One of the MOST IMPORTANT POSTS of my life. 'EXAMS' As they are.

Only by looking at the title of this post many of you would be thinking that writing on this topic is not the most interesting thing to do but the core reason behind this blog is to change perspectives of people on things that cause disturbances in our life.

Albert Einstein said 'Everybody is a genius but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will spend rest of its life thinking its stupid'
We judge people based on a single letter written on their result sheets but we fail to understand  that there is much more to an individual than just a result of his 2 hours long efforts on a particular subject.

'Exams' in my opinion is the most hated reality of life. It is a phenomenon that creates divide at the very initial stage of our lives. But here I have a question for all of you. Is it the exams that creates the real divide or the grades?

In its earliest forms, education was a Socratic practice of self-knowledge; an isolated act of enshrining religious traditions; or, most commonly, an informal transfer of skill on the homestead, with parents teaching children how to plant, harvest, raise livestock, or practice some craft passed through generations.
Education was pure and there was no sense of competition for any kind of marks.

But now things have changed drastically. Everyone one is running after good grades to prove his/her brilliance. Nobody talks about inventions and creativity and individuality. Nobody understands that there is a sportsman who's physical fitness is more important than his physics marks. There is a musician who's music notes are more important than his chemistry notes.
The biggest problem to this issue is that we don't have any alternative to this grading system. But what we as a society can do is to stop emphasizing and judging people on grades and rather should start appreciating people on their creativity and skills. We should encourage the younger generation to be more mentally strong and we should help them pursue their dreams because dreams gives HOPE and like I always say, as long as there is hope there is EVERYTHING LEFT.