Education, Exam & Life

Hello, folks!! Missed me?
I missed my Google+ followers, my fellow blogger friends and some interesting incidents that might happen when I was gone. But, today I won’t make you feel bored with my stupid thoughts about what I did and blah blah.

Yeah, it’s been a long, very long time since I have written anything here. I was kind of busy with my college work but now I do have some time to restart my blog and to write something that I really wanted to share with you.

As this is the month of March, if you lives in India it is the month of final exams for the student of class/grade 10th and 12th (equals to Diploma and/or +2). Students, parents and moreover their other family members too are worried about these so called "Board exams" as it will affect their dream career. For the 10th-grade student, it will decide which stream he is going into, and for the 12th-grade student, it will decide the college/university and it have to be a good one as it eventually brings students one step closer towards their dream academic career.

P.C. :- Google

In news, on social media and everywhere, you would have seen everyone wishing them luck and giving tips about how to react to this exams, how to overcome the stress and much more such type of questions. Every year, we create a hype that it's "Board exam". We generally advise students to concentrate and focus on their study. But what about them? Do they really want to study the whole day or few hours in a row? Is it really necessary?

We look at exams if it is some kind of devil. Students hate it. Parents hate it more. When I told people that I love exams, they stare at me as if I have told them some offensive word. Waking up all the night just to remember those boring years, boring(!) history and then stupid (!?) science and geeky mathematics!! I always find every subject interesting. We find exams boring but right now, I want to talk about those questions and not exams. I am promising myself to write a whole post about exams. Now, let's go back to the question.

No! It's not. If a student doesn't want to study and if he doesn't want to read his textbooks, no one can make him read it. Parents/teachers can only make him sit with a textbook. His mind won't pay any attention to the words he is reading. Rather, it would wander around thinking about his last dream he saw that night or to the sound of the song playing nearby. And this is not just limited to it. Parents think it would provide a good and peaceful atmosphere to their son to read if they snatch his phone and cut the cable connection from TV for that period. Okay fine! They too sacrifice their urge to watch a TV but the point is they don't let their son/daughter free time to do his favourite activity. They are afraid of their son getting distracted.

Also, students pressurise themselves by thinking of what they would do they get fewer marks. They try to read more but can't concentrate properly. And at some point, they feel tired of reading. They need extra activities that can refresh their mood. It's when parents start thinking that their son is not studying. He just wants to spend time on social media and talking to friends over WhatsApp/Facebook. He doesn't care about their efforts and don't respect them. While in real, the scene is so different.

P.C. :- Google

Sometimes, students also are at fault. They get wrong motivations from internet memes and quotes made only for fun. They start believing it just to manipulate themselves only. Education is necessary and when you don't have anything beforehand, it can help you achieve your goals. There are many examples of the great businessman, entrepreneur and such big personalities who once don't have anything.  They made it by themselves. But, the key point is while looking at their picture, we only look at the brighter side. We only look at their today's position. We forget to see the dark side.

I asked few of my friends who are really good at killing time (yes, the kill time) why they don't study. We got into a debate and then suddenly they got this excuse that looking at the list of richest people of the word, you'd find half of them as college dropouts. Okay, fine! They are college dropouts but have you look at their careers? They left colleges because they already have found their passion and their way to fulfil their dreams. They were the best at some unique field and that's what made them who they are today.

Wrong Motivation!

