My Struggling Phase

Hello Readers. What do you think is better—“The Virtual World” or “The Reality”??How does one feel when he gets out of his “Utopian World” and faces the “Real Challenge”?? Those days are still fresh in my mind when I experienced the “Real JEE Pressure”. It was never the competitive pressure but the pressure of expectations—expectations from teachers, relatives, parents and from my own brother and sister who dreamt of seeing me as “Headlines” in the newspapers!!

Things went pretty well till class 10^th and I had almost become a star in my city. I decided to continue with PAARTH Institute ( in Mathura) for my JEE preparations and started with a bang!! I probably was the lone lion in the jungle and kept scoring way too high in all the tests and was enjoying my own “Utopian World”, far away from reality, far away from good competition.  But, then came the second turning point of my life.

It was 8^th of December, probably 9 in the morning. My friend, Ayush ( currently studying in IIT Delhi), called me and said in a humourous tone-“Dude, PAARTH Institute is no more. There is some news that the Faculty disappeared overnight.” I was muddled, confused and shocked!! I was left with no other choice but to join JK’s Institute (the only left Coaching Institute in Mathura) which actually turned out to be ‘Blessing in Disguise’….

The first day I entered  JK’s( 18^th December), I was terrified seeing the competition there. I realized that I was way too behind and  was unaware of many concepts which had already been tought to them in the beginning which meant I was supposed to finish the syllabus for 11^th and 12^th in just one year. That fear started overpowering me!!

I was terribly depressed!! It was 12^th of February when I shouted at my Mom ( She was asking me to have breakfast again and again while I was studying) for the first and definitely the last time. That incident was a warning signal that I was losing my control. I finally decided that I will prove myself no matter how much efforts I need to put in and sincerely tried all I could. But, it was not just about my efforts, it was the affection and moral support I got from my parents and teachers. Thankfully, I had my parents’ complete support during that phase of my life. Then, I never looked behind and soon proved my worth and fulfilled my brother’s and sister’s dream an year and half later!!!

 When I look into my past, I realize that they were the expectations that kept motivating me to work harder and harder and prove my worth!! I would like to quote the words which have always been inspiring me all through my struggle-“ It’s easy to get on the top. But, it requires skills and character to keep you there!!”

P.S. —I will be sharing  'The Last Minute '  strategy for each subject (from my own experiences) for the Board taking students in my next blog. I would love to hear suggestions from those who took their Board Examinations recently ( before I post my next blog ) . So, whosoever wishes to share his experiences can comment below.