I was watching the World Cup Cricket match this afternoon. The first match was between India and Bangladesh at Shere Bengala Stadium. I remembered that Model examination is going on and the students’ performance will be unsatisfactory as the matches were going on.
In 2003, there was a World Cup cricket match and many boys absented themselves from the model examination. I asked them why they were not coming for the examination. The answer was quite simple.
“World cup nadakuvelle, teachere.” (“World cup is going on teacher”)
“Etha important??? World cup o atho parikeeshayo?????? Entha jaikende???”( “Which is important??? World cup or exams????? Don’t you want to pass???”)
“Teacheree parikeesha ella varsham varum. World cup nallu varshathil orikale varuuu,” (“Teacher, the exams will come every year. World cup comes only once in four years”) pat came the reply from a footballer.
Yes, what he said was true. I knew there was no use in telling these boys because their head was filled with cricket and exams were only secondary for them. They could talk about Matthew Hayden, Sehwag, Tendulkar, or any cricketer for hours together.
If you told them about Adam Smith, the father of Economics, they would say, “Ayyo Adam Smith alla teacher, Adam Gilchrist aa.” (“It is not Adam Smith teacher, it is Adam Gilchrist”).
The students were never interested in their studies and they took everything very lightly. Many boys failed that particular year. I was not sure if they completed the course..
A couple of months back a student came to invite me for his wedding. He was the same student who told me that exams would come every year. He told me that he was playing for a famous club in Bengal. I asked him if he completed his Plus two and he replied in the negative and he added,
“Athu anne complete cheyanamayirunu” (“I should have completed it then itself”).
“Ini paranjittu kariyam illelo” (“There is no use saying it now.”)
Anyway he did not complete his Higher Secondary and so did many. Even this year the same is going to happen. I know that many boys both in the first year and second year is not going to complete the course. After all World Cup comes only once in four years
No comments:
Post a Comment