], but still she’s dropping a year because this year we have no idea what is going on. The counseling dates for various states are not yet out. She’s dropping, because: [most possible reasons]

·         She is determined to crack NEET next year and fulfill her dream of becoming a successful cardiologist.

·         Next time luck will surely favor her as in one year she would have learnt many things. God will surely reward her for her hard work.

·         She’s not prepared to learn something else.

I feel the third point is not with me and many students. We know we have to make something out of our lives, but sadly we can’t pinpoint to a direction. Even after career counseling, we are unable to make a decision. But why?

Perhaps the answer lies in us.

I believe the following points are responsible for our fallacy:

·         Choosing wrong stream after class 10. It is really better to get 90% in Arts rather than scoring 50% in Science stream. One of my classmates wanted to learn Economics. But her father pushed her into Science stream. She could never pass a single class test.

·         Decision taken by parents instead of students for their liking subject. True, I admit that a parent will always choose a career which has more money; but if the child wants to study history, what’s wrong in that? Remember, its your life, not your parents, that is going to be affected by perhaps the biggest decision of your life till date.

·         Jack of all trades, master of none. I’m the perfect example. I love biology. So I wanted to become a doctor/zoologist. I love physics too. Hence I wanted to become a space scientist. I love uniforms, marching and salute. So I wanted to join Air Force. So many thoughts. But I was going coaching for engineering entrance exams. Hence, somehow I did qualify but I failed to live up to even my own expectations.

·         Being smart is another factor. You are so good in all the subjects that sometimes you fail to realize where you can exploit your maximum potentials.

So after all the results of entrance exams are out, we students are seen scrambling in front of various educational institutions. If not medical, then engineering. If not engineering, then B.Sc. or other Vocational courses. Have you prioritized your life in this way? If not this then that? If we would try to stick to a particular line, perhaps the competition in various entrances would also lessen up. We try to have our hands full all the time, but end up with empty pockets. Of course there are less seats and a vast population and a lot of reservations, but we can’t change that. We have to live under the system. But we need to think out of the box. Something new. Why do we choose B.Sc. if we don’t qualify in professional courses? Is it really that bad? Not at all. It all depends on our dedication and performance. Our mindsets. Everything is okay. We just need to change our thinking perspectives. After all, we are the future of our country.

So guys like me, cheer up. And my juniors, do take my advice seriously. This is our chance to make history. So get, set and go!

 

THE UNIVERSE IS POSSIBLY ENDLESS

 

Yesterday I was reading the record breaking bestseller book:  ”A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME: FROM BIG BANG TO BLACK HOLES” by STEPHEN HAWKING. I completed the first chapter titled” Our picture of the universe.” Truly, it’s the most wonderful book I’ve ever read. And I got hooked to it from the first page itself. I’ve just started my journey towards my Class XI, and I don’t have much idea about the Physics that is going to be taught to me. So it is not a wonder that I was unable to judge some points in the book, like the following:

• The Greeks had an argument about why the earth’s round, since one first sees the sails of the ship coming over the horizon and later sees the hull.
• ”If we assume that there are infinite number of stars in the sky located in a finite position, still they would not fall, because there would be no central point to fall on”: Newton argued.

 

Science has no ending, it goes on releasing more and more questions and ideas for us to solve. So I had my own doubts and thoughts, as I was gazing the sky looking majestic as the Sun threw its last glimpse on it. If ever Science ever reaches its zenith, it’ll be not useful to the common people if they don’t explore the beauty and secrets hiding in it.  My questions are:

• Do the orbits of other planets come in the way of Sun’s orbit? If yes, then how does it affect both the parties?
• How did we get to know about Big Bang and Big Crunch?

Such questions might be very very insignificant for great researchers, since they know about it, but I don’t know. it is obvious that I’m also a little creature of Planet Earth of The Solar System in the Milky Way Galaxy looking towards the Universe with a vast eye of questions, questions and questions.

The Universe has always amazed mankind, with its planets, comets, meteors and meteorites and the darkness, gravity and freezing temperature above. Terms like SpaceTime are truly fascinating, because they have theoretical approach, but no one has ever witnessed it. Have you ever seen a Black Hole? The answer is no, because we have assumptions, theories and contradictions doing the talking more than our practical research and movements in space. It’s like a great big ocean and we are just holding onto a tide and braving a mission to explore the whole water body.

Everyday I pray to God to make me older quickly so that I can make money through my education and fulfill my dreams of being a Space Scientist and a freelance writer. But then a thought struck my mind today: Now I’m 15, then I’ll be 20, then 30 and so on. I’ll be growing older day by day!!! One day will come in my life when my existence will be ripped off. The End. If this is the case, why do we want to get older and start repenting for the loss? Can’t it be a reversible action? I hope it might become in the several decades to come.

It’s the same case with universe. It started with just being a nebula. But Big Bang then changed everything. Today it is so vast that we can only peek our heads near Milky way and a bit beyond. All the heavenly bodies of the universe get created and get destroyed[ stars end up being black holes or supernovas], just like all the living organisms. God has created all of us. So, the final question I’d like to ask is; If we are mortal, is the Universe so? If it is, then time has to cover a very, very long journey. But again a question: Space and time are related phenomena; directly proportional quantities.  Then what is this universe? is it going to end. I’ve no answer. THE UNIVERSE IS PROBABLY ENDLESS, OUR QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE IS LISTLESS.