Boards Fever: Hey Guys, It’s Time You Give Marks to Yourself

A “Report Card” given to you by someone else, and a Report Card which you cannot improve on, makes no sense.

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“Envy, dissatisfaction, comparisons...” These three demons are in full swing, treading on the dreams, aspirations, emotions of lakhs of students who just gave their board exams.

The cliche, 'marks don't define you' does not do you any good anymore. Often, one takes this as an excuse – to not allow anything to define us.

A “Report Card” given to you by someone else, and a Report Card which you cannot improve on, makes no sense.

Unfortunately, our education system hands out report cards to us, with precisely these two features. And till when can we keep blaming the system? This short video by me, is a shout-out to everyone – both the supposed 'no-good-nicks-on-50-60%' and the '95% Sharmaji-ke-bete':

Make your own report card, on the things you love; rate yourself, and rewrite your self-made report card every hour, every day, every week, every month and every year!

Shahen Pardiwala, My Report

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