Thursday, August 13, 2009

The schooling never ends...

I well remember one of my seniors telling in our freshers introduction meeting in one of the numerous clubs of our coll..."In school when the tenth board exams approach we would be advised to learn 4 the particular exam and then we will be well settled for the rest of our lives.. Then will come the 12th board exam....Same dialogue will be repeated.Still BEWARE this dialogue will be oft repeated"
I thought that guy was kidding and talking nonsense.Today finishing my BE i realize how many times i have heard the words.."Do this exam and u will be WELL SETTLED".Coll final exams.The whole lot of entrance exams tat i have written and have been advised to write by well wishers of my future.......

Pondering today the truth hit on me..This life of ours is a big school and the learning never ends...One can never GET SETTLED in life..Life is one endless search but am no longer weary of learning..Because if one sees the world through this perspective life is a song and learning is fun...We are simply kids in a treasure hunt searching for our destiny..Some of my frnds tell me that i have a gr8 passion for learning...Actually the reality am a big lazy idiot and what i know is a millionth fraction in the ocean of knowledge...If we look at the world with wonder then everything becomes surprisingly interesting..and all we WANT is MORE experience,knowledge,life and beauty in the world..Dazzled with the world for the millionth time and still in wonder...........Sudha.
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  1. AnonymousAugust 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM

    >>but am no longer weary of learning..
    Need you say that?? *rolling eyes*

    >>This life of ours is a big school and the learning never ends...One can never GET SETTLED in life..
    Very much true!!

    Happy realisation! :P

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  2. SudhaAugust 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    We have a choice to get weary or not to.. :-)The better choice is not to get weary..:-)

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  3. Sudharsana Raamanujan.RAugust 13, 2009 at 10:43 AM

    Well when u studied your tenth standard and did what ppl told.. u beat 40 percent of the competition.. then in 12th u studied well and beat another 1 lakh ppl.. then studied well in engineering to beat another 1lakh ppl.. so getting settled really means beating competition.. u always have competition.. the better u study u narrow your competition.. for ex an iit grad needs to compete only with 700 odd in engg but u do the same with a lakh :) so every step in getting settled narrows down the competition..

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  4. SudhaAugust 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM

    That is a very interesting perspective..Thanks anna 4 commenting..

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  5. DLAugust 13, 2009 at 3:02 PM

    well said sudha.

    But about narrowing down competition, a nice and a different perspective,but....I am not really sure. I am afraid, you have simplified life so much.... Competing with 700 people equally tough or multi fold tougher than u is much more challenging than competing with 1 lakh people of your kind or people who are still struggling to reach ur state.

    I personally think, "settling down", if thats what you would like to call it, is meeting greater challenge everytime, encountering new problems everytime. And that I think never ends....
    as sudha rightly points out "... If we look at the world with wonder then everything becomes surprisingly interesting....", even problems become interesting!

    Hey sudha, that clip art is cute.

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  6. SudhaAugust 13, 2009 at 8:28 PM

    Thanks 4 adding ur perspective here lallu akka.."meeting greater problems and encountering new problems" brings out the best in us and makes us better individuals..By narrowing down competition we bring out the best in us..Sometimes i wonder if life a mere a rat race??But once we enjoy the race..We do it well and we r happy..
    Thanks 4 the compliment abt the clip art..
    It luks a bit like me nah???;-)

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  7. catonthewallAugust 13, 2009 at 9:13 PM

    hey so true fact ur blog says ....learnin stats after coll...evrythin done b4 is just mockin...

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  8. SudhaAugust 14, 2009 at 8:55 AM

    Sandy..Thanks 4 visitin..Yeah many a realization comes after veti opethyfyin and commentin at coll :-)

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