“Intelligence and character is the goal of true education,” Martin Luther King Jr had said.
All through school and now college, I have been told that marks matter, the score you get has the potential to make or break your future. The perfect percentage doesn’t exist because there is always someone who’ll score better in one subject or the other. And this, unfortunately, puts a lot of pressure on the students.
It starts with the subject choices we have to make when we pass Class 10. More often than not, there is a lot of thought put into it as these subjects determine the college, career and future for us.
The pressure is immense as everyone wants the best for themselves and so we all compete to outshine others.