do YOU have IT in YOU?

Let’s play a game. I will ask you few questions and you need to answer them. No, not to me. But to yourself, your very own self. And be honest; else, the whole fun would be lost.Alright, here it comes your way:
What were your marks in seventh standard?
How much did you score in Mathematics in ninth standard during unit tests?
What grade you had got from your kindergarten teachers?
What did your class teacher say about you during your parents-teacher association meeting in class VIII?
Do you dream sometimes that you are about to appear for an examination and your are anxious because you are not prepared for it OR you find yourself in examination hall and it dawns upon you that you don’t know most of the questions OR you find that you have prepared for some other subject whereas you see in your datesheet some other subject OR something similar on these lines. AND THEN, whenever you wake up (immediately or after) you thank your stars that the ordeal has long been over and you have passed all those examinations, all those years, all those semesters, all those PTAs…
Do you mutter to yourself that how smarter are kids of today while watching “Kya Aap Panchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?” because you don’t seem to have a clue of all that’s being asked to the parents and wonder when did you study this in school? Certainly not in fifth standard.
Are you still searching for a reply for the first four questions? Are the last two questions applicable to you? VOILA! It confirms your worst fears what I am coming to…
Imagine how much the kids of today are crumbling under the pressure from parents, teachers, society in general. What a human right violation it is to constantly nag kids to mug up everything and turn them into virtually a moving wikipedia so that the moment we ask something, they process all the possible information and present it to us with all possible related links.Add to that the torture of constantly subjecting them to “motivating” comparison “Look at our neighbor’s Chimpu, I always see the light of his study room on till late at night. Don’t be a fool. Learn something from him”. OR “Do you know Pinky got three A ratings in this unit test. Genius always go an extra mile.” OR “Not only Rahul gets full marks but wins interschool tennis championship too. Why don’t you do something?"Then top it up with the expectations to do multitasking: go for swimming early morning, go to school, do homework, attend tuitions, join evening classes for dance and singing, there’s a painting class 3-days a week too, and weekends are just for fun – yeah right! weekend means additional multimedia lessons plus foreign language classes. And yes, please squeeze in some time for play outside and TV viewing too. (Did anyone complain how much they watch Television?)
“Phew!!! Thank goodness. I am not born in these days.” Did I hear you saying that???