residents of India , a nation with 17.5 % of world population . And in this 17.5 % 10 % are students . In our country , generally many students succumb to very high amount of pressure , especially from their family and teachers in terms of their career choices and studies Parents , across all income groups , are petrified about letting their child do anything less than engineering or other conventional courses . Awareness about new subjects may be there , but acceptability is missing . Arts is still considered a poor cousin of science subjects , even though it offers plenty of interesting and even well-paying career options . Just a little out-of-the-box thinking is needed . They need to allow their children to dream .”
For students , it is important to understand that suicide is not a solution . It only devastates not only their own but many other lives . There is help available out there ! There are counsellors , psychologists and even special friends who are more than willing to help them cope with it .
But as all of us know about the conservativeness of our Indian society it ’ s just like reading a book to a buffalo . It ’ s of no use .
Do you know in most of the student suicide cases the facts are unknown ! This is because the victims were not at all comfortable to express their feelings . So why do they suffer in silence ?
I know these questions are unanswerable but at least try to find the X FACTOR in you ! BECAUSE YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND !
Taking a recent example , despite this large population in our country we all have to just be satisfied about 2 medals in the Olympics . This is because these types of professions are not encouraged in India , but we do know about the capability of the Indian Youth !
Here in India Parents be like ‘’ BETA PEHLE PADH LE PHIR TIME BACHA TO KHEL LE !
I think this performance of sports will continue in in India till the PT periods in schools will be substituted with maths class !
We actually need to make our elders know that , these things make sense too !
We are youth , we can do anything ! Life is not about academics but it is about your caliber , your knowledge !
I know many of you are aware about the fact that Bill Gates is a college dropout , but the revolution he made by introducing windows is remarkable .
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