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The Poisonous Myth
Childhood, a stage from which a bud grows into a flower with lots of myths, misconceptions which they learn while growing up. The biggest lies that everyone can relate to, are:
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IT’S THE X and XII STANDARD THAT REALLY MATTERS: The day a child is put into school and year by year as he is promoted to the higher classes, the one thing that is put into one’s head is it’s the 10th and 12th standard that really matters. Like seriously? Mere two classes can tell someone’s calibre?
Always remember that there is nothing called ‘only marks’ that can decide your fate. "ONLY YOU ARE THE CREATOR AND DESTROYER OF YOUR CAREER AND LIFE” No university/board can stop you from chasing you your dreams
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IT’S NOW OR NEVER: Once you get settled, you can enjoy as much as you can but wait!Before that just pull your socks up and start preparing for PG/MBA courses or else “sharma ji’s son’’ will go ahead from you. Well, this is a general statement every parent makes. So, my friend only 12th grade was not the only thing to be done. There’s a whole lot more.
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SETTLED NOW? THERE IS SOMETHING MORE: You are settled now? So the only logical step is to get married. You can enjoy after marriage too, Right? If you don’t do it before 30, you’ll be considered ‘old’ and your marriage prospects will diminish. You can have fun later because the life has just started! -_-
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HAPPY FAMILY: And since now you have kids, you need to earn more and work extra to secure their future. “AND AGAIN YOU STILL HAVE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE TO PURSUE YOUR PASSION?”
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THE CIRCLE CONTINUES: Now your kid is in school and you start with the lies, all over again, thus completing the poisonous circle of life.
You can’t get over this but you can certainly,
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learn to live for yourself
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live your dreams while doing ‘things’
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pursue your passion
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never let the child in you die
‘LIVE YOUR LIFE, WHILE GROWING UP, BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING BETTER”
Nishtha Jain
B.Com(H), 1st Year
Sri Guru Nanak Dev khalsa College, DU