Parents get worried if their son got fewer marks in an exam but it's legit. Everyone wants their children to be super rich and successful in life cause that's how we have imagined a happy and well-satisfied life. And when it comes to this Board exam, they'll definitely get more worried about it. But take it easy, parents!! If your son has passed so many exams with good marks as he has done before. Trust him like you did it before! He just wants you by his side and I am sure he will prove that to you. Not every student can top the rank list. If your son gets good marks, congrats him and tell him, well done! But in case, he fails to achieve what you were expecting, encourage him instead of scolding. This is the time when he will need you the most. Stay by his side and

Dear students, I know, your parents have so many expectations from you. They want you to be the topper of your school. But, only you know how much you can achieve. Don't lie to them and not to yourself as well. Try to give your one hundred percent and don't worry about the results. If you will give your one hundred percent, no one can beat you. This is not the final exam. You've faced so many exams before and you'll face many others in the future. It's just a simple exam but keep in mind to motivate yourself that this can let you fulfil your dream one day. If you get good marks, the journey ahead will be more fun. In case you don't get good marks, there are so many options. You need not worry about it but it would take a lot of courage to go through those options.

Good luck students for the exams and good luck to the parents :)

P.S.
It's been a year and more since I have written something for my blog. This post might have grammatical mistakes. If you find any such mistakes, you can tell me in the comment section. Thank you for reading.

Keep reading, keep writing and enjoy every moment :)

Friendship for Life : Suddenly it started to matter.

Friendship and friends are the things everyone is aware of. We can't find a person who doesn't have a friend. And friendship is a subject on which a person can write hundreds of pages. Some friends are those whom we know since childhood. We make some more friends in school and college. We get friends from where we spend working on are extra-curricular activities, because we have same interests. This is an old story when there was no internet. Nowadays most of us, not everyone, uses internet and are involved with one or the other social sites where we can find other people having the same interest as us. Beyond all that, now there are many online games available and you can chat there too. After a hectic day in office or having a boring day at school ( for me, it's always fun though) all of us wants to relax but in this busy life, we can't have time to go out on a walk or for movie everyday but internet is always there in your pocket, my friend. Just a click and we can meet our friends on our screen and also talk to them by tapping the screen. You can play games for killing your precious time or for relaxing ourselves and having fun.

I was getting bored because I was having holidays and no one was there to talk to. At that time, I saw one of my friends playing a game called "Clash of clan". Don't worry; it's not an action game like the name sounds. It is a strategy based game. I was interested in it and so I installed that game on my phone and start playing it. It was really fun to play the game. The amazing thing about the game is you've to make a team or clan to participate in a war where you can attack any of the opponent clan member's village. To win the war, you have to discuss with your clan member about your strategy and preparation. But before that, you should have a good clan with active people in it. I forgot to mention that there is a public chat too, where you can chat with some other people who are already having a clan or are looking for members for their clan or are looking for clans. I was looking for members for my clan and then I met another fellow mate  whose name was Lena. We talked about our villages and discussion about wars and this is how, it started. After that, I bookmarked her clan and joined the same with another account for the game. Yes, I was crazy for the game at that time and was having 3 accounts before. So I joined her clan and talked to her about the war and all that. But then as we got to each know other, we started discussing about life and all things. She is an old lady and a working woman from Sweden. Her son is also there in our clan and now that I am there for about a year, I told her about my blog. She joined Google plus and I told her to share her experience there.  So she wrote something about us, about our friendship and about how someone's life can get changed with just a simple game and I can't resist myself to share it here on my blog. But before you read what she wrote, I'd like to thank her. +Lena Åslund  Thank you so much for writing this.

It began as an ordinary game. I have played games since Nintendo 8bits and have always enjoyed playing games. So, when my son asked if I could play the game he was playing and I thought I could  give it a try.

The game was not unlike the other games I've played before. It involved building up our world/village, attacking and waring against other players and many more different things. There is a chat box where you can chat with others and I joined a group of people called clan in the game. As I love to play games, I was getting better pretty fast and I got to explore the game so I could enjoy all of it while playing. The part I like the most was the chat box.  When I started to play, I tried the world wide chat and found some friends. We are all in the same group. As in real life, there are lots of different people around us and if you take your time to listen, you find your own diamonds, those are our real friends. 

