Intelligence today is judged by the institute one studies in. Maybe it is.
Maybe not...
What is intelligence?
Studying consistently for two years, maybe four, for something our parents told us to do, at a fixed pattern that our teachers told us about, cursing the physics textbook at every second of every day, focusing on something we are not even sure we want to do?
That's discipline.
Then what is intelligence?
I am not an IITian and so aren't the 1500 people studying with me.
We will never have that name of IIT with us on our resume and many times we will feel inferior and practically stupid when someone comes and says 'Hi I'm from IIT and you?'
At that moment the fact that we belong to a different college that ranks third in the country's petroleum universities will disappear of our minds.
No we are not IITians and like every consoling psychologist I am not going to 'We are not IITians but we are good humans' for like every other kid who has suffered in this world, I know being a good human being is not the brightest highlight in a CV.
So I'm just gonna go with this...
We are not IITians but we will be the engineers who did not take up engineering because our parents wanted us to.
We are not IITians but unlike the IITians, we are engineers...
Maybe not...
What is intelligence?
Studying consistently for two years, maybe four, for something our parents told us to do, at a fixed pattern that our teachers told us about, cursing the physics textbook at every second of every day, focusing on something we are not even sure we want to do?
That's discipline.
Then what is intelligence?
I am not an IITian and so aren't the 1500 people studying with me.
We will never have that name of IIT with us on our resume and many times we will feel inferior and practically stupid when someone comes and says 'Hi I'm from IIT and you?'
At that moment the fact that we belong to a different college that ranks third in the country's petroleum universities will disappear of our minds.
No we are not IITians and like every consoling psychologist I am not going to 'We are not IITians but we are good humans' for like every other kid who has suffered in this world, I know being a good human being is not the brightest highlight in a CV.
So I'm just gonna go with this...
We are not IITians but we will be the engineers who did not take up engineering because our parents wanted us to.
We are not IITians but unlike the IITians, we are engineers...
Jahnavi, don't let your college define you. The people you look up to - your parents, your grandparents etc. - do you even know or care where they went for college?
ReplyDeleteIt's only these four-five years that you will feel inferior (if you allow yourself to, that is!). Later, you'll realize that it doesn't really matter.
It's not where you go, it's what you do there that matters.
True. Thank you for your words and the encouragement... and you are of course right. It's what you do that matters. Thank you
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