DISTANCE EDUCATION BEING DISTANT...

Beginning a career from the age of 21 is definitely a major responsibility, especially when you are trying to study at the same time. While weekdays are occupied with work and a fixed routine, the weekends are occupied with family and friends. Apart from this, studying in India through distance mode is another additional challenge that I have found. They act like impatient horses during the admission procedure citing they need to adhere to strict deadlines and also shut their doors with an informative advertisement to visit their website regularly for constant updates. A funny joke, until you realise that they website has not been updated since the year 2010. Well this is the condition and then we talk about the young generation spending lakhs to study abroad. Its time to wake-up because this sluggish attitude is the reason why students are venturing beyond the boundaries of our country.
Simply stated, the generation today wants information at their behest and if there is a website where information is supposed to be available then why aren't there any kinds of updates in the first place. Mind you, they also take your personal number saying that they will contact you for further information and send constant updates about the submission of term-end examinations and assignments, which they never do. A new way to fleece students is through the fixation of two submission dates. One, where it would be written is the final date and the other also stating is a final day of submission but with a generous late fee.

Honestly, till date I was hearing about our educational curriculum being faulty but now the reason I have come to understand lies in the education system. The way it is mishandled and manipulated is not just a shame but a root cause to the problem of increasing drop-outs in our country. Yes, there are many who drop-out of such distance learning courses due to such kind of sluggish approach. This is not just slamming a negative image against the education system in the country but also leaving some with no choice of upgrading their educational qualifications. There are many who choose this method of education, to work and study simultaneously as its not just a better opportunity to gain experience at the work-front but also helps many gain financial independence and a hope to address economic slowdowns in their households.

Bringing out such programmes of distance learning, need to bridge the communication gap that delves between the university and students. It will foster the urge in many to enrol and take it up with a more serious approach.

FRIENDLY BURST

This is something I have being dying to blog about..

Growing into a twenty year old something, is special, essentially because it is something that I personally want to share.. It would not be about something I have no relation with or was never really interested in the first place.. If you like it, well your most welcome to comment and if you don't, you can still comment and it'll be my pleasure to have a critic.

Beginning with my teenage years which were the most explicit and I truly agree with people who say teenage years are the best for every girl.. Yes, I am still a girl and will always call myself that even though many disagree, saying that I should now associate myself as a woman.. But, what are we?? Living in the 80's, when girls were called women once they were married at the age of 16 or 17.. Times have changed and I am glad that it has.. Anyway, coming back to my teenage years.. They couldn't have been better especially living with my friends in boarding school which was fun. I practically grew up living out there and claim that cause I spent nine years of my life. Since nine years old and grew up to be 17 years in those maroon & yellow buildings.. Nine years may seem short for a 50 year old person so please don't say, 'its just nine years damn it, I have spent more than that..'

Those nine years were special because I learnt to make friends, share, fight, be sarcastic, learnt leadership, equality, learnt to work hard, losing, winning, and alot more.. What made everything more explicit and fun was understanding friendship and how it can make you feel. Friends were all that mattered to me. The only reason I associate those days as the best in my life because it taught me alot (and I really don't mean to be philosophical). I learnt so much from my own experiences, through my own indulgence (yes I just said that!) and through my own mistakes.. Well, I call them mistakes because when I think of it now, I feel somewhere around, they were mistakes but what makes me feel good is that I have the courage to accept them and have also learnt from them.

After being bullied by my older siblings, I never indulged in being a bully myself.. Always made sure that none of the freshers were treated badly and I guess that reasons out my reaction towards my seniors in college. It was required at that moment as it was totally unacceptable. Along my days in school, I was ambitious and the need to prove myself when I'm young enough to work. I always wanted to see myself grow into a professional in the creative field. Inculcating an enthusiasm for anchoring programmes and participating in creative writing competitions made me realise that the media industry would be a great fit. And so I decided to study journalism. It seems very easy to put it down in words but honestly it wasn't.. I changed ambitions every month. Sometimes I would come back home on vacations saying, "I want to be a model", then once I came back saying that I would like to be an air hostess, then it changed to being a fashion designer, a beautician, a lawyer and then finally I decided that it has to be journalism.. So yes, it was confusing and I still keep myself prepared for more changes to creep into my mind as career ambitions.

High school was the most enjoyable phase of my life. The rest wasn't bad but life during school was the best experience till now. It was, it is and would always be special. 

A 20 YEAR OLD SERIES

Growing into a 20 year old something has never been easy, neither for me and my friends feel the same too. Contrary to what my parents feel, as they always say, "you've got nothing to worry about." By this statement which they usually make when I whine about certain things, I assume that they mean since I'm not married and don't have a family there is nothing in this world that should bother my mind. Although I agree with them that being married and having a family is a big responsibility, at the same time I do not agree that being young and single gives me the space to throw my arms open wide and go laughing around aimlessly.

Yes, I certainly do have things that bother me, a career and the eagerness to prove myself that I can be what I wish to be and peer pressure of course, is the subject that came into existence as our generation was being born in hospitals across town.

Apart from the conventional dialogue that goes on between parents and a 20-year-old, I think the stage when you complete your graduation and start working is a tremendous change in life. Suddenly, your life seems to be in full swing. The new job makes you feel amazing but that's only the case if you're lucky enough to get a good job. Then the new routine that starts getting to you and making you wish that you were still in college and could afford to sleep or watch television a bit longer. Planning a day with friends begins to seem impossible and the time when you are asked to spend the weekend at home to entertain relatives that are coming over after a long time is just unbearable. It all just seems nerve wrecking but at the end of the day that's what you wished for; a job at a good organisation and new friends to bond and celebrate with.

Thankfully, my job is close to something I wanted but the challenges still exist and I cannot bounce over them or overlook it. They need to be dealt with a lot more seriousness than a late submission at college.