At one point I realised that it has become more than just a game. I started to miss my friends if they weren't online; I would be really curious of how the day would have been for them and wanted to share mine too. Like in real life, you have the people around you that you love to talk to and some become real close friends to us. At the beginning, I was joking about cartoon friends but friendship is not cartoon at all. We laughed at each other’s jokes, talk about serious stuff and ask each other for advice. If something happens or is happening, it is always nice to tell my online friends as well, and if I would be thinking of something I could always ask them for an opinion, knowing that I'd have an honest response back and with the friends of different ages and different countries, I can get a different response that I'd might not have thought myself. All those things that happen around you happen even in a game chat. There were many instances where the people had lost their relatives or had gone through some problem or the other. And at that point of time, we learnt to support each other.  The game became less important and the friendship would matter the most and that was why I logged into the game often.  What I've learnt is that friendship is what matters and you never know where and when you'll meet a new important person in your life. Take time to find your own diamonds. It just takes some of your time to get a future mate, but they’ll remain maybe for life. And you'll have a better life for sure if you're open to other people's stories and if you share yours with them.

Our clan; our team. You guys can see our names there :))

Life goes on offline of course but with online friends you've another dimension to things. You meet new people that you never would have met in real life. Distance is one reason. And with mixed region and different home countries you have something magic. Take care and I hope you all will have good friends like those that I've met in last two years. 

Guest Post : 1

It's been a while, i haven't posted any new article here. But thanks to my friend +gaurav pandey  who was there to help me with this. He wrote something for my blog and I'm going to publish it as a guest post. The following is the article written by Gaurav. I'd like to thank +Sunita Behera  for editing this article before i post it. Now, below is the article. Read it and don't forget to give your reviews in the comment :)

In our life, god has blessed us with everything we need.
We can use these things to its fullest only when they are used as per their requirement. 

In history, it is known that whenever there is an excessive use of any resources, it leads to destruction. Whether it is an atom bomb which has been basically created to generate electric power, or a computer virus which has been generated for the goodness of the program, both are now being used against it. The food is necessary as it contains the vitamins, proteins, essential carbohydrates and minerals for our body, but excessive use of these leads to diseases. Like we study in Biology, excessive contamination of vitamin C leads to a skin disease called scurvy. 
Hence the simplest thing is that natural or man made things have their own importance in the world and its advantage can only be taken when it is being used according to its necessity.
Now to decide whether these things are good or bad depends on us. Don't see things from the world's point of view. Most of the times, we believe the rumors and the talks which are being spread by others. Like if someone suggests that a particular cream is good for any disease, without consulting a doctor or specialist, we start using it and we become our own doctor. And in many cases, this leads to infection to other body parts and the person has to be admitted in the hospital. 
From childhood, we have been taught that tobacco/cigarette or drinks are bad but did we ever care to look for its advantages? Maximum of us don't. Well they must have some advantages which are why, they exist in this world. 
The advantages of cigarettes are that  
Smoking lowers risk of knee-replacement surgery 
2. Smoking lowers risk of Parkinson's disease
3. Smoking lowers risk of obesity 
4. Smoking helps the heart drug clopidogrel work better 
You can even google the answers to get vast knowledge about it. 
The point is that if these things are used as per their requirement they will not be in the hazardous thing's list. So we should have our point of view and not of others and have good view of every small thing. We always talk about perception and views of our own but most of the time; we never apply them except for few things. Stop walking on other's road and create your own path. Believe me, it's fun. :) 
Thank you.

Learning: A process

From the very first day we are born, we start to learn different things. We learn how to sit, how to stand up and eventually how to walk. We also learn how to speak the words and then sentences. By just observing our parents and the people around us, we learn our mother tongue so easily. We listen to them and see their reactions. What I am trying to say is that learning is a continuous process.

From the day we came on to this earth to the day we'd leave this world, we'd have been learned thousands of things. Human mind is always keen to know something new and is always curious about new things which he wants to learn. Whatever we observe in our day to day life, our mind analysis all the things and remembers everything. But after some days, we forget about it. Here comes practice and revision.

