JEE stands for Joint Entrance Examination, which is a national level test for admission to engineering colleges in India. Sounds prestigious, right? Well, not so much when you actually have to go through it.
Let me tell you how my first time writing JEE exam was horrible. It all started with the venue. I had to travel to a different city to take the exam, which was already stressful enough. But when I reached there, I was shocked to see the condition of the exam center. It was a dilapidated building with no proper facilities. The classrooms were dirty, the furniture was broken, and there were no air conditioners. The temperature was soaring high and I felt like I was in a sauna.
I had to reach the exam center one hour before the start of the exam, which meant I had to sit there for four f****n hours in total. Four hours of torture and boredom. The exam itself was three hours long, and it was the most difficult paper I had ever seen in my life. I couldn't understand a single question, let alone solve them. The questions were so complex and tricky that they seemed like they were written in a foreign language. I had no idea what they were testing me on.
I gave up after the first half an hour and decided to just mark random answers on the answer sheet. I didn't care about the result anymore, I just wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. I used the rough sheets to make rangoli, I remembered watching a video of Varun Mayya, a famous entrepreneur and educator, who did the same thing when he wrote his JEE exam. He said it was his way of protesting against the system that forces students to memorize formulas and concepts without understanding them.
I totally agree with him. This exam is bullshit. It doesn't test any ability of a human brain, rather it just measures who has the best memory and rote learning skills.
I totally disagree with this as my brain is not for storing information rather it has far more capabilities to do something wonderful in life that is productive for me and humankind. I vow, one day, when I'll reach at certain position , I'll do everything in my capability to remove this exam concept and find new and better solutions to evaluate candidates and new learning methods to teach every kid rather.
I literally cursed the entire time while sitting in the exam hall. I felt like a prisoner who was being tortured for no reason.
Now, you might be wondering why I took this exam, since I was not interested at all. Well, the truth is, I did it for my parents. They wanted me to give it a try and see where I stand among the other students. But let me tell you, that's not going to happen. LOL.
The exam was so stressful and exhausting that I felt like a zombie afterwards. I had no energy or motivation to do anything else. I just wanted to go home and sleep. I didn't even care about the results. I knew I had failed miserably.
I don't understand why this exam is so hyped up and important in India. It's not like engineering is the only option for a career. There are so many other fields and interests that one can pursue.
Why should we limit ourselves to one path? Why should we waste our time and energy on something we don't enjoy or excel at?
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