21st century talk of the town...
Scene 1.
Aunty 1 - Did you hear that????
Aunty 2 - Mrs. Sharma's Chinku got selected in IIT !! WOW...so lucky, now she doesn't need to worry about her son's future. And obviously now being an IITian will fetch him amazing packages after 4 yrs. His life is all set now.
Scene 2.
Aunty 1 - You know Mrs. Sharma was telling me that after a B.E from IIT Chinku plans to do an MBA from IIM.
Aunty 2 - Oh God he'll get such amazing packages...I think then he will not get anything below 20 or 30 lakhs.
Scene 3.
Newspaper headlines... "Braking all records an IIM graduate bags a hefty package of 35 lakhs"
Scene 4.
Father - Beta will you become a doctor?
Son - Noooo!! I don't want to study so much & a doctor doesn't get a good package in the starting of the career. I definitely want to earn a handsome package!!
Well these are just a few instances that I have jotted down here and am sure you must have experienced some similar instances sometime in your life. Or maybe you might have experienced some even worst scenarios.
But what do you think, does this kind of "package" driven education hold any value. Is it merely a grand package for which we want to study? Don't you feel that by following such an education system we are creating unnecessary pressures on ourselves and spoiling our otherwise cool n chilled out life.
I mean making money is not et al. bad...coz in reality everything comes with a price tag!! But if we are so demanding for money then why wait till our graduation and post graduations end...why not start earning right after our schooling. Why keep taking CAT, MAT, AIMET, IITJEE and so many other mind boggling exams? Am sure if we put these college years in working in the fields of our interests we will bag equally good or maybe even better packages. And with that the practical insight will help us in ensuring our future pay cheques.
Had Warren Buffet, L.N Mittal, Dhirubhai Ambani, Sachin Tendulkar, Amitabh Bachchan would have thought about studying for packages, they would not have made the fortune that they have.
So let's get more real, practical and not study merely for earning money. Coz as baba Ranchordas Shamaldas Chanchad aka Rancho says "follow excellence and money will follow" :)
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Nicely put Neha....I'm sure evryone of us has faced this question in our life. But, in today's developing India, where there are lot of opportunities rising evryday, even the people eligible for the same are increasing by manifolds. You know, according to some survey, India stands 138 or something out of 184 countries when in terms of "Ease of Starting a New Business"!! This is a shocking stat, but not at all indigestible with the growing population and cut-throat competition.
ReplyDeletePersonally what I feel is, a person should be capable enough to earn his bread and a decent lifestyle, but he shouldn't be complaining or wasting his time whining for the luxuries that are out of his reach. People and relations are definitely more important than money. And happiness always lies within! :-)