For long term memory, you need to do things again and again. For example, if you're playing a new game, it takes few minutes to get used to it. During that time, our mind learns how to play it. For perfection, practice is necessary. We have often felt difficulty with the things we do after many days. That's why repetition is must. Same applies for the study too. Most of us are students and we know that very well. But don't worry; I'm not going to get you bored by discussing it here. 

Now, back to the point, learning is a must for anyone. We all know that but we don't feel it. We do learn things eventually and have no idea about it. These are some basic things which we learn by just observing others and we become habituated to it. But we also should learn something which can be related to our passion and hobbies. That is why we say no one Is a born genius who knows everything right from their birth.

Many of us are afraid of learning new things. Most of the time, it's because we don't want to get pointed out for doing the wrong or fear of being judged. Some are afraid because they think that it's not their age to learn something. To learn anything, there is no age limit. Be enthusiast and keep learning new things. It will help us to enjoy the life. Every little thing we do; is a part of learning process. 

We always want to learn something but we don't have time for it. But in this digital era, you can easily learn anything by using internet. Learn the things you want and enjoy your journey. Keep learning, keep enjoying. Do try different things in life. That's what makes our life interesting.

I love cooking and I'm learning how to cook. What's your passion and what makes you feel happy? Find it out and start learning it. Right now is the time to learn something, to do something for you. 

Keep learning :)

How to cherish our life?

Hello friends! Welcome to my blog. May be you are not able to read my blog's title because it's in Gujarati. It's "jaakal bharyu moti" that is "a pearl filled with dew droplet". I'm very bad at giving my introduction but well, I'm Haresh, 19 years old, studying engineering at some unknown place in Gujarat. I created this blog to express my feelings on some issues and things. Actually, it was a mistake but then i decided to continue it and all the credit goes to +Sunita Behera She is the one who helped me out with my blog and also, she edited this post for me.Thank you so much Sunita. You can check her blog here. Also, I am highly inspired by the blogs i have mentioned on the right side in the section "My Bloglist' and they are writing goals :)
I'm bad at writing but still you're reading me xD Thanks :) Now, read my first blog post below. Hope you'll find it worth reading :D

What a normal human being wants in his life? There are many answers to this simple question but the most appealing and seems resonable one is to be happy. We all want to be happy. But now, the question is "how?"


Image:Google

 Some people find happiness in money, some in books (like me xD), or in any sport, or by doing any activities, some of us are crazy behind music and the list is so on. The definition for Happiness is different for everyone but the point is everyone wants to be happy. It is not possible for everyone to achieve what they want in their life even if they've tried their best to have it. This makes them sad and depressed. so how to cherish yourelf in such situations?

First thing, love yourself. We often read or hear this two simple words. Whenever we fail in something, we start to hate ourselves. We think that we're not good enough but the real thing is that you've atleast tried and only then you've failed. There are many people out there who sit there and watch you, being not able to even try it. So love yourself for who you are.

Image: Google

Second, whatever the condition, always remember that it won't be there forever. Happiness and sadness are two sides of the coin of life. Learn how to deal with both. During good days, don't forget that there can be sadness at any moment and during bad time, there can be happiness the next moment, who knows? So just enjoy this moment you're living in. No one knows, when the situation  changes.

Most of the time, we're sad beacause of the things that didn't happened actually. For example, we're happy for some reason and suddenly a thought comes to our mind about loosing that reason. This will make you worried about it and thus only you ruined that precious moment in thinking of how to keep it instead of enjoying it.

Also, we don't really observe small things that can make us happy. Like, if we went for picnic, instead of enjoying the view, we starts to click the pics so that we can save it for later. Come on, who knows what will happen the next moment! You can have this moment only. Past is unchangeable and future can't be predicted. So, enjoy it fully and be happy with what you have instead of complaining about the things you don't own.

Life is a journey; enjoy it without thinking of the destination. Cherish each and every second of it and if you can't find anything to celebrate, create the reasons :D