MentalMania

Hi everyone! After a long gap, I’m writing to share a story. Let’s see if you can relate to it. During my childhood, I used to spend most of my time doing things that excited my soul—like riding bicycles, playing cricket with my friends, and enjoying kabaddi and badminton with my family. Those were purely awesome days before the "public examination fever" took over my heart. When I was in 4th grade, my school introduced a class called the "Extra-Curricular Activity Period," where we could enhance our skills. The best part? We could choose the class ourselves! Honestly, if this system had been introduced for academic subjects, most of us would have skipped mathematics, right? Unfortunately, there was no such scheme for academic subjects! One day, my class teacher gave us a form and said, “Students, you are requested to fill out this form, submit it to me by tomorrow, and pay the fees in advance.” I gave the form to my father, who, after discussing with relatives, dec...

In my Class 6, a new boy joined our class. His name is Prashant (name changed). On the first day of his school, he sat with me, and we had a funny conversation with each other. We both ate together, and as friends, we vibed a lot during those days. After one month, they conducted an examination. Since I studied in CBSE, their pattern for examinations was completely different from the state board syllabus. After the first midterm got completed, I was nervously waiting for my results. My mam came into the class with an angry face and said the whole class was filled with dumb minds. In that examination, my grade in all subjects was D, which means I just passed in all subjects. But my friend Prashant scored an A grade, which was an outstanding achievement for someone who came from a state board. This was because state boards mostly train their students to memorize the concepts, but in CBSE, understanding is the most essential part of learning. After getting those rank cards and getting sig...