Marks are not everything

To the students:

Learning is a joy

1. Please don’t get stressed, be calm and composed as always.
2. Have six to eight hours of sleep daily. Only when there is good sleep, whatever u have read will get into your mind and you can recollect later.
3. Take a break of 5 to 10 minutes every one hour. Our brain is not designed to concentrate continuously for more than an hour. So the breaks are vital.
4. Try to learn how much you can. Don’t strain too much.
5. The very purpose of education is to make you think and make you learn how you must live. It is not about getting marks. This thing I realized very late in my life. Of course, nothing is too late.
6. Never ask your friends how much he has studied; it will lead to unnecessary anxiety before the examination.
7. Do not worry about the marks you secure, see what you have understood from the lessons. When your understanding is high, the marks will take care of itself.
8. Don’t get scared by seeing the question paper. Try to write whatever you know, of course related to the topic.
9. Don’t discuss the answers after coming out of the exam hall, it will lead to stress and you will not be able to prepare well for the coming exams.

(During our exam times, when we came out of the exam hall, we didn’t discuss about how we wrote the exam, rather we commented, ‘Machi the girl near u super da’, ‘aama da, chance eh illa, she was very pretty’)

To the parents:

1. Please never compare your child with others. Everyone is good in their own ways. One can study well. One can play well. One can sing well. One can dance well. All the fingers are not of same size but they are useful in their own ways.
2. Drive them to study well. Do not pressurize them to study.
3. Don’t say them, “you are fit for nothing“. Instead say, “You have the stuff, the thing is you have to put some hard work, I am sure you can do it.”
4. When the child is exasperated after the exam. Be with him, console him and say him “Nothing is lost, don’t worry for anything. Come what may.”
5. When child shows suicidal tendencies and seems depressed a lot, don’t leave the child alone. Be with him and make him understand that marks are not everything.

Facts you should know:

1. Albert Einstein – a mediocre student.
2. Steve Jobs – the co founder of Apple is a college drop out.
3. Sachin Tendulkar – failed in his board examination.
4. Bill Gates – Chairman of Microsoft is a college drop out.
5. Thomas Alva Edison – inventor and scientist is a school dropout.
6. Winston Churchill – former Prime Minister of UK, writer and artist is a poor student in school.

What would have been the situation, if these persons were not there? Our life would have been always dark without Edison. No Iphones without Jobs. Computers would have been a distant dream for many without Gates. No laurels for Indian cricket without Sachin. The list goes on…….

To my dear friends:

Let us strive to remove the word suicide from our dictionary. The depressed ones need nothing but
"An ear that will hear them and
 A soul that will console them."

Let us share the message with our near and dear ones. I feel advices are better written than said. When it is in written form, there is no argument and the readers will be able to take them directly. I’m sure we are saving someone somewhere.

Anxious student

I pray, I should never come across a headline which reads “Student commits suicide”. When there is pain, don’t forget that life can give you thousand reasons to smile. When we were born, we dint bring anything, so always remember there is nothing to lose.

You can reach on 9941265431/9362994035 for any assistance. You can also mail to kannappanramanathan@gmail.com

I have always said and I’ll always say, “Life is beautiful”. Keep smiling as always and keep moving.

Cheers,
Kannappan.