Just like your timeline on your birthday where people you hardly knew post "hApPy bUdAy :) hAfUn :D " and ignore you till your next birthday, there are people(let's say, relatives) who never really bothered about you call your mobile (equip yourself with truecaller to identify them) or your parents and ask the most annoying question to you at this point of time.
Yes, I'm talking to you young boys and girls. Especially those with their 12std marks. Innumerable phone calls from mom side/dad side (oh even worse) relatives, mom/dad friends and colleagues , neighbors, relatives from abroad, your friend's parents but not your friend(cause they know the feel bro).
Before you could even open your mouth to say hello you will be bombarded with questions like "Evalo mark vangina?" , "State 1st kum unakum evalo difference?" , "95% vanginiyono?" Or simply "pass eh?". Thus is the only time when laws of physics defy and speed of sound is increased fourfold than what you read in your physics volume II book.
I could recollect this day of my life exactly 3 years ago. My dad constantly refreshing the internet page for my mark, my mom staring at her phone's inbox waiting for that text message my dad subscribed for speedy delivery of my marks(those who subscribed this know how fast it was). And my sister surfing between the news channels and her favorite channel. And I sit on the sofa. Blank inside laced with nervousness. My dad said " hey the results are out and you secured......" My dad undressed the smile he wore on his face. I saw my marks and I was content. Phones started ringing and my parents started blaming the exam correction and everything except me to them. I was still sitting on the sofa wondering why an 87 percentile cannot satisfy an average Indian parent.
To all those confused souls, You Are Here
Think school was hard and unfair? Welcome to the reality where hard work never pays so easily and life is screwed everyday. I'm not saying you shouldn't feel bad for your marks, if you don't then you are entering a dangerous level of not giving a fuck. I say you save it for the future if you are about to join an engg college.
Do you know a Chartered accountant pass out can earn double, why double? Triple the amount of salary of what an engg pass out can earn? And you thought those in commerce classes were inferior. Ha suffer bitch.
You are like a stream of water which is supposedly gonna join a river which joins the sea. Make sure which river you wanna join. I'm not referring rivers with EEE, ECE, EIE, IT, CSC, ME, Auto, Aero, Marine , Civil, Chemical etc. I'm talking about courses other than engineering. CA, MBBS, Law, Fashion design, Interior designs there are so many things I suggest you would like to explore. If you've set your mind towards pursuing engineering then check any of these, like printing, plastic, rubber, production and manufacturing. EEE, ECE, EIE, IT, CSC, ME, Auto, Aero, Marine , Civil, Chemical all have become traditional courses. They have saturated. You've to struggle very hard to get yourself a good job.
If you have already joined engineering you will face a lot of issues some of them are
1. Loss of sleep
2. Loss of appetite
3. Loss of interest towards extra curricular activities.
4. Hair fall (trust me it happens)
5. Erratic behavior
6. Fatigue and frustration
7. Loss of happiness and freedom
If you wanna have all the above then you must either join a REPUTED college. Get me? REPUTED like CEG, MIT, SSN, VIT, SRM, NIT, GCT, CIT, PSG, NUS or remember i asked you to save something if you join an engg college.? Yeah that. Use that. There is a difference between REPUTED and reputed. The whole atmosphere is different. The classroom experience is totally different. In a good way I mean.
There is this ummmm.... Trend. A trend created by oldies and parents. " Engineering padicha life settled" my foot settled. Don't succumb to this trend. Its never like that. And don't expect the college life you see in movies. You will be disappointed and will feel so bad you will quit engineering.
You are here and choose wisely to go above. It's your life and your future. There is a cruel world out there. Brace yourself. Winter is coming.
Whatever you choose you have to enjoy it. If you do so then you will enjoy your college life.
You may say even I succumb to this trend. Yes I did. Had I not succumb to the trend I wouldn't have written this.
All the very best guys. Choose wisely.
Until next time. Peace out.
