School Leaving Certificate or
S.L.C. was the biggest fear during my childhood days. Everyone used to scare me
saying its not like any other usual exams. It's the 'iron gate' so if you will
pass it you will move on to a very glorious life ahead and if you won't then
your life will be ruined. So the exam was like a sword over my head. When I
reached grade 10, this exam haunted me even when I passed my pre-send up exams
and send-up exams with good marks, I was too afraid to face the iron gate. But
finally the day arrived when I had to go through it. And when I actually faced
it, then I realized it was not that difficult. It was like any other usual
exams. So why were every one frightening me? And now I feel that S.L.C is not
the only step that would lead me to a bright future there are several other
steps that I had to move on to and which are even harder but nobody warned me
about it and no one prepared me for it, neither my teachers nor my parents
because every one was so focused on those papers of S.L.C. exam.
And now when here is the S.L.C.
fever everywhere, I heard from some of the tenth grade students that they found
S.L.C. so easy because they got ample opportunities to cheat from their friend's
copies and even from the guess papers and books that they were successful to
take inside the exam hall. So what Is the use of that certificate which we
achieve even without knowing the real subject matter? We, being a guardian or a
teacher always want to see our children to have a very good percentage in
S.L.C. We want to see them being enrolled in a good college and have a better
professional life with the marks of S.L.C. but we forget somewhere to give them
the knowledge that there are so many other things that they have to learn to
become happy and successful in their lives. And there are many important
lessons that we must learn beyond our academic pursuits, particularly for the
enhancement of our professional career, which we all longed for.
Yes, S.L.C or academic excellence
is important but let us not scare our children so much with the S.L.C. ghost
that they even forget the moral values of the exam and scribble the answer
papers with what they don't know but have attained only by cheating because
most of the students think that if for some reasons they are unable to perform
as per their parents, teachers or their own expectation or they don't get the
distinction their lives will be ruined. Because of which some of them even take
their lives if they don't get as per their expectation. That's why they think it's better to cheat
and pass it.
S.L.C. examinations are hyped to
such a degree that for a child, failure in it is the end of the world. The
stress is immense. That's why sometimes the students can't perform well as per
their preparation or their expectation just because of the pressure. But a student's
ability can never only be judged by the report card or marks that he achieves
by sitting in the exam hall for three hours, in addition to exam grades there
are other important factors to be cared of to rank a student like their
contribution to school life, membership in sports, community work and also
their attitude towards education. Along with these there are some essential
qualities which a child must learn from his school life like discipline,
perseverance, empathy and self control. So its our duty to make our children
prepared for life outside the school gates not just the some one who gets
trapped inside the exam hall.
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